jamestakamatsu
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| New BMI Whale Elite Power Cord Let me start out by saying I have little experience with this cable. I've owned it for about 3 weeks and have been running it in for about 150-200 hours, but my system has been changing recently. What I can tell you is its the best PC I've tried(M... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Let's see what cg70754 has to say. Maybe he could make a special offer to Audiogon members for a set of Pipedreams-beaters for under $500? | |
| Best cables for Thiel 2.3 Hi Yashu. I tried a variety of cables on Thiel CS 2.3s, using a Krell KAV-250a, also trying to get rid of that dry/grainy/bright sound. Most cables sounded pretty irritating, including my Goertz MI-2s, which had worked well in nearly every other s... | |
| Apogee Stage: Midrange Magic? Having lived with, on extended periods, original Quad ESL-57s, Stax F-81s, and Apogee Stages, I would say each of these wonderful speakers have their merits. The Quads were beautiful in a narrow(mid-band) range; the Staxes were natural yet fast an... | |
| Liked the Nautilus 805 but found better? Gthirteen, I love the N805s, too, and ran the same amp you're using. I would try a fuller balanced speaker cable than the quite lean sounding Audioquest CV-4. I used the Goertz MI-2 biwired, which sounded smooth and full-bodied. If you'd like to s... | |
| More power? The C-J Premier 11's two serious shortcomings are a lack of bass punch and narrow soundstage. An ARC VT-100 mk2 or BAT VK-60 would be great improvements on both fronts, as would a pair of Premier 12s(as least according to C-J). | |
| BAT Equipment vs Audio Research I believe Mes is right: ARC's Ref series is so superior to much of their regular stuff. The Ref2/Ref300 is very musical yet transparent, and avoids the kind of dry/white/grainy texture of much of ARC's regular series. I think the BAT sounds great-... | |
| AC line conditioners - Need Help The HTS-1000 sounds like an HTS-2000 only if you don't use the high current section of the 2000. If you have separates, the 2000 is a significant upgrade. If you can find an HTS-5000 at a discount, it will blow you away; the only thing I've heard ... | |
| Bass Amp for Infinity RS 1B Sorry for the late post. Rwd, I don't believe you can use a floating ground(bridged) amplifier design with the RS-1B's active crossover and woofer towers. I think the servo will feed back. You'll know it if you've ever experience it-the sound is a... | |
| Bryston 3B ST or McCormack DNA 1 I haven't tried a DNA-1 on my N805s, but the DNA.5 sounds fast, sweet, and open, with a moderately large soundstage. I use the Goertz MI-2 speaker cables(biwired) between them. When I tried a Bryston 3B-ST on my Apogee Stages, the Bryston sounded ... |