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| Power cord suggestions for Hegel integrated amp/dac? Black Sand Audio has a Violet Z1 MKII (actually on sale at this time) which I found to be great PC upgrade at a reasonable price | |
| Best beginner system about 5,000.00 My two cents:The PS Audio Sprout 100 is a great little integrated amp and only about $600. That leaves 90% of your budget for the other items. You are going to get a million suggestions on speakers, but agree with those who will say you need to ... | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? Mr Neil Young | |
| Preamp Choice... a hard call for me. Knowing this is all based on your ears and your taste, I recently purchased an Audio Hungary APR 204 pre-amp (paired with a First Watt F7) and the sound is beautiful. I am sure will sound even better as it breaks in. I enjoy the tube pre-amp wit... | |
| Higher Efficiency Speakers Have you considered the Rethm Maarga? | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat I am a physician, and although have no opinion on the mats (as I have never seen or used them) I can reply to the pacemaker question. The answer is product liability. Pacemakes are adjusted and turned on/off with magnets. We, (all) emergency de... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound A silly question, perhaps......If you purchase a power regenerator, I assume you do NOT need a better power cord for the regenerator itself. Yes? Because if takes power, confers to DC before producing 'clean' AC again, I would guess the power com... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed To start, I am not a sales person, affiliated with any product or company in any way and a newbie at that.I find it hard to pay big bucks for wire, but feel compelled to have something nicer than a pair of Wal-mart IC or the like. Anyway, IF the ... | |
| Help with choosing music server have you looked at the Innuos ZenMini MK III for 2000 you can get 8 TB (1 TB costs about 1250). Very easy set up, will burn and store your CDs with album art, etc. I recently purchased one and am very pleased with it. | |
| Dealers That Sell Large Volumes of Used Gear Online The selection of used was not huge, but Gestalt HiFi in Santa Fe New Mexico has good prices and I cant say enough about the personal service. Multiple emails with Mike had FAST responses. And after the sale (since I am a newbie) asked me to send p... | |
| Digital streaming options for my system are confusing The Innuous is very easy to setup and does require a Roon subscription which is $120 a year or $500 lifetime. I am a newbie, so someone please correct me if I am wrong. I have a Innuos ZenMini MK II (Demo for $800) with iPeng connected to a Chor... | |
| Thoughts about speakers for a newbie Awesome. Chicago is not too far and AXPONA sounds like a great start. Thanks |