jasonbourne52

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Speaker Questions
Polk has been in the speaker business a long time. They offer good value - and sound! - for the money!  
Speaker Questions
Get the Polk speakers for $880! You will have a fine HT setup for sure! I always prefer floor-standers over stand-mounts.  
Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables
Wire, along with fuses, is the biggest rip off going! And the most profitable for companies selling "audiophile" speaker wire!  
Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables
You'd have to hold a gun to my head to get me to spend $6K on speaker wire! Just buy the CHEAPEST AQ cables! As the French chef says "No diffawrance" between the cheap and the expensive brands!   
NRG The 5 Power Cable
The capacity of Humans for self-deception is apparently unlimited - Mr.Spock the Vulcan  
Which component to upgrade 1st ?
A change of speakers will always have a greater positive effect than any electronics. Check out Devore!  
Avalon Teseeract $327,000 Speakers with 4.5 Kilowatts per Channel
Nothing succeeds like excess!  
Tubes for CAT Renaissance SL-1 Pre line level only
You'd have to be nuts to pay those prices from Tube Depot! $249.95 and $499.95 each!  
Added an SUT...not sure I understood this
A Schiit Mani 2 ($150) with its mc gain setting probably will sound better than the SP14 phono/SUT combination.  
Just curious if any of you are using a device like this?
More voodoo science, like the CD demagnitizer!  
NRG a201s Amplifier; Too Old to Risk?
Too expensive for a 30 year old amp! You can find better deals for less on the secondhand/eBay marketplace.  
Added an SUT...not sure I understood this
Yes, the standard 47K mm input on the SP14 should work fine.  
Rotary mixer to single ended triode amp
You need an XLR-to-RCA adapter. EBay has them.  
No dust caps?
The PS Audio speaker is a regular voice coil/diaphragm in a magnetic gap. Nothing new!   
No dust caps?
A dust cap has no effect upon sound quality. As the name implies it keeps dust out of the gap between voice coil and magnet. A speaker cone can incorporate an integral dust cap. That piston-like thing is just a magic prop for "wow" factor.