gbmcleod
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| Nordost Norse2 series Frey 2 is not REMOTELY as lightweight-sounding as Frey 1. I've had both (still have the Frey 2 (interconnect, not speaker cable) and it is easily as solid as Tyr. Instuments are grounded, not ghostly. I imagine this is a function of Nordost fillin... | |
| Min room size for Wilson Audio Sophia or WP8 P.S. I've had tube traps since 1987, and I assure you, what you've read about the room being too small (late as my response is to your original post) is wrong.What's more likely is setting the speakers up at the absolute optimum of the room. And t... | |
| Min room size for Wilson Audio Sophia or WP8 If you are able to make any changes in the room by adding (record) bookcases on one of the 14' lengths, the room should "see" itself as 13' x 14' x 8'. That could be helpful. As far as the speakers, I had WATTS from '86 to '93. Unless you have a c... | |
| Alpha-Core Goertz speaker cables I should point out the Nordost of that time was the SPMs. And, just to see if I could remember which issue it was (and I could), it was issue 113.Aside from that, I also had for review, the copper wire, which I found to be quite, quite good. As I ... | |
| Alpha-Core Goertz speaker cables You might want to read a review of the AG 2s I did back in 2005 for ultraaudio, a webzine.I owned, simultaneously, the Alpha Core and the Valhalla (both interconnect and speaker cables) and found them nearly (not completely) indistinguishable.Inte... | |
| Synergistic Research Tesla Plex SE V Furutech GTX I have the Maestro, Tesaplex and Teslaplex SE and had the Oyaide R1. I found the Maestro very good, but recessed, without the low level resolution of the Furutech. Oyaide sounds great initially, but moves the soundstage forward, foreshortens depth... | |
| Stillpoint Ultras anyone? Tbg:If you read Gregory's review on The Audio Beat website, he clearly states one must place the isolation devices directly into contact with the component and he states that removing it in any way from direct contact with the component has delete... | |
| Stillpoint Ultras anyone? I must say, there must be a reason the Stillpoints don't work under some devices.I wonder if there is some material in the device that prevents them (the Stillpoints) from demonstrating their magic. Must be some powerful voodoo in those other comp... | |
| Stillpoint Ultras anyone? TBG:I suppose it is interesting, as an example of the capriciousness of this site's login issues.The site kept telling me I had the wrong username and password - this, AFTER I had signed in to "My Page." I deleted cookies, closed down the computer... | |
| Stillpoint Ultras anyone? I have Ultra Minis.BY this time, Roy Gregory has weight in on The Audio Beat, a web magazine.He suggested line conditioner first, then amp, the preamp, the cd player, because, he says, power supplies generate tremendous noise and move them on into... | |
| Stillpoint Ultra Minis Tboooe:I find Roy Gregory's observations to be exceedingly accurate.He rarely makes comments that are not repeatable by others. I would have started with the cones under the CD player first, but for his suggestion. I already had them under the int... | |
| Nordost Frey series 1 or Heimdall series 2? I cannot give an opinion on the Heimdall, unfortunately, but I did just purchase a Frey 2. I had heard the Frey when it was not quite broken in, but when I had it for a weekend, I was impressed by the change from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon... | |
| Shunyata VX vs CX I have had every single line of Shunyatas. As "accurate" as the current (Zitron) line is, I think the Python is about as low as I'd like to go. The Black Mamba CX and The Cobra ZiTron, while both very good cords, have a lack of "heft" to the sound... | |
| Maestro vs. Furutech GTX-D Gold AC Outlets just received my Rhodium receptacle. It is unquestionably "crisper"-sounding than the gold, by which I mean transients 'pop' more 0-to-60 than the gold and the overall sound is less 'warm,' but only slightly. I have this on the front end, where I ... | |
| Stillpoint Ultras anyone? I am about to buy the Ultra Minis. I had ordered them from Music Direct - whose website said "3-7" days before they shipped. 20 days later, they had still not shipped, so I cancelled the order.I have had considerable experience with Goldmund Cones... |