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| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? I've been in contact with folks at Ayre on serval occasions, including a scolding from Charles Hanson for placing a Bryston 10B high-pass filter between my (or maybe his) KX-5/20 and VX-5/20, but never asked about power cords. I think I understan... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? I use Ayre QX-5/20 digital hub, DX-5 DSD disc player, KX-5/20 preamp, and VX-5/20 amp with KEF Reference 1s. I suppose the AC 3 cables should go to the preamp and amp, the AC 14 cables to the digital hub and disc player. I buy used, aiming for 50%... | |
| Subwoofer insight. I bought a KEF Kube 10b to use with a pair of LS50s. I had planned to drive them with speaker-level input from an Ayre A7e integrated that has no other provision for a sub. But I learned grounding the Ayre amp with connection to a sub could be d... | |
| What's the difference between a Rel t/9 & T/9i? My HT setup uses a Bryston SP3 processor, NAD M22 and C-268 amps, with six KEF LS50s. One of its Velodyne HGS-10s needs repair, so I think I'll substitute the KEF 10b for it. Given how little traffic there is on the LA freeways now, I'm tempted ... | |
| What's the difference between a Rel t/9 & T/9i? Thanks, Al. I'll try to return the unused 10b to KEF. I'm happy with the sound of the Ayre A7e driving LS50s without sub augmentation.Ayre stuff is tricky. I inserted a supposedly balanced Bryston 10B high-pass filter between the KX-5/20 and VX... | |
| What's the difference between a Rel t/9 & T/9i? Thanks, Al. That post by taww and your first 4/1/18 post in that thread have given me pause about using any sub with the A7e. I was planning to connect the left and right speakers to L+L-R+R- block of the KEF 10b, but now I worry about damaging th... | |
| New System for a greenhorn audiophile $2K will go a lot further is you buy used. Audiogon and Audio Mart are good places to start. Seems to be a lot of churning in audio. Except for Oppos and KEF LS50s, I've bought all my stuff used. | |
| New System for a greenhorn audiophile I checked out millercarbon's link to his setup. If he got all that stuff for $2K he's a very shrewd buyer! Seriously, I wouldn't squander $500 for wires for a $2K budget. 14 gauge zip cord works surprisingly well for speaker leads, and you can... | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC For Roon I use a Mac Mini, ultraRendu with UpTone linear power supply, and Ayre Codex DAC with balanced analog to an Ayre A7e integrated that drives KEF LS50s. I use an iPad for control. Could I just run a Node 2i to the Codex DAC and expect the... | |
| New digital source recommendation I concur with soix. Visit the PC site here and at the Asylum for suggestions about doing a setup fairly inexpensively. An inexpensive used Mac Mini with Senore microRendu and DAC will get you excellent sound quality. Roon, Qobuz, and Tidal have... | |
| Nordost flat Leifstyle cables for sub? I found a pair of spare Clear Day cables, so I'll use those even though it may seem like overkill. I'd be tempted to try 16 gauge zip cord if it we didn't have the virus restrictions on shopping. I'm using Clear Day cables between the Ayre A7e a... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,A bit off-topic, but I hadn't realized OLED technology was energy efficient. I'll keep that in mind when we move to an apartment in a local retirement community. The apartments have so much glass a projector seems impractical, yet we enjoy t... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,We use the HT setup mostly for Cox Cable. The Bryston SP3 processor, NAD M22 amp, KEF LS50 speakers, and Velodyne HGS-15 subs are used for energy efficiency. The Ayre KX-5/20 preamp and KV-5/20 amp are used with the QX-5/20 for Roon and DX-5 ... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,I'm thinking about using the pair of Velodyne HGS-15s to supplement the six KEF LS50s I use for HT -- the big subs are great for LFE, and add another pair of HGS-10s to supplement the KEF Reference 1s with a distributed bass array for stereo. ... | |
| Roon can't find HQplayerr do you every get a chance to listen to the system? no need to get all upset |