gthirteen
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| 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... | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound Again, I firmly believe that ther is electrical change that occurs in new electronics, but there are psychological principles that occur, whether or not you want them to, that can affect perception. | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound I am not an expert on this, or any topic, however, anyone with an electronic beckground would speak about dialectrics, and how they supposedly "burn in" -that is, change over time while the insulation material surrounding wires gets used to the el... | |
| Mccormack Micro Amps opinions? I own a DNA.5. I have 2 friends that own the Micro. THey have heard both, and claim that the Micro is the better sounding amp. | |
| Audioquest KE-4 silver speaker cable Hey, Trelja, I'm on the hunt for more SA-40 right now, I want to replace the CV-4. If I find any, my guess it that it will be someone who bought a roll from Audioquest when it was discontinued, meaning that it MIGHT be substantially cheaper than l... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-14 Anyone?? Ahhhhhhhh. Thanks for the info | |
| 3-D Imaging: How?? Thanks guys, I'll take all that into consideration. | |
| Do I really need to Bi-Wire? Here's an interesting phenomenon: WHich input do you have the cables going to? If the cable goes to the woofer posts, and the jumpers go to the tweeters, your highs will suffer. IF you go directly to the tweeters, you will get smoother highs, at t... |