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| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Try an Audi A8 (my wife's) Mine is an S8 and it rips, an Infiniti Q45t, and an Infiniti QX4 | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? You know what's way stranger is $12,000 speakers and cable that costs a few hundred dollars, that's not strange that's dumb. A speaker cannot reveal detail and resolution that is not there because the cable isn't capable of letting it through.The ... | |
| Bi-Wired Speaker Cable The key to a theater system correctly painting an image and cohesive placement of where sounds comes from is dead perfect matches of speaker tonal ranges and speed. The front and center should be done with the same exact wire. You can have the sam... | |
| Audience Au-24 vs. Empirical Design Cable Review I have used AU-24 in systems out at well over $100k and find the neutrality is a plus over detail emphasis like Valhalla does, it comes down to do you want relaxed or pop that may be hard to take for more than half an hour.Without hearing the Empi... | |
| Need help - High-end cabling strategy Several people have mentioned power cords and they can make an incredible difference, but not until the wire is refined. The power cords influence changes that are so much of the finest detail resolution that the improvements they make aren't reso... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System I've got an interesting thing for you to think about, what cable connection between components makes the most sense to put the best grade cable in including the speaker cable? If you follow the signal path from the cd player the one from there to ... | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? There is a couple of interesting statements you made and you are close but formed an opinion too soon. You said there are no truly neutral cables out there, there are a couple. You also said that one cable won't work with everything and you are ri... | |
| Cables that cost more than the speakers? I find these questions fascinating, I've done the work with a $400,000 array of cables, first forming an opinion of a couple of lines that are the best you can get for your money at every price point.Many seem to think there is a limit to the cabl... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System First of all I have to comment on your thanks to Trelja and that you were looking for that kind of information, Why? Did that actually sound like good information to you?I'll give you a quick rundown on why I would consider there to be value on my... | |
| Valhalla There are two cables I have used extensively that have better neutrality than Valhalla, JPS Labs SC2 and Audience AU-24, much cheaper too. The new JPS Aluminata should be better yet. There was a comparison review done between Audience and Valhalla... | |
| McIntosh or BAT amps what is your preference I was a BAT dealer and had two VK-150se amps with both VK-40 and VK-51se preamps. While I absolutely loved the sound of this system the amps sounded lacking when compared to a Belles 350-A amp, and I mean lacking in bass slam, natural tones, fine ... | |
| Belles 350A amp v. Belles 150A Reference amp I have a pair of 350-A monoblocks and a pair of 150 Reference amps sitting right in front of me, I would have to say the most noteable difference is in the sheer raw power, presence, and detailed bass power reserves running either amps in monobloc... | |
| Belles 350A amp v. Belles 150A Reference amp I have a pair of 350-A monoblocks and a pair of 150 Reference amps sitting right in front of me, I would have to say the most noteable difference is in the sheer raw power, presence, and detailed bass power reserves running either amps in monobloc... | |
| JPS Labs FX Versus Cardas Golden Cross Biwired FX isn't the one to compare to, it's Superconductor bi-wire that is the contender, and it is much more neutral and forgiving with whatever kind of equipment you are using. It won't be as forgiving if you are using Cardas interconnects but that is ... | |
| Audio Research and Meadowlark? I started out with AR many years ago and have kept current as to the changes they have gone through, I also have had BAT VK-150se monoblocks and a VK-51se preamp... One wordBellesThe 350-A amp has been reviewed as the finest amp made at any price ... |