johnnyb53
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| When speakers almost sound like the instruments I have a very similar experience to Foster, the OP. I have had a pair of Mirage OMD-15s for over 4 years. These are the little brothers of the OMD-28s, with a similar array of drivers and the Omniguide, but with downsized drivers and cabinet. I ha... | |
| Monitor speakers that disappear:best image/staging What Todd said. If you place monitors on rigid, non-resonant stands, properly placed, you almost always get killer imaging, particularly when the front baffle is small and sculpted to minimize reflections off the baffle and edges. On a budget the ... | |
| Wiring confusion with JL sub and components If you want to keep the Jolida with the JL sub, I think you'll have to have the Jolida modded to add a stereo pair of line level outputs. If I were you I wouldn't get frustrated at JL--or even Jolida. As Kal said, each vendor makes its decision of... | |
| Wiring confusion with JL sub and components ...Just don't want to purchase another amp/preamp at this time. Just took deliver of a new Marantz Super Audio SACD player, along with having one of their nice TT15 tables on the way from Crutchfield.....Ironically, a really good match for the SAC... | |
| Help experienced audiophiles 11-29-12: Zd542I've tried many cables over the years and find that copper Audioquest goes well with anything. I've never had a situation where they didn't sound good. You don't have to go for anything really expensive, either. You can get great so... | |
| Any One using Anticables Silver Cables There are other silver interconnects out there that are a lot less expensive.MAC IC's, $179/pairAudioQuest silver coax closeout via HCMAudio, $99.95/1M pairSignal Cable Silver Solution, $99/3-ft pair; this is a silver/copper alloy. | |
| Hook up Plasma TV to Audio system To the OP: Do you use any other sources to watch TV (e.g., Blu-ray) other than the cable box/DVR?Nick_sr's solution is the most complete. Any surround processor that supports Dolby Digital surround and has a Toslink input will solve your problem. ... | |
| Help experienced audiophiles Those Signal Cables look like a good value--silver/copper alloy handmade cables at entry-level prices. Perhaps the OP would like to share his system component makeup, which can help determine a good cable matchup. | |
| Caution Monster XP Spkr Wire 11-20-12: Rok2id...I am not into the wire thing, but I respect your views. Now, a REAL CAUTION concerning Monster would be their interconnects. I have broken two pieces of equipment trying to remove their turbine style RCA interconnects, they fit ... | |
| Broken cantilever Need options... There's also the possibility that the Soundsmith cantilever repair is *better* than the OEM. | |
| How many switches do you have to flip the play a CD? So it occurred to me the other day that I have to flip at least five switches to play a CD: one on each of my power amplifiers, one on my preamp, one on my digital to analog converter, one on the CD player (which I am only using as a transport) an... | |
| Amplifier for Sonus Faber Cremona M Mezzanine: the thing is, regardless of your matchup of the PM8004 and Proacs, the HDAM-featured Marantz integrated amps are an excellent match with the Cremona Ms. Three separate people on this thread have heard the Cremona Ms powered by either a ... | |
| Amplifier for Sonus Faber Cremona M I heard the Cremona Ms a few months ago powered by a Marantz PM8004. It's the lowest-price Marantz integrated that uses their HDAM gain circuit. Even with this 70 wpc $999 amp the Cremona Ms sounded fabulous. The Marantzes with the HDAM circuit ar... | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes Well, really, what's the point of listening to anything at all if we can't trust our ears? Should we instead simply rely on double-blind listening tests conducted and published by people hostile to subjective evaluation, or just skip right to Jaxw... | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes 11-11-12: AmarquisI would like to know from a technical point of view why silver wire sounds different from copper. If not, why is silver used so often in audio applications. For starters, silver is 8% more efficient conductor than copper. That me... |