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| Bear Labs compared to Say -Acoustic Zen Silver ??? Viggen: about a year ago prices were around $400 for IC's and 700-800 per speaker pair... I got a discount for purchasing a full set. | |
| Words From the Wise 1-3 as per Swampwalker.4. Try tweaking (placement, supports, etc) present equipment before investing in new equipment5. (Most important) Invest in MUSIC. Keep the system playing, listen to live music of all kinds, purchase lots of software. Equipm... | |
| breaking in a dac Congrats! I, too, used Bob's method for wont of skills to apply Sean's (used by technicians, allegedly to speed up the process). Do enjoy and be patient! I understand the Boulder's rahter complicated power & audio circuitry takes time to break... | |
| Power cable upgrades, or Power conditioner? To second DK, if recent it's most certainly static electricity. If not, it could be a number of things including the pre. So, Tim, what's the system & set-up?Cheers | |
| Goldmund Dialogues, Info please About Dialogues well driven: very fast, crystal-clear, precise, not euphonic, but not "cold" however. I remember that they could easily sound: thin, cut off in the bass with lower-mids bloom -- when driven with unmatched electronics. (It was one o... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Nice one, Mara. Was that the dual mono Weltmeister? (a great piece back then!) | |
| How much money do you want to waste? Craig (Garfish, that is), re: mid-range wires. My experience is similar to yours regarding price/performance ratios with "mega" brands. Nordost is a good example: blue-heaven, spm, I have found to be good performers. On the other hand, Valhalla ea... | |
| Bear Labs compared to Say -Acoustic Zen Silver ??? Bearlabs I/C performed better in my (ss) system than the quattro-fil (Nordost): better tonal balance, lower and clearer in the bass and, importantly, the upper register is clear, natural-sounding (i.e a triangle is indeed that) and well extended w... | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? Say, on the strength of some of your components, it looks more like a full ladder up from the Denon. And indeed the Vandies, Thiels, B&W (don't know the others) are strong and revealing players... which does not mean the cambridge should be tr... | |
| Walking that fine line: What would you do ? Sean, we had a similar experience --again, with an amp (wide-bandwidth). Subtle detail become more palatable and comprehensible -- i.e. the instrument producing the sound was immediately recognisable. And yes, "knob-twisting" as you very well note... | |
| Stradivari violin Fascinating thread Mara, and posts, Rc - Frogman - Sugar and others. In the case of the Stradivaris, isn't it amazing what a half-literate technician could achieve vs. what our present, hi-tech, sophistication cannot? A great master indeed!More on... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Thanks, Trelja. So the trick is (pls forgive the dumb question) to strip the teflon -- or whatever -- outer & dip the bared wire shielding & conductors into the can & then hang the IC by the terminators. I could lightly sand the dried ... | |
| Studio gear vs. Hi-Fi gear Is Hi-Fi a ripoff? Indeed, Slartibartfast! Yet, an amazing amount of detail manages to stay within some masterings. They rarely make thru many REmasterings, though! | |
| Hall of Shame Sean, I think that some manufacturers started out as either pre or amp "specialists". Given their original "killer" product, they then set out to pair it accordingly... which is fine but, it seems that the mechanics invlolved in casing pre's vs. a... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit So, Trelja, would it be that the additives evaporating contribute to instruments becoming better with time -- at least to a minor degree?I'm thinking of trying lacquer on a pair of I/C -- could it work using a brush rather than dipping?Cheers |