dorkwad
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| VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights? The speaker cables I tried out are very good, BUT...the Clarity Cables Organic w/jumpers are the ones I will keep for a long time, maybe forever. All other cables sound thin and less involving, not to mention lacking dynamics in comparison. Added ... | |
| (Used) speaker cable replacement suggestions for Virtual Dynamics David? Glad to hear, Tony. I need to pay better attention to the date of the post I'm reading. I thought it was a recent post.Bob | |
| (Used) speaker cable replacement suggestions for Virtual Dynamics David? Hey Tony,I have 2 sets of cables that I might think of letting you try. Both are 8 ft. in length. Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme and Amadi Maddie Signature. Both of these have matching jumpers, if needed. The CTGE’s would not be very good r... | |
| Threshold, Levinson, Bryston, Krell, ?others? used amps I had a Mod Squad Quad 405 for over 25 years after having a stock 405 for about 8 years (Mod Squad's Steve McCormack later became McCormack Audio), a Bryston 8B for several years which was more powerful and slightly more detailed, replaced it wit... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Former PE/Health teacher and coach of several sports for 37 years in the middle school along with running the intramural program for the last 27 years of my job. Loved it all and also listening to music. The better it sounds, the more pleasurabl... | |
| Very best sounding Vinyl Hey Chuck,My experiences with Better Records were a different experience than yours. I bought Yes--Close to the Edge super hot stamper and compared it to the copy I had since college that had been given LAST treatment and played a ton. I had a g... | |
| Very bright SC and IC with coherence in imaging, soundstaging and timing I have a couple pairs of Amadi Maddie Signature silver wire ICs and a couple pairs of Darwin Silver or Ascension silver wire ICs that are both very detailed, open, will light up the sound a little but with no harshness. They are significantly bet... | |
| Recommendations for fast sounding cables At your price point, I'd also suggest Amadi Maddie Signature, Darwin Silver or Darwin Ascension. They are all silver cables and really transformed my system from good to very good. They allow you to hear deeply into the mix with great detail but... | |
| Switch from AB to D Hey Ron,I replaced an Edge M6 A/B amp with Nuforce Reference 9 SE V3 mono amps that are 175 watts/ channel class D. I loved the sound--much more detail, more dynamic, and just better all round. Later on, I had TDSS do their level 3 upgrades to ... | |
| VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights? kcpo,I have made several improvements in the past year taking the sound to a level I just didn't think I'd ever hear. It has become so rich with lifelike tone. I have not changed components in quite a few years so I guess the increase in sound ... | |
| How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup? About 9 years of buying from the used audio sites, ordering from manufacturers, buying from friends, and straight swaps with others. It was also a lifetime of learning and listening to get to know the sound and what was most important in various ... | |
| Help regarding SACD/CD players The MW players are a significant leap in sound over stock players, even very good ones. I don't have experience with the Oppo 83 MW version, but I did have an Oppo 83 for a few years in a second system. It did everything fine, but I'm dead certa... | |
| Help regarding SACD/CD players Tony,Did you try to talk to Dan at Modwright? I can give you his number if you'd like.Bob | |
| Help regarding SACD/CD players Sorry about that last email. Oppo became opposite everytime from spellcheck and I didn't catch it in time and it's too late to change it now. Bob | |
| Help regarding SACD/CD players That could be a good unit. It was done quite a few years ago when MW was getting going. The Oppo 83 hasn't been in production for over 10 years I think. Opposite is out of business at this point and each newer Oppo has been a better sounding un... |