hakuchosan

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Inverted balanced interconnects
i had same problem when connecting McIntosh to Accuphase,i just swapped 2 wires on one connector (male or female), de-soldered and solder - pin2 with pin3here in japan - any place that makes custom length cables will do it when you order - i would... 
Best new audio cables at a reasonable cost.
Rok2id,i use the one that came with my amp/preamp/CD.same for power cord,i guess if company makes expansive amps/pre amps - they include enough cables with it...or you can read thousands of post on audiogon, and then keep on upgrading, after get s... 
Best Integrated Amp You Ever Heard?
Accuphase - excelent sound 
what are your favorite movie soundtracks.
few with Jazz music:Kansas CitySt.Louis BluesAscenseur pour l'echafaudRadio DaysRound Midnight 
what are your favorite movie soundtracks.
few more:"Black Cat White Cat""Spirited Away""Fallen Angels""Emmanuelle" 
what are your favorite movie soundtracks.
thread has died in 2003.....adding:Run Lola Run, Il Postino, Cinema Paradiso, Kikujiro 
Ways to Reduce Atmospheric Noise
changing the power cord on the fridge to more warmer one....or buy a new fridge , new ones on the market are almost silent (probably cost less than cable upgrade)... 
U.S. Symphony Orchestras
maybe this post has also something on this subject...."Fed up with people making noise at classical shows" http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1326416844&openfrom&1&4#1 
What is "low ball"
question, there is an add for mcintosh mc501 - recently they go for about 2,800~3,000 on audiogon...the add: "McIntosh MC501's 1 year, mint, original box & manual from dealer, 40% discount! $6,600"if i would offer 2,800 - is it considered "low... 
Sony XA5400ES fuse directionality...
"Best way is to try both, and the one way which sounds clearly better is the right one."are u serious? or joking?fuse is a fuse - it does not make a difference in sound? also, direction does not matter, unless the glass enclosure will pickup some ... 
What does it take to have a revealing system?
"revealing enough for a certain component to really show off what it can sound like"most likely i am not into components yet but i am curies about this:recently i was going through thread from 2011 CES, and the person took recordings from differen... 
warm digital cable
"warm digital cable" ???come on... you are talking about digital cable - it sends 1 and 0, how can you make it cold, warm or hot ???is it same as you change SATA hard disk cable and the bytes become warm??? 
Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl?
all digital recordings are made using analog mikes - so unless there is A/D converter that can do it 100% identical as mikes picks it up - then all analag recordings will be better (as long as there is no digital involved in the process) - which w... 
Buying used equipment in Japan
c1ferrari,i sent email to you,Regards,Stan 
Buying used equipment in Japan
C1ferrari, dont know of any agents here in japan, but if you are looking for something particular - let me know, maybe i can help you.