jimc555
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| Krell s-275 VS Mark Levinson 334 I have owned and enjoyed both, however...Buy the Krell,end of story. | |
| Power Cord For Cary SLP 05 Get some loaner powercords from a dealer to try, I like Transparent Audio, Nordost, any brand name hi-end powercords will make a big improvement on that fine Cary SLP 05 over the stock or belden powercord. | |
| interconnects specifically for speaker drivers If you are using Balanced XLR interconnects I can get you what you need at very reasonable cost.Jim C. give me a call 5035267684 West Coast PST time. | |
| Harry Pearson HP No Longer at TAS My best wishes to Harry Pearson. The Absolute Sound has had a huge impact on musicians and listeners who love music and music reproduction which can not only envoke emotion, but actually lift the spirit. | |
| Does a Sub for Wilson Sophia II make sense? For the ultimate in control of crossover slopes check out the Behringer DCX2496 digital crossover for a little more than $300.Adjustable delays for all inputs/outputs allow correction for arrival time differences.Four different mono and stereo out... | |
| Does a Sub for Wilson Sophia II make sense? Captain, I whole heartedly agree with adding 2 subwoofersas a stereo pair. I run Wilson Watt/Puppy 7's with 2 JL Audio Fathom F113 subs(from 36hz down, ) and would not like to be without them. I highly recommend the book and DVD from Jim Smith "Ge... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? If you like that experiment with yor Oppo BDP-95 here an even better one. Download a 192kHz 24 bit FLAC FILE ( I have done this with( Carly Simon No Secrets and others)from HD Tracks onto your computer, insert a keychain USB(at least 4 gig) and pl... | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? Yes, the ribeye is tops on my list, when cooking it on the grill, to get a good sear on the outside pat the steak dry on the outside with a paper towel, BBQ at the highest possible heat for 9 to 15 seconds on each side then put the steak on a lowe... | |
| Best Solder?? For me it's WBT.I have a lifetime of experience with soldering in High-End Audio. The Quality of sound shows up big-time on interconnect terminations RCA and XLR. UnGodly exspensive andworth every penny.I have not yet tried Mundorf Supreme.I found... | |
| Best 2CH SACD Player for $2k Or Less, New or Used? 7-25-2011Yes,the Oppo 95 is impressive even in it's stock form.I use it to play 2ch. SACD & 5.1 SACD,HDCD and also is a very fine DVD and Blue-ray player. At $999.00 nothing out there can beat it at more than twice the price.A Nordost Shive or... | |
| The Hub: No moving parts? No problem! The Plasma Corona tweeters not mentioned in your very interesting summary are from Corona Acoustic, Otto Braunis a German gentleman who made them from about 1987 to 1990. Lanshe bought the patent rights from Braun.I have recently purchased two min... | |
| I need a info about Trasparent Cable To my understanding from PLUS up is the same wire, I'm sure any Transparent dealer can answer all your questions. I like Definitive Audio in WA. Very good people. | |
| connectng CD player directly to amp, good or bad? I have owned a Mark levinson # 39 CD Player and currently own an ML-390S, I have used both through the ML-326 pre-ampand directly to the Amplifier. One reason both CD players sound better through the pre-amp is the ML-326S NOT THE SAME VOLUME CONT... | |
| Which sub $2k CD player would you recommend? Spend $1000.00 on a good CD player and the other $1000.00 on a pair of "The Phoenix" interconnect cables, Better than Transparent Audio Reference cables or MIT'S( which are great cables)at 1/10th the cost. If you hook-up a $500.00 CD player with t... |