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| 1973 Rogers LS3/5A hanging from ceiling, used Dynaco preamp and amp with Van A mods, technics 1200 turntable spinning mobile fidelity Year Of The Cat late at night on a hot thick August night with windows open. Life was great. | |
| Keep wife happy with Bluesound Vault with Ipad? No need to divorce. The system will be used primarily for parties when critical listening is nill. At smaller gatherings I can stil use my system with a CD. The Wadia 850x was not upgrated and has a glass fiber optical that is not specified as FO ... | |
| Odd length speaker cables Thanks everyone. I spoke to a local dealer who " does not believe in significant difference". He claims that years ago he conducted double blind studies with groups of audio enthusiasts, repeated each test 10 times and less than 20% were able to t... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp Vac 30/30 MkII Thanks everyone. I guess I will try the internal adjustment on the Wadia first or get passive attenuators. If I can try out a decent preamp that would be next although it is not easy to gain access to one when you mostly buy on Audiogon. If anyone... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp Vac 30/30 MkII Thanks so much for your input. I find that Wadia works great at moderate to loud sound levels on the volume control i.e level 20-55 straight into the VAC. At low levels 8-20 I seem to loose dynamics, debth, seperation etc. When I use the Wadia at ... | |
| Any Steven Huntely clones??? I read some recomendations for Henry Tang at Musical Coherence Ltd in UK but shipping an 860x to UK would likely be a real joy. | |
| DVD recomendation I am not sure about the sound but component video was better than the DVI between this unit and my grand vega III lcd sony. DVI was too dark with a great loss of detail in the shadows. I bought it for DVI and I use Component video. | |
| Big screen LCD TVs I looked at these for about 5 months before making a decision. Based on size 60" and desire for HD I contemplated over sony grand vega III 60"lcd, samsung 60"DLP and Phillips LcoS 55". Sony won. I found sharpness, color and blacks close on all thr... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Heinz Triomphe, Glanmorangie 18y old, Dalmore 21y old | |
| How important is speaker positioning?My experience Speaker placement is important and I found that very clear with Audio Physic Virgo II. Due to multipurpose use room I however cant place seating area in the ideal position. Can a room correction device i.e. Tact take me closer to ideal? | |
| Power Cord Stress If the height allows you can support the heavy power cord with a 35mm film carnisters used individualy or stacked until they give you the proper height to take the pressure off the connection. I used it with a PS Audio lab cable II. | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path I found that using dedicated lines helped a lot. I had an electrician run 3 lines of 10 g romex to 3 ps audio wall outlets. When I switched between the standard vs dedicated the noise was reduced significantly, soundstage got biger and there was a... | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path Dennis thanks for the tube run down. It will help me narrow down choices when I am ready to roll. The vac is great from the first impression and it was a big improvement over the Manley Stingray which I also enjoyed for 2 years. I will let you kno... | |
| Anyone bought Speakers from outside U.S.A.? call me lucky but I have purchased 2 sets of speakers overseas and had no problem with them. The first was Rogers LS3/5A from audio T in England back in 1979. Good transaction, perfect condition and when one woofer went bad in mid 90 a local deale... | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path Dennis the menace, in my system the 860x does not seem overly dry but that could be a function of speakers or cables. When I spoke with Great Northern Sound the recomendation was to run it direct into the amp and I was advised that the upgrades wi... |