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| Synergistic Research Tesla Plex SE V Furutech GTX Years later, I’m weighing back in on the Furutechs, due to a recent purchase.I’ve had the Furutechs for years now, and they are every bit as good as I thought. That said, the NCF units Furutech released show that the rhodium version has a little l... | |
| Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 Tablejockey, I’m actually listening thru a modest integrated right now. My Hurricanes blew and although I’ve had the problem taken care of, I haven’t put them back into the system yet, so I’m listening thru an NAD.After living with the Heimdall 2 ... | |
| Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 Although this thread is old, I've had a few more experiences, so I am posting that experience.I bought two Heimdall 2 power cords in the past month, and then my dealer had a 20 amp Frey 2 power cord for a customer that wasn't broken in. Since I ha... | |
| best integrated amp. Hegel is very nice. I understand dave_b's statement, although my experience is that as you go up the line, you get more midbass. The H80 is lovely, but light in the midbass. the reviews say there's not any frequency that 'stands out' (meaning it's... | |
| What happened to the "club atmosphere" of Audiogon? I agree with the original poster, although it's always subjective as to how far "downward" the site has drifted. Some would say a little bit, some would say a lot.I do know that before 2007, I had never had anyone scam me, but it has happened 3 ti... | |
| opinions on Nordost PC I have a Heimdall 2, and heard a Frey 2 (power cord). Heimdall won, but here's the twist: the dealer had not broken in the Frey 2 very much. I don't care what Nordost or anyone else says: these things take WEEKS to break in, 24/7. I've owned EVERY... | |
| Creating space between interconnects & keeping cables off the floor I’ve not had a cable on the floor since 1990, when Enid Lumley of TAS, espoused the idea that something to do with "skin effect" caused cables lying directly on the floor to sound blurrier. What the hell, thought I. I got up immediately and poised... | |
| Can too many components on one outlet affect the sound of an amp? Yes. And turn off your microwave, dedicated circuits or no. I have 6 dedicated lines, and yet I can hear the microwave. It is not just this house: I heard it when I lived in San Francisco in my apartment, which also had dedicated lines. And I test... | |
| Have you gotten great sound in a small er room? Geoffkait, just happened to be looking at old threads, and saw your response from 3 years ago, and laughed.I didn’t mean MY room was small: I was curious about rooms that were smaller and the results of others. I’ve had - with different systems - ... | |
| Nordost Brahma vs Heimdall 2 power cords The first generation Valhalla’s weakness lay in the upper bass/lower midrange. Anyone who played cello, in particular, could hear that Valhalla "leaned out" that range of sound. I like Valhalla, own the interconnects, used to own the speaker cable... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Well, I've just discovered that the PS Audio Power Plant 300 actually prefers the Red fuse over the Quantum Black.A friend of mine, who loves music (well, let me correct that: he loves Scheherazade, and ONLY Scheherazade), was over the past few da... | |
| Hegel H160 competitors Just remember to turn OFF your numeric display after you reach the volume you want. It affects the sound, particularly the highest part of the upper midrange and lower highs 3-6k by killing overtones. (Microwaves, even just in standby, do the same... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... So, Oregonpapa, did you observe that the bass, with the Quantum Black fuse, had the same "weight" to it - or even more or less weight - or did you simply observe that the bass quality seemed better? | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Audiolabryinth, happy to respond.I like the Furutech outlets, because they are very smooth. In comparison, the Teslaplex SE has a slightly more forward upper midrange, which, on some Mercury Living Presence CDs, can be a bit intense. My wall outle... | |
| HFTs or more fuses Rockyboy, had a Bryston at one point and sold it, although it sounded great. The Arcam is my "fallback" player, one that I’ll never sell (i’ve bought it 3 times, and sold it twice, so the third one stays!). That allows me to have a CD player to li... |