fredcdobbs
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| Cheap Audio Cables 12 TC My goof. Mostly those were digital cables, Blue Jeans silver and regular. Momoptice, Audioquest carbon, Nordost. Pangea. I also tried a couple custom makers and didn't like their cables either. I have a pair of Kimber Heroes. It is not as go... | |
| Acoustic Energy Ae 500 speaker. Any experience? I believe the line was originally sourced in Canada way back when. Then sold to someone but now recently required by a Brit company and back in the game. Thomas and Stereo did a nice review of their 509 stand mount and what I can read sounds good.... | |
| Schiit Freya+ or Saga+? Vidar or Aegir? I have a Schiit Raganock 2 integrated and I recently asked Schiit what kind of improvement I could expect with a Freya Vidar or Aegir combo. It surprised me that the person I talked to didn’t think it would justify the change. Interesting as I lik... | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? I'm o happy with my audiolab 6000 CDT transport If I was going to put something together for under a grand, I'd get the CDT and add a Schiit Modi Multibit and a good inexpensive digital cable like a Mogami 2964 from Amazon. Total investment $825. | |
| Fyne Audio - Anyone heard lf it? Check out a review by Small Room Audio on Youtube. I think he's being quite unbiased. Basically he said that the $400 Triangle Borea Bro2 was preferable in his system. Another review said equipment matching was necessary. Code for it needs calm, e... | |
| Eleven digital cable audition. I used a 1M Apogee. I didn't see the directional arrow at first. It's a triangle pointing in the direction of the lettering on the cable. At last I think the triangle is like an arrowhead on directionality. Good cable. By the ay, Nordost doesn't m... | |
| Eleven digital cable audition. Okay folks, I have some follow up on my under $100 cable hunt as I’ll call it now. I have tried some more cables, gotten a second tube amp (Muishare x7) and better speakers (Evoke 20s)So this will obviously change in your system with your transpor... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed I am very sensitive to the problem you have and one thing that I’ve settled on is NO metal dome tweeters. I do much better with soft dome tweeters or a well controlled EMIT.That said, I just bought a pair of Dynaudio Evoke 20 speakers and I’m in l... | |
| What's your favorite speaker finish? I like cheap vinyl wrap so they look like a Walmart coffee table. | |
| I was told to put Kitty Litter in my new speaker stands. Was he joking? How about Granny's cremation remains? I told my wife to do anything she wanted with my ashes, just not in the kitty litter. | |
| Fyne Audio - Anyone heard lf it? Look up the reviews on Youtube. One English guy has this speaker compared to several others and he mentioned what I suspected from the Soundstage review. The Sounstage guy did a "Wow, gee whiz look what I got" review but it wasn't very thorough in... | |
| Fyne Audio - Anyone heard lf it? Wow, I remember Gene Rubin from my old audio days. Good dealer. Good fellow to do business with and rely on. j | |
| New Dynaudio Evoke 20 This is endless, I just heard a rave review of some Fyne Audio 500 speakers that has me curious. That said, I've been burned by one off rave reviews too many times to get too excited. Another speaker I am curious about and may audition sometime in... | |
| New Dynaudio Evoke 20 Let's temper this with a caution that at the time I tested these speakers, I had other things going on in the system that were annoying me. I also didn't have the front end and amplification now have. (I've also tested a lot of amps and some DACS)... | |
| New Dynaudio Evoke 20 $1750. I had to leap. I guess I could go on forever but I'm on my tenth home audition having bought two cheaper but good (For the Money) speakers. I'm approaching $600 in return shipping fees. Need to park it somewhere. |