ez2hear

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Choosing cables for Passive applications?
Capacitance is not the only issue that "alters the signal" ... personally, with a passive pre I would be more interested in cables that had low resistance and low impedance. 
Speakers for a small room, looking for feedback
Might want to consider some others like Vandersteen 1's or 2's and Tetra 305'swww.vandersteen.comwww.tetraspeakers.com 
IC/Speaker Recommendations for Sim Audio/Dynaudio
Bass plus detail ... might want to look at what Synergistic Research, Purist Audio or Kubala-Sosna has to offer. 
"only one shot"
BAT VK-75 
Broke and still not happy
What is it you do not like about the sound? 
Balance/Counter Balance....
I would suggest selecting a cable that does everything, or close to everything, correctly so that you can emphasize the strengths of the entire system, and, help ameliorate the weaknesses. 
realworld experience: Kharma subwoofer + 3.2 CRM
Thanks to the Kharma personnel, I was able to hear the 3.2s at the show with and without the sub working. In my opinion, and those that were with me, the sub did NOT in any way shrink the soundstage of the 3.2s.In fact, the addition of the sub ver... 
Best Tubes for Audible Illusions 3 Pre-Amp
Surfgod ... You may have had that experience with your AI with the factory tubes as they are selected to withstand the design - but choosing many of the standard NOS tubes that sound so good elsewhere may not be possible due to the "on the edge" d... 
Speaker Wires on Carpet
Bomarc ... I have not tried to listen with cables on the carpet and with them lifted off the carpet. Your post makes it sound like you have "Carpet doesn't affect the signal" is rather emphatic.Can you advise how you lifted the cables, what you he... 
Redbook: only 1/4 of the master tape???
Redbook is 44,100 samples per second.First of all, understand the performance being recorded literally has no sampling. Rather there is a continuous stream of music, lets call it infinite (zillions) of samples per second.If the master tape is digi... 
Theta Enterprise or Ayre V1x with Vandy 5A
You might want to check the following things on V5s for mid-bass issues:(a) High Pass Filter Dip-Switch Settings - need to make sure you are changing this as you try different amps as it affects mid-bass directly (be sure to adjust if amp specs gi... 
Best Tubes for Audible Illusions 3 Pre-Amp
You should talk to someone who knows, I am just passing along something I remember hearing, and that is that the Audible Illussions unit, through its design, stresses tubes much higher than almost all other designs and therefore severely limits yo... 
Will this work to tame bass boom?
I assume you have exhausted the possibilities of re-locating the speakers? 
Mcintosh MC2000 owners please help
I have heard that combo ... C200 with 1201s ... on Avalon Ediolons to great effect. 
Point to point wiring.
The other advantage is that each device that consumes power has a direct path back to the power supply and therefore the differences that can occur when all the devices are trying to draw power from a common distributed supply are eliminated - the...