ghdprentice
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| My New System Looks great! I can imagine listening to music with a fire. Nicely done. Not sure how much you can get away with, but I would see how far you can pull them out from the wall... that is likely to improve imaging and bass response. Also, just a ... | |
| Olympica Nova III or V? @jmanw This is why listening to live acoustic music like symphonies, small jazz groups and individual instruments can train your ear to the real thing can be so useful. This gives you an empirical ruler with which to compare reproduced sound. | |
| Review of Mad Scientist 'First Nano Power Cable' I made an extension cord with a female audio power connector on one end, so I use it on my refrigerator for a week or so. Seems to break them in pretty quickly. Glad you are enjoying the greater resolution. You have to reserve judgement a bit... | |
| Securing spade connectors I carefully use a box wrench to gently snug them. I have one just for my system. You don’t want to crank them down. I have heard over cranking will hurt the sound quality... but I have never substantiated that claim. Also, I use electrical insul... | |
| Better DAC or better Streamer I have to make an educated guess. Since I own a AK SP2000. The SP3000 would likely sound better and it gives you much better options for using while traveling, on vacation... etc. That is why I bought mine. Although, high noise environments like ... | |
| My New System Posting photos under Virtual Systems is easy. It is posting photos as part of the threads that is hard. Just create a virtual system under your User ID and photo posting is self evident. | |
| Best amp for Sonus Faber There are a lot of great amps that are highly synergistic with Sonus Faber. I owned Olympica for many years. My personal favorite is Audio Research and one of the ones most recommended. It produces a very musical and natural sound. I have heard th... | |
| Is bi amping worth it ? OP, The Cambridge exn 100 is a budget streamer. You can easily assemble a streamer / DAC combo that sounds the same or much better than the McIntosh mvp 871. It is a question of careful choice and investment. In today’s world it is worth working ... | |
| Audio Research LS22 Experience I assume you asked Audio Research? They keep a stockroom full of vintage subcomponents... and if not would probably be able to tell you the requirements. | |
| Who is your favorite tube seller? Upscale Audio. | |
| Does Anyone Else Have a Very Slow Connection to Audiogon? Yes, yesterday was slow. Today is good. | |
| 8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC It is great to hear you are loving your DAC. It is not surprising. Every large investment I have made has rewarded me with more than I expected. I do my research of course. There have been some instances when a greater investment did not result in... | |
| Is Burmester 232 worth the price? Mercedes-Benz / Lexus... Burmeister / Mark Levinson.... completely different visions / objectives. Personally I am in the later camp. Not better, just different. | |
| Review of Mad Scientist 'First Nano Power Cable' Thanks for sharing. Make sure you have at least a hundred hours on your power cord before making a definitive conclusion. Yes, power cords can make a huge difference, as can burn in time. | |
| Refreshed Olympica Nova incoming? Olympica speaker are great speakers. I used to own them and have heard upgrades between them and Nova. The speakers are as @rick_n said high end products and have long life cycles. I would consider picking up a pair of those discounted ones. New m... |