esylsten
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| what phono pre-amp to get? Camelot Lancelot | |
| Digital front-end p/c recommendations? I second the BMI Whale or a Shunyata Black Mamba. | |
| Cardas vs NBS? It has been my experience with a few NBS cables I have tried that it has a very quiet, laid back sound profile with a lack of brigtness but can also be some what undynamic. At least with tubes this has been my findings. I suppose each system can r... | |
| Recommended cables for Genesis APM-1 ? I currently have a pair of Genesis V speakers. I had good success with Kimber 8 AG, but was using a VAC Ren 70/70 amp. My current choice is Wireworld Gold Eclipse III+ I think you will be Ok with the Kimber, however I don't know about how the McCo... | |
| Are these cables a good buy? Kimber 8TC is a pretty universally good cable that works in many systems and components. | |
| Genesis or other powered subwoofer speak I own a pair of the Gen V's the predessesor to the 500 and 501. I use a VAC Ren 70/70 tube amp with them and they work well and the servo amp cranks out all the bass you could ever want. Good clean bass too. My amp is rated at 65 WPC and you can p... | |
| Shunyata Hydra OK, now that we got that cleared up. How about that Hydra? Owners that have one and it's broken in. What do you think? What did it replace? Are you keeping it? It is better than Microsoft approved? Have you compared it to a PS powerplant? Thanks. ... | |
| Suggestions for Cables all with Krell Although I have no experience with your amp I would be willing to bet that a BMI WHALE cord will work well with it and they are not real expensive either. I have 2 of them on my VAC amp and like them there. Big soundstage, huge dynamics and very q... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System I am in the same boat almost as the original poster. I've got around a $70K retail value in my system and probably 19% of it is cable, wires, power cords and a Shunyata Hydra ordered. I agree that getting the big important pieces figured out at fi... | |
| To tube or not to tube... I switched to tubed preamps about 10 years agon and then all tubes about 6 years ago. I use VAC electronics, have never had a failure and tubes last for years. The sound of these tubes are so good that I cannot stand to listen to SS equipment for ... | |
| Smooth, Warm Digital Cable? It's been a lon time since I had one and I cannot remember exactly but I think it may be worth an audition. Things react differently in different systems but I did replace it with a Yammamura M-5000 cable eventually. The Yam was better but way mor... | |
| Smooth, Warm Digital Cable? Music Meter Fidelus | |
| Best and Worst customer service? Best: Brain at BMI, Vac, Kimber Kableand and Wireworld have all been most helpful. | |
| SS vs Tube: What do you hear? I've had SS preamps and SS amp combinations, different tube preamps with great SS amps and then I bought a VAC Renaissance 70/70 amp to mate with my VAC preamp. That was the best up to that point but there is no argument for the bass delivered by ... | |
| Pease help with next upgrade I agree that getting better speaker cables may help but I am confused as to what brand of cables you are using. Nordost and Kimber mixed? Now you want to intorduce another brand (ZEN) to the mix? Every cable is colored in some way and finding the ... |