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| Cable Costs Relative to System There are only a few people who hit on the common sense behind this question and thread. If you are looking at spending several thousand or whatever on a new component and you try the component in mind and can find a new wire you heard about that ... | |
| To cryo or not to cryo Once again this is a question answered all too often by those who don't have a system that will reveal enough detail to let them hear differences so they must not exist.I have a dealer friend that had one of his monoblock amplifiers cryo treated, ... | |
| Do power cords really matter? Interesting question with the normal two sides of opinions with the responses.On the one side you have the "does not make a difference" who has given it the hours of listening and has determined that there is little to no difference. Since this ty... | |
| Kappa 9. Parasound HCA-3500 WILL NOT power them I'm not quite sure why you were trying different amps, there is a major problem with the speakers. By ignoring that and trying other amps you are simply screwing up other things besides the speakers.Chances are the speakers came to you with a prob... | |
| Upgrade from Merlin VSM-M to What? I saw where you were acknowledging the jumpers on the speakers stink, they need to be killer quality and as neutral as you can get, AU-24 or JPS SC2. I have some wire that is Nordost Valhalla category that I can send you a foot of to make jumpers ... | |
| Shipping - Who's Resposible for Receipt of Item? If you have your tracking that showed delivery it's on him, it's on you if you can't prove you sent the item. Insurance wouldn't help if the item was delivered, the post office did their job. You can't be responsible for what happens once an item ... | |
| High end stores closing do you really care I had a retail audio store that was operated out of my house to keep overhead down. I went through hundreds of thousands of dollars trying wire and all levels of solid state and tube electronics. I bought many products just to try and use as a ref... | |
| Getting rid of harsh, shrill treble This is how and why so many audiophiles spend money on the wrong parts of a system. Chasing down a character like this guy is dealing with before fixing the wire coloration that is causing it, that's the start of the audiophile blues. He can smoot... | |
| Big Stupid Warm Speakers I downsized my system a bit when I got out of the audio business, I got a used set of Polk SRS 2.3 for $700 and drive them with the most over the top system probably in history, $20+k in JPS wire including Aluminata power cords, Belles 350 monoblo... | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? I just was looking at what BigTee was saying and most of it is good, but the part where he says he has not had Thiels is the part to pay attention to, he cannot recommend wire that works for his Vandys for Thiels, that is exactly what will get you... | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? The part of the equation that settles in the amp as well is the interconnects and speaker wire, if you have neutral wire it keeps the amp sounding much more like it should and doesn't bring the coloration into the system that makes amps not work. ... | |
| Watt Puppy 7 with Pass X250.5? I was a dealer for many years and am not at this time. I would have to agree with the statement that there are other speakers that will do everything the Watts will and be easier to work with as well. The Ushers audiooracle was taking about are ac... | |
| Best Tube Amp under 10K? Belles 350-Reference $4000 I sold BAT products and had the VK-150se monoblocks $18k. A single 350-A (older technology) outperformed the BAT amps in all respects but most notably with solid bass that the Tubes couldn't touch. The character of the B... | |
| Which is more important, spkr. or intrc. cable? You can see from the responses if you know how to weed through for the ones that mean anything a distinct pattern. If you take all posts it seems like they are all over the place. If you look for the guys who are dealers and have experience with h... | |
| Which is more important, spkr. or intrc. cable? Mahandave has obviously not thought this through. The detail information between the source and preamp is at a super low level of output strength and is carrying the most infinitely fine detail until it passes through a wire connection. This is th... |