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| Cable Madness Call The Cable Company and take the guess work out of buying cables. They have a huge lending library with no commitment to buy. Hook 'em up and hear in your own system at home. Call 1-800-FATWYRE. Just for your info, I owned B&W 802 Matrix 3'... | |
| B&W 801 s 3 or???? I owned 802 Series 3 B&W's for years and I am very familiar with the 801's. At 400 Watts with your Krell, I think you are just barely powered up for the 801's. You might look for a used Krell FPB 600. Your room could have problems as well leav... | |
| Virtual Dynamics Cryogenically Cables vs others? I own a VD top of the line power cord. Very good! Don't have experience with JPS, but just to confuse an already cofusing topic, look into the Hovland Main Line power cord. I own one and I think it betters any that I own or have tried over the las... | |
| Power amp to match Conrad Johnson Premier17LS I used a Threshold t-200 for many years with my CJ PV-11a. Absolutely wonderful, sweet and powerful. Great bass. | |
| tube amp for 802's ? I owned these speakers for years. They are great even by today's standards. They are, however, large with two significant woofers and require power. I tried mine with some tube amps in the 80 watt range and the woofers were never adequately suppli... | |
| tube or tube-like amp recommendations? Look for a Threshold T200 or T400 on Audiogon. They are solid state amps with very tube-like performance. Powerful as well and they can be had for the money you want to spend. I see them here fairly often and at ridiculously low prices. They are p... | |
| Cables for B&W and Rotel system. I was a long time owner of B&W 802 Matrix III's. Before that I had 803's as well. B&W did and always will like Audioquest cables better than anything out there. I listened to many many other brands of cables and I can tell you that nothing... | |
| Speakers to replace B&W N804s ????? I owned 803's and 802's both Series III for many years. The 803's were a mistake on my part because the speaker is a one box enclosure. The 802's are a 2 box enclosure which seperate the woofers from the midrange/tweeter. This eliminates most of t... | |
| Where do I go from here, keep it clean The weakest part of your system is the Benz Glider Cartridge. Benz has really terrific trade-in trade-up offers which would make getting a Ruby III the way to go. The Glider is nice, but with you Pass Phono Pre, you are not even coming close to wh... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Oh my God! Someone at Audiogon who wants to keep his equipment? Blasphemy! I have owned only two (2) pairs of speakers since 1992. That's right, 2 pairs in 14 years. The first were a pair of B&W 802 Matrix III's and now I have Revel Studio Ult... | |
| Transparent's Network Boxes I think Transparent & MIT are among the best cables out there. Of course, I own about $30K in audio equipment, so I can easily hear the difference. By the way, what is it about the network boxes from these manufacturers that lights up everyone... | |
| Tube power vs Solid state power, how much is enoug I owned a pair of B&W 802 Matrix III's for several years. Amplifier power ratings aside, solid state amps control woofers on power hungry, moderately large loudspeakers such as the 802's better than their tube equivelants. I drove my B&W's... | |
| Whats the krell sound? There is nothing to love about the sound of Krell products made in the last 5 years. Uninvolving musically and ridiculously priced, current Krell electronics and those made in the last 5 or 6 years do not hold a candle to the products they made in... | |
| Best system to be done for $4500-5000. If you buy the B&W's, try AudioQuest speaker cables. They really perform at their best bi-wired. If you buy the Revels, MIT Shotguns or Transparent are a great match. I own the Revel Ultima Studios and I use MIT 750 Magnums. Really a good matc... | |
| Are the performance of separates worth the price? It's like everything in life. While one may work perfectly fine, two are better. On the other hand, in audio, it may not be true. It depends on WHAT ONE or WHAT TWO you are considering purchasing. Obviously one Mark Levinson will be better than tw... |