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| Hooking up an integrated to a subwoofer Thanks, yogi boy, with your help (and my reconstruction of the last time I did it), I got it to work fine. | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? Well, the Townshend Seismic Isolation Platform arrived yesterday, and with the limited time I had, I simply put it under the turntable and spun a record. Keep in mind that the Rega Planar 3 was sitting on 4 Stillpoints Ultra Mini Risers, which lif... | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? I used Nordost Sort Kones, which replaced various devices: Tip Toes, Finite Elements rack with Cerabases and then Cerapucs. After the Sort Kones came the Stillpoints Ultra Mini Risers and SS footers. And shortly, the Townshend Seismic Isolation Pl... | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil David:Thank you for mentioning me in your post. I’d like to point out that while I now live on the East Coast, for nearly 30 years I lived in the Earthquake Zone - San Francisco (74-2002). In that time, I met many of the "greats": Dave Wilson (who... | |
| Stillpoint Ultras anyone? Five years later...in case I didn't mention it before, the Stillpoints - at least the Ultra Mini Risers - must be moved around underneath the device to find the spot where they suppress resonances best. And that is not always the four corners of y... | |
| whats the very best sounding cables for realistic money Mains, as you have realized by the dozens of posts, there is no such thing as a 'perfect cable' regardless of cost or that company would soon run out of customers and fold. Even within the top cable manufacturers, it is onward and upward even few ... | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil First of all, lifters absolutely work: I've lifted cables - initially with jewel boxes and edges of books, and worked up to Shunyata's 2nd generation lifters. My room is acoustically great, electricity is great, and the setup is also excellent, so... | |
| interconnects vs speaker cables vs power cords - which make the biggest difference? In my experience, it’s the power cable.I’ve had expensive cables ever since 1986. Started out with MIT, then when I became an audio writer, changed to Transparent. Also had XLO.Dropped out of audio for a while and came back in 2003. Saw a new nam... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Just passing through here today (since I have one of those "expensive" cables for sale), and all I can say is: I’m not interested in converting anyone. Don't need to.If Dynaquest cannot hear the difference, good for him. I can’t imagine who his de... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Yes, Dynaquest, "cables need to settle." And your comparison with flowers is quite apt, since my mother was an expert flower grower. And anyone who with any gardening experience past a 3- year olds (apologies to the expert younger gardeners) would... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Anyone who know ANYthing about cables, knows that once you move them, it takes a while for them to ’settle’ again. A ’blind test’ done by switching cables out, one after the other, is the height of futility and absurdity. It’s not the cable, it’s ... | |
| Pass Labs INT 60 VS. Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP VS. Arcam A49 You speculated on tube amps and Wilson speakers, setups you have not had the experience with and I have. Extensively. Even in science, one does the experiments to PROVE the result. Your response in this particular matter IS speculation, because... | |
| Pass Labs INT 60 VS. Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP VS. Arcam A49 Unsound, you’re probably right about manufacturers hedging their bets to make a sale, but, sorry, Dave states his thoughts on whatever amp the customer has, if he’s heard the amp. Or at least, he used to. I always found Dave to be quite honest, bo... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Doing a "blind test" in a store will not change the fact that cables make a difference. And, When you move some cables around, the sound will become fuzzy after you move them, and the distinguishing characteristics of each cable is lessened to th... | |
| Pass Labs INT 60 VS. Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP VS. Arcam A49 I would disagree that using a tube amp with the Sashas is ’inappropriate.’ I had WATT/Puppies for 8 years, and used mostly tube amps with them, and this was back in 1987, when their impedance in the top octave dropped to 1.7 (not a huge difference... |