gthirteen
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| Bel Canto or Birdland? As long as we're straying from the topic, in the December Stereophile, the DAC 1 finally gets its long overdue review. RD claims to prefer the MSB, Full nelson upgrade (I think this must be done when purchased at the factory, not sure about sendin... | |
| Conrad Johnson aftermarket upgrade Damn, I would REEEEALY like to know as well. | |
| New AudioQuest line Happy Holidays to you, too! (Is the Homegrown Super Silver better than your recollection of Lapis??)-I noticed your other thread. | |
| New AudioQuest line whoops. As you probably know, the cable Co. charges a deposit (not refundable) for auditioning their products in home, but you can apply that $ toward any future purchases. And they have Used cables, too. So, if you're pretty convinced that you mi... | |
| New AudioQuest line Hey trel. I just got a pair of Diamond3 interconnects. Ouch. At half price, they're still too expensive. I think I will be keeping them, however. The Diamond3 improves on the bass speed and power of the Lapis3. I wish I had another pair of Diamond... | |
| Silver Banana Plugs MMMMMMM, TEN GAUGE.....ARRRRRRRGHARGHGGGH..... Hey Carl, how does that measurement work? For Example, If I have a 15 gauge cable, (AQ SA-40), and I add another 15 gauge cable, (SA-40 or CV-4) what is the gauge of the resulting speaker cable?? woul... | |
| Silver Banana Plugs I put the CV-4 (half of biwire pair) back in(instead of using the jumpers) after about 18 hours straight on the jumpers, and I noticed BIG improvements in bass response. This could be due to the fast that my jumpers havent been "broken in" yet, bu... | |
| Silver Banana Plugs Carl, the "Z-plugs" that Nordost puts on their Solar Wind, Red DAwn, and SPM speaker cable (at least at my local dealer) is gold plated. Dekay- I use Audioquest SA-40 cable. I had been using a run of CV-4 on the bottom because I prefered it to the... | |
| Shelf Material RedKiwi: Are you using the 'pods under the component, or under the shelf? IF under the component, this leads me to believe that you should (sorry) try the same combination of 'pods that you have found to be optimised to your gear with the other sh... | |
| Best upgrade for the money ? As a long-time Polk owner, I know how you must be feeling. I was fairly happy with all the models that I owned (s-10, rt-10, rt-12, rt-800) But ultimately, when I decided to upgrade my speakers, I already had everything else in place. Rega Planet,... | |
| McCormack amp upgrade / midbass warmth? I tried recently, to get at the difference between these amps. According to the Stereophile review, a Rev B amp is on par with the new design. According to Steve McCormack, who admittedly "danced" around my question, it might take a Rev A upgrade ... | |
| Poly Crystal Cable Towers (do they work) I'm no expert, but come on guys. Is Electrical grade porcelain really needed for the amount of electricity we're talking about??? I use clear plastic coctail cups turned upside-down with a little channel cut into them. Works fine. Total cost: $2 a... | |
| Shelf Material What about carbon or carbon fiber? | |
| Shelf Material I love it. You guys are all freaks. I should know, we can smell our own. I am following the thread closely, as I will be re-positioning my stuff soon enough. Something you may want to try is Lexan, which is similar to plexiglass. A thick piece of ... | |
| INTERCONNECT-advice from knowers! I happen to use TARA Master Gen 2, and I just got 2 pairs of good 'ol (and old-gold plated RCA's) Lapis x3 to try. Right away, it is more relaxed, smoother, more laterally defined than the TARA. There is some sibilance, but hopefully that will pas... |