garfish
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| Best power cord for amp?? Hi Rfj; Try some and you'll be amazed. Awhile ago I didn't believe it either, then I auditioned six. They all sounded different from each other-- some good, some bad, some little difference. Dealers will often let you audition broken in demos for ... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Nanderson; Carl is one of the "good guys". And you may have just touched on the main nerve of this whole issue: music has emotion at its very core. Whereas blind testing is logical, intellectual, and cold. Of course there is a place for both (a ve... | |
| CD player or Transport and DAC You're probably not making a valid comparison in your example. Rather, compare a $4500. single box CD player with a set of separates that also cost about $4500. together. Afterall, a single box CD player also contains a DAC (built in). In this cas... | |
| Best audio mag I agree with the above posts, except I don't read MFs column. | |
| SONIC QUALITIES OF A GOOD POWER CORD David, Hi again; The single most important music characteristic to me is truth of vocal timbre. So, I listen for the singer's voice-- relaxed, but not dull, live but not bright; natural is the goal for me. Pick out music that you are intimately fa... | |
| SONIC QUALITIES OF A GOOD POWER CORD Hi David99; I just finished auditioning 6 power cords that were already broken in. Assuming you have decent quality components, wire, and speakers, (and I assume you do) with a different power cord you will hear 1) no change, 2) poorer quality mus... | |
| Fellow Vandersteen Owners Mark-- Mg123's post above is right on, and I don't mean to downplay your ability as a carpenter or your friends speaker cabinet building ability. BUT, this speaker was specifically designed to have NO CABINET. If you do what you are proposing, you... | |
| CD recorder Marantz or Pioneer I don't want to start a big contentious controvery re: CD recorders-- just state MY opinion. I looked really close at HBB, but ended up purchasing a "consumer grade" Pioneer W739 CD recorder BECAUSE it had the SCMS system built in, as I wanted som... | |
| Fellow Vandersteen Owners Hi Mg123 & Mark; I have no doubt that you could remove the corner dowels and cover fabric of your 3As but what you would have is "80 lbs. of ugly", so that is not the point. Rather, Mark would like to add his own cabinetry-- an exercise fraugh... | |
| Fellow Vandersteen Owners .....Sorry, I should have said "significant other" rather than wife. But still best of luck. | |
| Fellow Vandersteen Owners Hi Mark...; I too own the Vand. 3Asigs, and also have the very similar 2Ces in our family room-- both are great speakers. The Vandersteen "boxless" speaker was VERY CAREFULLY designed and constructed to eliminate the sound of "box" speakers-- that... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Hi Albert and Redkiwi; I read, enjoyed, and learned by reading each of your long posts above, and I've concluded that I'm on the "steep part" of the learning curve re: high end audio. Thanks to both. | |
| Best power cord for amp?? Hi Carl, I too enjoy the musings of Sam Tellig. As noted, I did sort of enjoy "re-visiting" my decision to go with the Syn. Res. BTW, I got the 2nd one today and am looking forward to getting it broken in. And I know, that you know, that power cor... | |
| Best power cord for amp?? Hi Redkiwi, and thanks for the input. In my professional career there was a saying a close friend used to use a lot that I think applies here; "I wish I understood all that I know about this". That said, what does TPC AC feeder mean? Are you refer... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? Redkiwi--- I enjoyed your well stated post (above) and agree heartily. It really is about the psychology of hearing, and of course an important element of this psychology is time. |