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Help me find a suitable speaker cable for my all McIntosh system
I broke down and ordered a 4ft AQ William Tell (Silver) bi-wire combo and just received it today.  Appreciate everyones suggestions.  Happy Holidays, Bob  
Mcintosh C-12000
Regarding the C12000 preamp; is it possible to remotely switch between Solid State and Tube? if so, how did you hoke up and configure this.  I know it is possible by switching ICs around, but it would be much more convenient to set back and just p... 
Should I update my manufactures power cords?
I appreciate everyones comments and the survey results. How do you distinguish between PC for use with each piece of equipment, for example, MC611 amps or hifi rose 150b?  
Mcintosh C-12000
B/W 800D3 SPEAKERS.   
McIntosh MC611 (terminal 2, 4, or 8 ohms)to B&W 800d3's
I agree with using the 4ohm tap. When I receive my speaker wire I will let you know how it sounds compared to 8 ohm tap. Appreciate everyone's responses. Thank you. Bob  
When to choice XLR over RCA ICs.
Keep it up I am learning. Again Thanks, Bob  
When to choice XLR over RCA ICs.
I appreciate everyone's response to my question and enjoyed the very detailed article provided by "ditusa". I will let you know if one pair of more expensive ICs unbalanced vs less expensive similar ICs change anything. As always I can count on t... 
McIntosh MC611 (terminal 2, 4, or 8 ohms)to B&W 800d3's
McIntosh C12000 two channel Tube & Solid State Stereo preamp.  
Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables
You may laugh, but after over a year in purchasing equipment and demoing AQ cables, I finally ordered AQ William Tell (Silver) biwire combo with U-spades on each end. I hope to receive them by Christmas and spend some time lessoning to some favori... 
McIntosh MC611 (terminal 2, 4, or 8 ohms)to B&W 800d3's
I shall, Thank you.  
Help me find a suitable speaker cable for my all McIntosh system
Appreciate everyone's recommendations.   
Help me find a suitable speaker cable for my all McIntosh system
I found the copper choices from AQ were too smooth with my equipment the midlevel AQ with silver cleared it up (ie. Firebird & William Tell Silver biwire combo's. Since they are above my budget for 4ft lengths I have moved on to hear what the ... 
Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables
I decided to hold off on 4ft speaker cables because the AQ WT silver combo including 20% discount new, will run me $6598.92, a bit too much right now. Please note: During our two month loaner trial on a pair of AQ 10ft Firebird Combo (I only need... 
Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables
I compared AQ Firebird speaker cable combo with AQ William Tell (Silver) speaker combo in my system.  IMO and my representative opinion, there was very little difference when streaming HD music. Considering the FB cables are over 6 times the price... 
AQ FIREBIRD VS DRAGON SPEAKER CABLES
I received a 10ft length of Firebird Speaker cable combo and 10' length William Tell "Silver"  combo speaker cable. After a few weeks of lessoning on HD streaming; my rep. and I determined there was very little improvement in my system going with ...