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Cables more hype than value?
@Bo1972 : i'm looking forward to see those videos. It's always interesting to see other approach, mostly when it's a cheaper way of approaching audio High-end!You should offer a kind of training to spread your knowledge to more people! May be i sh... 
Cables more hype than value?
I think it's really combo dependant cause, for my experience, i listened to a pair of mezzo utopia with Musical fidelity pre and power amp (can't remember the ref but top of the line anyway) with no result at all! The room was also very difficult ... 
mc musical culture ref 811 mono block,
Hi,I'm the happy owner of MC-811, MC-601 preamp and MC-501a CD player/DAC.I can't give you a comparison with MBL 9007 but i can share my impressions with you. Those amps are the best amps i ever heard, period! I auditioned a lot of amps, even pass... 
Cables more hype than value?
I can only agree with the importance of 3D image in Stereo system. The problem is the "subtleties" many amplifier designers choose to offer this result. Some amplifiers seems more forward because of a bad dynamic control. Some others offer deep so... 
Cables more hype than value?
Hi Everyone!I've tested several brands of wires and, in my experience, many of them work like an equalizer. I think that's why it's very difficult to give a perfect advice to anyone about a cable cause you have to know perfectly every component of... 
Best New Loudspeakers under $5,000. Focal Aria 900
I'm french and i'd never liked Focal, even if i live 40 miles away from the factory... I never heard this new serie so i can't be categorical on it. Even if they produce good drivers (sometimes...), they can't use them properly.When i discovered U... 
Best Speakers You Have Ever Heard In Your Home
Usher Audio BE-10. Too cheap for the performance it gave!!! 
Recommend me a warm sounding 5 channel power amp
Onkyo is warm.Check ACURUS new power amps. Really great. 
Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution?
USHER AUDIO R1.5 is cheap and great for depth and weight on notes.ARAGON 8008 MKII is also great and not expensive. 
Speakers that sound like Usher Be-20s/10s
@P59teitel : I think PLINIUS Amps can find his way on "hard to drive" speakers like old BW 800 serie or some MAGICO and WILSON AUDIO. On BE-10 (easiest to drive), it was too much for a bad result. Anyway it was not really emotional kind of amps, j... 
What speakers work best with electronic music?
USHER AUDIO MINI-ONE. Controlled bass, vivid medium and endless highs. Great for electronic music!!! 
Longish speaker cable
Analysis plus OVAL 12. 
$10-15k speaker - Revel Salon2 / Usher BE-20
The BE series do not use full Beryllium driver because the sound was bad on some frequencies. They chose to use Beryllium with other metals in order to create the best driver.The DMD driver is no longer a Beryllium driver.I don't understand why pe... 
Speakers that sound like Usher Be-20s/10s
Dynamic with no-control is probably the worst an amplifier can make!Power is one thing, control of power is a complete different story. Many amplifier shows dynamic in one single wave (flat), some other throw the music in the face (forward). Rare ... 
Speakers that sound like Usher Be-20s/10s
ROTEL is probably not the best Hifi brand on the market but it depends if you're talking about power amps, preamps, CD player... and it will also depend of the model, like in every brand on the market. Sometimes it's great on some models. Sometime...