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| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR @jeffreyw The funny thing, many have steered me away from the Cardas/McIntosh synergy, considering my wishes to liven up the highs. @jeffreyw Its a final tuning and balancing act. Similar to how each of the different McIntosh amplifiers exh... | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR I’m a 30+ year Cardas owner, several different models. While I’ve tried all sorts of other cables/brands in between, all of my interconnects, digital, speaker cables on my primary system are authentic Cardas Audio. Wouldn’t have it any other way. ... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus AC/DC 1980 "Back In Black" North American Tour Landover, MD USA (Capital Center) Way Too Loud, 3rd row. Ears rang for weeks. | |
| going from tube preamp to solid state @youwin good to know, and hopefully working with Aric a bit more to explore more can help. For some reason you decide to swap out your current preamp for something else permanently, I’m betting you won’t have a hard time finding a new owner if you... | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR @jafant At one time not long ago, Cardas was guilty of this practice as well. False, not authentic Cardas. Fake counterfeits are guilty of this. ------------------------------ Authentic Cardas Pure Copper is mined in the Southwest USA and ... | |
| going from tube preamp to solid state @innersound300 imo, listen to @aricaudio who knows your preamp design. I was about to suggest the same as Aric. I’m currently using a 6SN7 preamp with various tubes in the stable. Every single/different tube I've tried (NOS vintage or new) offers... | |
| Tube sound: Tung Sol KT 120 vs KT 88 @moose89 you might look over some older Agon threads on this, a few bits of info here and there about 8-10 years back. fwiw, I owned a new/upgraded SLI-80 Signature myself. Kind of had to go overboard with mine to get it to sound how I wanted it. ... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire PSE 300B WOW!!! His latest amps definitely require proper speaker matching to perform their best. Having been through three different Cary amps originally designed by Dennis and lastly a Dennis Had Inspire Hot Rod amp (8-10w), an audio buddy and I messed with t... | |
| Bluesound Node 2I Power Supply Update I believe @hilde45 upgraded to LPS on his Node. Don't recall the name. There may be other threads on that or he may chime in. While I have a different streamer, trying the iFi iPower Elite, comes in 5, 12, 15 and 24 volts. Their marketing cla... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire PSE 300B WOW!!! The added key to success we can see here is you have horns, and what appears to be at least two other power amplifiers involved doing the heavy lifting in the bass and lower sub-frequency range. Nice setup. Enjoy! | |
| AUDIO SCIENCE REVIEW and $50 to spend......... @prof I agree they trash some gear that I personally think sounds great (for instance, Devore speakers which I love are disparaged usually on ASR). Exactly. Also, many amplifiers that don’t measure well can sound great. My two sets of ampli... | |
| AUDIO SCIENCE REVIEW and $50 to spend......... "we go by what we can prove". "Wherever I go. there I am." 🤡 | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR @jeffreyw what interconnect cables are you using now? Length? | |
| Are Cardas Parsec cables Overkill for Zen Stream? imo, Parsec Digital SPDIF in half meter is not overkill for your system. Under a microscope etched OFC, OCC, and drawn high purity Cardas Grade 1 Copper. https://www.cardas.com/cardas-copper | |
| How hot is hot when moving from class a/b to to a or tubes? @mpoll1 My main concerns were: potential burns to the kids (probably their friends. Two added points of information have surfaced here. And, if you plan to keep your nice L509x amp and rotate in a tube amp once in a while, going a new/lower... |