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| Speaker cable recommendation If you want to try out Blue Jeans contact me. I have a set of the Belden 10g 5000 series cables that are basically new.... Great cable for the $$$. I've changed my system and the run lengths no longer worked. | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? Third on capping your line. Not a good plan. One problem you are running into, like others have said, is running modern equipment through very old tech. If you were simply running a turntable and wanted the old school thing, you would be golden. B... | |
| Wilson Audio for a 1600 sq ft space Some things to consider with the Wilson’s. Placement. A Grand Slamm, properly placed, is going to be away from walls a significant distance and will absolutely be the center piece of the room. Difficult to pull off a speaker of this size (even tho... | |
| Marantz Receiver Bad HDMI HDMI sucks. Good concept, poor execution. The boards on Marantz and Denon do not like “hot swaps” at all. Full power off, and unplugged at BOTH ends. My Denon died replacing the ARC cable and my service guy told me to be sure both (all) HDMI swaps... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Res via Iphone/Ipad cable? Yeah, looks like 44.1 is about as good as it will get. But I did notice it also depends on WiFi or cellular. Airplay actually will play full high res files. I am playing with Roon now and trying to decide how I want to set up the Core, on my NAS, ... | |
| Affordable cables Back to the original question...There are many companies that have an entry level tier all the way through “reference”. If you have a good local hifi shop, see if you can audition/demo some cabling. Audio Advisor has a 30 day return on pretty much... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really If one were to put together similar systems, both digital and analog I think they would be “different” but not necessarily better/worse. SO much relies on source... stream, cd, album, whatever and the process which they were recorded and mastered,... | |
| Trying to find an amp that matches my tastes (aka death metal) "I do tend to use mid era slayer to evaluate. The production on south of heaven is rich as hell."Ah yes, forgot about that one! Some good old Cowboys in Hell is fun too!And I would tend to agree with the above regarding equipment. You definitely n... | |
| Turntable mat options On the subject of Rega TT's, is there a clamp preferred for the short spindle of the subplatter on these? Most I have found specifically say they don't work on Rega TT's. Regarding mats, I've tried a few and always go back to the felt. | |
| Need advice Even at a 1k price point for speakers, there are TONS of options. I will third or fourth or whatever the "go listen" approach. Preferable somewhere that may have your amp/int. Then go from there. Used is always a good option, but not always withou... | |
| Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs For clear mids/highs have you looked at anything in the Wilson Audio realm? Sasha’s, even Sabrina’s (smaller) or used Alexia’s all would fit the bill. The mids will smack you in the face without being harsh (depending on source of course)... of co... | |
| Trying to find an amp that matches my tastes (aka death metal) Being a bit of a metalhead myself, though not as deep as you, I think you will find it has more to do with source than equipment. Most metal is very compressed and very harsh. Just the nature of the beast. Might be worthwhile to source a good eq, ... | |
| Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers? I've got a Classe' Audio int. I really like it. The adjustability is great. Nice basic unit. | |
| Eh hem!...Subwoofers... What do ya know? It really is easy, go big or go home! Just get a Wilson Audio Thor's Hammer and call it good. Kidding. Lot's and lot's of good info here. In the end though, one way or another, a compromise must be met. Budget constraints, testing capability, room... | |
| Has to be said Wow, I think I’m going to browse for some speaker wires or something... |