jwpstayman
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| Stupid question about power cables ... Honest1- the reason that your amplifiers are "safe" is that the ground goes to the chassis of the amplifiers. Remember, grounds are installed for safety reasons, not for "audiophile" reasons - IF you are not going to ground the power cord at the c... | |
| WOULD LIKE TO RECABLE LOOKING FOR HELP Koegz - with this system and your primary listening material, I would outfit the entire system with Purist Audio Design Aqueous Anniversary and be very, very happy. Keep the Music Groove on your table however- that's an excellent choice. If you re... | |
| Stupid question about power cables ... Turbo - the "right" way to do this is to use a 3 pronged wall plug and only connect the hot and neutral wires to the plug. That way you don't have ground connected at the wall, but not at the iec. It will ONLY be a 2 conductor cable that way. Have... | |
| BEST POWER CORDS FOR NUFORCE REFERENCE 9S The best power cord that we have found on the Ref 9's so far has been the Synergistic Research Active AC Master couplers, which made a huge improvement in soundstage, imaging, and bass response over the stock power cords. NONE of low cost cables (... | |
| McCormack DNA 125 amp-speaker match Just to give you another speaker to consider - I might be tempted to go for the Hypersion Sound 938's in black - one of the best combinations with McCormacks I've heard yet! | |
| Change the plugs or use a converter ? Adhoc - I know this is a bit unconventional, but how about changing out your duplex outlet for a US version outlet and leaving your power cords ends alone? I have some customers outside the US that have done this and think it is a very good, cost ... | |
| Acoustic zen Gargantua FED - my customer feedback on the MF KW and NuVista products shows that Synergistic Research and JPS Labs are the cables most often preferred on these particular components, so I would give both of those cables an audition. | |
| Power cords Pjl - that was an ignorant and uninformed post. The Analysis Plus power Ovals 2 power cords out-perform MANY other power cords including your AZ TSUNAMI on particular components ( like Bryston amps for one example). Just because you happen to pref... | |
| I need help choosing my next tube preamp. Audiophile1 - be particular when trying the cj pre. They have a very unique volume control circuit which impacts the imput impedence of the pre, based on the volume setting, so certain high output impedence cd players and other devices will sound ... | |
| Cary 306 SACD: How good at redbook playback? TBoooe - save your money and get a good pair of NOS RCA 12AU7 tubes and the Herbies Audio Hal-O tube dampers and forget about the 306. It will take the 303/300 to a whole new level of performance! | |
| I need help choosing my next tube preamp. Audphile - the VAC preamps are not dual differential fully balanced pre-amps. The only pre-s with tubes that are ( to my knowledge) are the BAT pre-amps. However - that certainly should not give you pause for concern. I use my VAC Renaissance pre ... | |
| KimberKable BiFocal-XL or Kimber Select 3033 Excellent advice Raquel - Dick is a good guy and should be able to determine what will work better with this eauipment. I have no experience with these speakers, so I would be guessing on this - sorry. | |
| I need help choosing my next tube preamp. Hi Audphile1 - maybe I can help a bit. The BAT and the Calypso are both built around that 6H30 tube, so the sound you get from the factory is pretty much IT - and both of them sound ruler flat and grainless, but neither has the harmonic warmth of ... | |
| KimberKable BiFocal-XL or Kimber Select 3033 Hi Adhoc - what amp speakers are you running? If your speakers NEED a bi-wire then go with the Bi-FocalXL as the Select is strictly a single stereo cable. If you wanted to compare relative sound quality, then compare Monocle XL with the Kimber 303... | |
| Valhalla spkr cable good match Pass and Legacy ? Ozzy - According to our customers, Nordost is NOT a good matc for either the amp or the speakers that you mentioned. Semitrical co-ax designs are favored ( Wireworld and/or Straightwire) along with Stereovox, Analysis Plus(Silver or Gold), and Aco... |