douglas_schroeder
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| Using different gauge wire for biwiring The ideal is to use identical wire. Barring that, if you only have the two different sizes on hand, surely you an use them to bi-wire. For many years prior to buying entire sets of cables to compare I would swap around different cables on the Mid/... | |
| cabling suggestions with Ayon With the quality and directness of the CD-5/integrated combo you will have a plethora of options, many very good. I have written about the Wireworld and MIT brands in conjunction with Ayon players. I also reviewed the CD-5 and am using it now as m... | |
| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? 4est is correct; the Benchmark DAC1 I reviewed was sensitive to cables and transports. I have never encountered a component which is immune to cable influences. | |
| Aging technology versus inevitably aging ears... This question is like a woman asking you to guess her age. No win. It sounds to me like you are way too involved emotionally with your vintage gear to opt out of it. You are doomed. ;) | |
| Modernists Unite, or: saying no to room treatment I'll take the contrary position in this discussion. Simply put, you can wish for higher end experience in a non-tuned room all you want, but it will very likely be impaired. While the equipment is fairly independent of the room, and you can move u... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 The high power being used to demo the 1.7's in many cases is not representative of what the average audiophile will experience/hear from these speakers at home. When one pushes past 500 toward 1,000wpc the results with virtually any full range lar... | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System The survey seems to have run its course; thank you to all participants. | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System Learsfool, I might reach the same conclusion if I were looking at it from the outside. I fully expected that choice C would dominate. The survey didn't hold many surprises for me; it essentially confirmed what I was thinking. So that people avoid ... | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System That was my follow up question. I think the distribution would be much more widely spread from that point. But I would be interesting to see if those who responded, or those who wish to jump in and answer both questions reply. :) | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System I'm very pleased with the response from the community! Thank you all for your participation. I believe I have enough data for the article. :) | |
| Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can Well then, I'll be very curious to see the result of the car battery experiment! | |
| Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can Neal, you sound like part mad scientist! ;) Please let us know what transpires if you do the car battery PS. It would be interesting to compare a battery vs. VAC power supply. | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System Thank you everyone for your responses! | |
| Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can Neal, what are some systems you have had set up with the King? Just curious to hear, and what your thoughts were about them. Which rig do you think most favors the King? | |
| My ears of tin are over 50 This thread should act as an example of an honest misreading and misinterpretation of a quote/statement of an industry expert. The ensuing confusion and effrontery is also a good reminder to all that we can benefit from fact checking, ask reasonab... |