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| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @williampowell yes, and own Clear Ref now for interconnects. For me It had to do more with matching up my particular input/output tube selection and coupling caps I run in my DAC, preamp, and amplifiers though. Re-cabling again came last. I was a... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @williampowell yes, your Parsec and Iridium are going to be a bit laid back/warmer/grainier sounding in comparison to Cygnus. They are different cable designs too. You can send an email to Cardas and Josh or Brian will explain differences with Car... | |
| ESS Heil Air-Motion transformer model 1-D set of speakers @robbinsnest Used "core" value ranges greatly on the later 1D model. The prior 1C, 1B models are a little more desirable imo. Parts including Heil AMT diaphragms (brittle by now), dry crossover caps inside, stiff-cracking woofer surrounds due to a... | |
| RiP Peter Breuninger AVShowrooms Sad. Bummed. Truly enjoyed his enthusiasm and passion for this hobby. Passing along condolences to the family and friends around Peter. He will be missed. 😶 | |
| Interesting ASR review of small GR Research speaker kit Before his passing, Mark Markel of Analysis Plus posted this on his site.They make products for the aerospace and medical industry with precise measurements. https://homeaudio.analysis.plus/knowledge-base/#collapse-1-112 quote: "The fainte... | |
| Interesting ASR review of small GR Research speaker kit @boxer12 GR Research is a respected audiophile speaker manufacturer. They are devoted to the advancement of high end audio. Amir is not. Yep. It’s easy nitpicking for naysayers who don’t design and build successful sounding speakers that ac... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @sdl4 Thanks. I disconnected my custom stereo subs this week for amp updates, and just running the main speakers standalone with no bottom end reinforcement. Not too bad, there is added lower midrange resolution that some of my former ICs did not... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @decooney I’ll be interested in your impressions of the Clear Reflection ICs this time around. I started to reply with an update, and re-read your statements above. You already described it to a tee. I’m pleasantly perplexed how clarity and det... | |
| Cary Audio SA 200.2 SE power amp (latest version) @dilatante Yes, it is weird. Did you by chance plug the new amp into the same plug as before, or a different plug, and/or possibly different routing of cables too? Sometimes having two different power cables on top of each other or one of them cl... | |
| Upgraded McCormack DNA-1 or Dennis Had Inspire SEP? @jsbw My new Dennis Had Inspire arrived today.Holy SH!T this was the absolute right choice @charles1dad Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful sounding genre of low power tube amplifiers. Fasten your seatbelt, or prepare to watch... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed Update-2. At 100+ hours on the interconnects testing my source to preamp. Man, several things just sound correct again. It’s opening up now, tone+, bass+, Glow is there. Already sounding nice. You know it’s right when you can’t stop listening. Hap... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @sdl4 thanks, and her comments would resonate with a few friends who think room setup first, before anything else. Where in my case, the room and speakers are fixed and not changing. I fall into the same situation as Angela, and some times overly ... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @sdl4 @jl1ny Thanks for the updates you guys. Translates to my reality as well, same with these as all other Cardas I’ve owned past 25+ yrs while these are a little more clear in a nice way yet retaining some of the body and characteristics we men... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @jl1ny @sdl4 do you recall what your early settling-in period was like with your new Clear Ref interconnects? Going through it again now, and hours 1-4 was nothing like hour 12 or again at 24+. The rollercoaster changes were notable at first, ... | |
| Is this a scam? ..."He said he would send the rest when the item was shipped." And what guarantee or assurance do you have? None. |