ghdprentice
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| Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC vs The Rest OP, One thing to consider visa vie the inflexibility of the Hurricane is that they sound better longer. So a two meter sounds better than a one meter. I have had both and tested them. Say maybe 20% better for the two meter. With two meters I f... | |
| Going to replace my Fluance rt85 I agree with others that an alternative strategy is to upgrade the phono stage before or after. I found that phono stages to be as important as the tt + cartrige) and are worthy of the same investment level. | |
| For wi-fi streamers--a discovery to increase wi-fi strength I also am interested in hearing your conclusion. | |
| 10 gauge power cord. Too much power for tube amp? No chance 10 gauge has any negative effects… the gauge unless tiny is not going to change voltage fluctuations. In every case… for instance in installing direct lines, and power cords, larger gauge has produced better sound quality. Also, @mulvel... | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC vs The Rest I have extensively auditioned Cardas powercords (for a year) and now own AudioQuest Hurricanes on my amps… Audio Research Reference 160m monoblocks and Ref 160s. In my system, see my virtual systems, I was looking for absolute transparency with t... | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing @jafant +1 ARC CD9 / SE | |
| 10 k speaker setup. 5.1 I’m not sure I completely understand… “the fronts cannot be setup as normal two channel”. But the center channel is the most important in home theater. 85% of the sound comes from this channel. So, it is really important to have the three fron... | |
| New Aurender conductor V4 app @lalitk +1 | |
| Going to replace my Fluance rt85 In general, you get what you pay for. With $2K you should be able to extend your reach by buying used. For instance a used Rega 6. If by this means you can get into or near the $5K range new, you are going to be getting a far superior table. These... | |
| Need help picking a new DAC Trying to upgrade to a similar priced DAC is almost never a good idea. Typically you trade one set of weaknesses for another. Instead I would wait and save up to be able to jump up a level of performance. Given the category you are in I would reco... | |
| For wi-fi streamers--a discovery to increase wi-fi strength I recommend placing an WiFi extender next to your streamer and running an Ethernet cable to that. WiFi receivers in streamers tend not to be very good. I have used WiFi streamers of much higher quality than yours and switched to a wall wart WiFi e... | |
| BW 801 D4 or BW 802 D4 + 2 subs Personally 801. I much prefer completely coherent sound across the spectrum. B&W has put a huge amount of effort into making these things the best they can… flat to 15hz. Why add subs to the mix when they are unnecessary. Also, from the a... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? OP, My personal journey away from flash and towards realistic musical reproduction began with the observation that an upgrade would improve the music on my test disks and make much of the rest of my music sound worse. This initiated a two deca... | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! OP, “…Over the years, my speaker "Revolving-door" was a learning process for me…” Was your door also revolving with respect to electronics? Since many different speakers will require very different electronics to sound their best. Or did you k... | |
| Pass labs x250.8 burn in I cannot comment on the .8 but my new Pass 350 took about 150 - 175 hours. I have owned Pass designed amps for forty years. I also owned a couple pass preamps, and I have felt they are not nearly as good as their amps. They lack the rhythm and pac... |