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| Best DAC around 1,000 i would look at the birdland oden lite (lists for 970$) dealer in town sold to me 800$ no tax. it is better than p1/p3 with monolith sound (it did not have dan w upgrade). i a/b'd them for several hours. dealer opted for birdland over bel canto as... | |
| Rogue owners, ideas please i just bought 120s and asked mark at rogue what he used for speaker cable. goertz. my speaker mfg recommends cardas (merlin). since it is rogue to rogue....i am sure he would tell you what they use at the shows. (they use merlins to demo their equ... | |
| any silversmith cable users? if you like these cables go to www.vacuumstate.com. allen wright has been selling this type of cable for years at 700$ for 2 meter pair. he also sells a book on the same at diy pricing. the book is based on "the echo effect" which the silversmith ... | |
| dvd player plus d/a/c OR dedicated cd i think to make a real jump in sound quality you will need to spend some money. had the 515; upgraded to cal 15...night and day difference. i have heard the old rega is good and arround 400$ cals are in the 800$ range. do not know that you would g... | |
| transparent ultra vs ultra xl No_money; ignorance is bliss....but try reading posts on this site of most overrated products. you might find interesting. | |
| Original Box VS No Box...does it matter? i have bought 10 pieces over the net recently. some in orig boxes and some not ie. a mac 67 tuner from the early 60s. i have had great results with all so far. i find the best way to gauge the seller is by a phone call. if they speak passionately ... | |
| transparent ultra vs ultra xl well i have tried the transparent speaker wire $1500 10ft biwire xl...something. weak. i am using 30 gauge magnet wire from radio shack $1.45 which blow them away. no joke...also interconnects made of same wire;home brew...very good....mapleshade ... | |
| 1K speaker advice? nht 2.5 i / can pick them up for 700-800$ used. full range and very musical. i have had them hooked to a hafler 9180 (similar to nad). placement is important. they sound even better with upgraded amplification. | |
| Sonic Frontiers, Anthem or CJ do not know about any of the pres (i use an ls2mk2) but i have 2 amp ones on my nht 2.5is. 1 amp drove them and they sounded much better than the ss haflers. i added the second (one per speaker) and it filled them out nicely (i bought them off net... | |
| Inexpensive, but Quality 2 ch. Tube Amps i have recently bought an anthem amp 1. it sounded so nice (was running hafler ss amps) that i bought a second one. their are some bargins out their. i paid 550$ each new. i saw one on audio review for 499$ (it is not mine nor do i know the seller... | |
| Looking to build power cords. try looking under the web site vacuum state electronics. i bought their super cables cook book. it showed you power cords and interconnects and speaker cable. my new 3$ speaker wires blow away the transparent xl something at 1500$ the power cables... | |
| speaker cable i have done some web searching on this topic. i like the supercable cook book from vacuum state electronics. it goes into great detail on cables an how they work. right now i am using 30 gauge magnet wire from r/s. at a whopping 3.45 for a lot of ... | |
| The best speaker wires under $500 new or check up super cables cook book from vacuum state electronics. i am using their fine wires (at a cost of 3.45$ with r/s magnet wire) it blows away the a/b comparison with transparent x..somthing. 1500$ for 10ft biwire. i like something called sign... | |
| The best speaker wires under $500 new or i suggest you look at vacuum state electronics web site. i have bought their supercables cook book. incredible sound for very low price (a little work on your part). i do not have quite the system you have; ls2mk2; cal15; macMR67; anthem pwr1; nht... | |
| Preamp Necessary? i am doing that right now with a cal 15. 1600$ or so. i feel like the sound is good but wanting. i am shopping for a tube pre amp....think this might fill in the gaps. have heard the same comment from my dealer on direct cd to ss amps. even in wad... |