ivanfx

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How much difference could a simple Banana plug make?
Would like to second for KLEI bananas, they sound better than a bare wire. Also was surprised by good result using them as adapter for Oyaide SRBN, combination sounds very close to KLEI only, coloration added by SRBN was removed. May only wonder s... 
Lack of popularity of Chord???
it is true that chord makes amp and preamps, they were an earlyadopter of switching class d ampsChord amps are not class D, they are class AB with proprietary and smart switching power supply. 
Subwoofer or Bi-Amp?
Any instrument including bass guitar produces much wider range than subwoofer can do. So without main speakers subwoofer alone will definitely sound dull.In my opinion powered sub AND finely tuned crossover is better than bi-amping. Even better is... 
Best amp for Vandersteen Quattro?
i have settled with dual Meridian G57, but 1 also works fine. I think, they make especially good combo with any Vandersteen speaker. Midrange is not sweet at all, but dynamic and transparent. Bass is solid and tight. Highs are clean. Have tried ot... 
Best Sonos ZP-80 Mod?
For about a month already i am enjoying Sonos with Pace-Car. My device has Ultraclock inside and WBT Nextgen as SPDIF output connected through Stereovox XV2 to Chord DAC64. I must say what Pace-Car does to my system is magic.Chord has RAM buffer w... 
Upgraded Sonos ZP-80 Power Cord
Audioquest NRG-1 and NRG-1.5 should work 
Best Sonos ZP-80 Mod?
What to point your attention, that Rick Cullen's mod upsamples from default 44.1kHz to 96kHz (or 48kHz - worst case possible). Audio degrades from such resampling unless it's done properly.I would prefer to have 44.1kHz output.