garfish
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| The most important piece in a stereo system??? Well, everyones system has to start somewhere, so it may help to re-phrase the question, eg "what one piece of equipment would you most want to build the rest of your system around?". For a long time, I was convinced that source components amd pre... | |
| Walking that fine line: What would you do ? Good Luck Sean. I'll just sympathize with your situation, I recently bought Vandersteen 5 speakers, and my whole system took a tilt toward the "very revealing" (I wouldn't call it analytical though), and at first I was disappointed, but now I'm fi... | |
| How much money do you want to waste? Craig K; I guess there's still a lot of life left in this subject, probably because there are always new people coming into the Forum. So far there have been 36 posts to this thread-- the most in a long time. So, my apologies if my first post was ... | |
| How much money do you want to waste? Tim, Bob, Z, Martin; You guys are "right on". Craig ol' buddy, we've only been through this issue about 10,000 times. Is Audiogon no longer moderating thread or post submissions? A'gon buddies, please don't take your ire out on all us "Craigs". I ... | |
| Pleasant surprises, what have you run across? Synergistic Research Active Shielding on their inter-connects was the most significant upgrade I've ever made, and if the wall wart power supplies are used it's inexpensive. I was expecting some improvement in music, but not the huge improvement t... | |
| equipment sound bad? Hi Dan; While I agree with Sean in principle, my experience is most like that of Perfectimage (above). I am an audiophile, and therefore somewhat obsessive. As to your proposition #1, I think audiophiles will always try to improve their systems, a... | |
| Generally Speaking Vandersteen Audio states that moderately priced bi-wired speaker cables will easily out-perform a single run of more expensive cable. Of course this is with Vandersteen speakers that have been specifically designed to be used bi-wired.I personally... | |
| looking for upgrade suggestions - 12,000 to spend I agree with Sdcampbell and Onhwy61. The speaker room interface is of paramount importance, and optimizing it will likely yield greater significant sonic improvements than any kind of component upgrade would. You already have a very nice system.I'... | |
| What connection is better Balanced or single ended Hi Bigwaves; not a goofy question. I have excellent equipment that has balanced and single ended connections, and I've tried both. I clearly prefer single ended for it's full bodied, more rounded, more organic presentation of music (IMO). My exper... | |
| Power strip manufacturers? JPS Labs makes a 4 outlet strip that was recommended to me by Steve McCormack. It's comparable in price to the Cardas. | |
| What is your upgrade philosophy? Hi Inscrutable; your question caused me a great deal of thought. Thankyou. After 10 years and about $50K spent, I've come to the conclusion that a really great sounding system can only be built by "trial and error", and taking into account your pe... | |
| What is the name of your system. SR#19. This means Stereo Rig #19. I started out at SR#1 and have made 19 significant up-grades since to arrive at SR#19. Many minor tweaks were not considered significant, but eg, addition of a dedicated AC system was. Cheers. Craig | |
| Furniture-grade cd storage Sorice in Perkasie, PA. makes very nice solid hardwood CD cabinets in various sizes, woods, and configurations. I have two of their 300 CD units in oak that are very well made-- with smoked glass doors, and glass shelves. But there are other optio... | |
| Aretha, favorite recordings? Hi Eric; "The Very Best of Aretha Franklin" Vols. 1 and 2 on Rhino, and also "Aretha Franklin's 30 GH" on Atlantic (2 CD set), as well as "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You" also on Atlantic. You're right, these are a few years old now, but ... | |
| Christmas music Hi Tim; The best Christmas music I've ever heard is Anne Murray's "Christmas Wishes". I've had it several years now and we play it a lot around Christmas time, but I don't know if it's still available-- worth looking for though. Cheers. Craig. |