decooney
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| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD @jjss49 "on his user forum, any attempt at discussing better or worse amplification for his speakers are shut down by him with an iron fist, as he personally moderates the discussion forum -- with the rationale that the user forum is about users d... | |
| What about grannyring Helix interconnect cables and Helix power cords? @grannyring thanks for the offer. I'm winding down on my collection and duplicates myself. Last pair of my own going up for sale now. Maybe someone can take advantage of these unique ICs. | |
| What about grannyring Helix interconnect cables and Helix power cords? @grannyring Just so you know I never sold these here on the Gon except for a couple of my personal sets that were extra and lying around. Other than that I only made a couple of these cables for audio friends. I am no longer making cables. Never s... | |
| AVA Van Alstine SET 400 amplifier -- burn in? @wjob I have two of the AVA SET amps - I think they do settle in a bit with break in, but both sounded great out of the box.Before sending them out, I wonder if AVA leaves them powered on for say 48-72hrs, re-checks specs and re-adjusts bias if re... | |
| Considering the Parasound A23+ amplifier Yep, trying a few N7 tubes in the preamp, and some IC changes w/b a worthy trial towards keeping that XA25! | |
| Cat Scratch Fever? @jsd52756 "But I believe the speakers were ESS."That period was what some of us who worked there sometimes refer to as the "old ESS" days. Some of the commercial and event implementations used the Professional Series line. Different design. More r... | |
| Considering the Parasound A23+ amplifier @mesch I am not sure that the issue I am having with my XA25 is typical to the model. I am not convinced that what I am hearing can be addressed with cables, break-in or warm-up. I have spoken to Pass Lab personel and have determined that my uni... | |
| Speaker Cables @jjss49 +1 @pesky_wabbit mentioned Partsconnexion, another good option. I had forgotten to mention them as I have not bought internal wire from them in a while. Also It looks like they are selling the Cardas black/red wire again, including Ultra P... | |
| Speaker Cables @jjss49 IMO whatever you do, recommend NOT using the home depot brown spool wire some people talk about, it's garbage for internal speaker wiring too. Super grainy result from it in my setups. Not helping you with your color-coded black/red wire ... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity Placement and the amplifier driving the 8 and 16 model ET speakers is key. I've heard both speakers about ten times with some great amplifiers at a local dealer who's sold them longer than any other shop in the USA ETs can sound incredible, deep... | |
| Speaker Cables @cakyolI can GUARANTEE you that NOBODY on earth will EVER be able to tell the difference between that wire and something costing 100s of dollars per foot...Yes, read all of it and totally disagree with polar opposite experiences, is why I replied.... | |
| Speaker Cables ... Years ago, I think it was Stereophile or The Absolute Sound, just for fun, went to Home Depot and got a 12 gauge extension cord and threw it into the mix. It was actually really good. So, for my let's see... $5 or 6K system crammed in my offic... | |
| Speaker Cables @nonoise Hehehe. Yeah, I know and hear ya. :) Is "too transparent" something you'd consider as a valid observation or consideration? Well, its something I wrestled with when I first got my OCC cables new. Thankfully it all settled in after an... | |
| Speaker Cables Speaking of OFC vs. OCC, and switching to "interconnects" and different metallurgy types, over the past year (on and off) I’ve been testing two different pairs. Using the same brand, same internal design, same connectors, and the primary differenc... | |
| What are Your Favorite Tweeters? @stereo5 "The AMT tweeter and silk dome tweeters. Everything else doesn’t sound real to me." Yep. It’s always a kick to see the look on someone’s face the very first time they hear a speaker design with a really good AMT implementation. |