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| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) chargerfan,My Atlas is stereo, not monoblocks. I'm using the stock cables on the Sevens. My understanding is that Richard Vandersteen feels the speakers were voiced with them, and hence they are optimum, and that aftermarket cables are therefore... | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) A bit of a late post here. I have been listening to a Hurricane High Current cord for about five days now (as of 2/25/18), replacing an AQ NRG 1000, from wall into stereo amp (Aesthetix Atlas Eclipse, Vandersteen Model Seven MkII speakers). Not kn... | |
| Review: Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center CD Player Steve upgraded my Cantata to 3.0 recently and it sounds beautiful. The words I’ve used to describe the sound are elegant, organic, smooth, glissando, highly resolved, natural, luxurious. I realize these may not satisfy audiophile review language, ... | |
| What solution to clean silver and gold contacts? AudioQuest told me directly that tarnish on their silver-ended wires has zero impact on sound. I've found that their silver-ended cables do tarnish slightly over a good amount of time (it IS silver), and if for some unusual reason after a good wh... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? Good thread, hard to add much to the very good views presented. But here's a question that over 39 years of system building still baffles me. That is what seems to me the impossibility of building a system the way it should be built, i.e. by aud... | |
| Richard Gray's Power Company 400S, two stories. jafant, I am in Harrisburg, PA area. Sorry about the delay in picking back up the discussion. The SuperWiremold is supposed to maximize straight carry through of power with its entire cryo treatment and no bells and whistles (power light, filter... | |
| Richard Gray's Power Company 400S, two stories. Following up again. I did move the SuperWiremold aside and plugged the three amps into the wall. Not a lot of difference from having them plugged into the Superwiremold, nothing compared to the preceding exercise of plugging the low wattage piec... | |
| Richard Gray's Power Company 400S, two stories. Following up on yesterday's post with results of last night's work. I followed jafreeman's suggestions (thanks again) and plugged the low-wattage pieces into the RGPC, and the amps (main and two subs in the speakers) into the Superwiremold cryo p... | |
| Richard Gray's Power Company 400S, two stories. Guys, esp. jafreeman, many thanks for the replies and suggestions. I will try them, and if significant good effects, will post.Jim Heckman | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. I bought HiFi Tuning's Supreme fuses ($50-$80 each) and they did make a difference in sound quality, not huge, but good. When I got them I asked some very knowledgeable technical people including the place I bought them (The Cable Company) if the... | |
| Vandersteen 5A- Power Cords This post regards power cords for electronics (amp, preamp, CD player/DAC), not their use on my Vandersteen 5A Carbons which I've owned for about a year now. As others have said, I am using the stock cords for the speakers, and tend to follow Rich... | |
| Resolution Audio - Cantata Just one comment from a delighted Cantata owner for several years now. The two enhancements I've added both made a big difference in this already great player which I use only as a CD player: a Hifi Tuning Supreme fuse bought from The Cable Compan... | |
| Kubala-Sosna & Meitner Emm Labs Gets my top Vote In response to blakecito's 8/04 comments on the Kubala Sosna Fascination cables, I agree with his very positive comments in detail. I have much less experience with auditioning cables than he does, and in fact have only listened to two others: the... |