jwpstayman
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| Audience Au24 Bi-wire or w/Jumper with N803 Hi Cmrkeung - maybe I can help a bit with this. B&W's should be bi-wired to get the best performance n almost all cases. You hit on the one exception that I know of. B&W's will almost always sound best when using AU24 in a single run with ... | |
| Best interconnects for AYRE gear ? I have to agree with Glenn-garza. The Nirvana SX Ltd is a great cable with Ayre as is Cardas Reference (Neutral, and Golden and the new Golden Presence). Purist is also very good with Ayre, but I would use the Aqueous Anniversary rather than the V... | |
| Speaker cables being pricier than main speakers Ryder - that strategy makes no sense at least to me. While Valhalla is a very good cable, it certainly won't work well with every speaker, and therefore you run the risk of limiting yourself speaker selections because you invested a small fortune ... | |
| Opinions on speaker cable upgrade Tony, The AQ Anniv sound good right out of the box, but they will take 120-200 hours to reach their absolute best - at least they did in my system. Where the break in is obviously needed is in the depth of the soundstage and the imaging. Once brok... | |
| Opinions on speaker cable upgrade Nsgarch - I have had the opportunity to try all of the PAD cables in the same system here at work and also had the opportunity to try Venustas vs Aqueous Anniversary in particular in my home system (Magnepan 3.6R, Bat Vk200 monos, Vac Renaissance ... | |
| opinions on Shunyata, Nordost spkr. cables David - Thanks for the system list. You are right - the new Heimdall cables are closer to the SPM of the previous generation in that they are a bit warmer and have a little bit richer midrange, so they might be good on your system. Other cables th... | |
| Opinions on speaker cable upgrade Bander - You are looking at the right church, just in the wrong pew. I would take a hard look at the Purist Anniversary Aqueous speaker cables (bi-wire), which will fit your budget easily as long as the length you need isn't unusually long. Here's... | |
| opinions on Shunyata, Nordost spkr. cables Hasse - I wouldn't use Nordost on Maggies on a drunken bet! Try looking at Purist, Synergistic, or Cardas to get the best from your 3.6's (I use PAD Aqueous Anniversary myself on my 3.6's).David- what speakers and amp are you using? I should be ab... | |
| best power cords for my levinson 436's Hi Grr - you stole my suggestion!!! Although I would have probably encouraged you to go with the new Purist Aqueous Anniversary power cords, which are 95% of the Dominus performance at a much lower cost. I am sure that your improvement in sound wa... | |
| Double your pleasure with same cable throughout? Hi - hopefully I can jump in and add something on this issue. There are several companies that produce cables that almost always give the best performance when used throughout a system. MIT, JPS Labs, Virtual Dynamics, Transparent, and Synergistic... | |
| THE LATEST---Gold plated fuses? I have replaced all 5 fuses in both of my BAT VK200 monoblocks with the HFT fuses (waiting for the moans and groans). Those of you that are quick with math will realize that this is an almost $300.00 upgrade cost. I try to rate all audio purchases... | |
| Tonearm Rewiring I second ( or third) the recommendation of Brit Audio - VERY good work, reasonable prices, and very knowledgable on the subject of analog. I feel very comfortable referring friends to Michael at Brit because I know they will be pleased with the sp... | |
| Kontrapunkt B or karat 17Dmk2 This might help - the 17d IS a very good cartridge, BUT - it is very light in weight (5 grams)and won't work well without adding a cartridge head weight on this arm. It will sound like there is no bass - exactly like the first comment in this thre... | |
| Best mat for Transrotor table? You certainly can't beat the Herbies Audio "Way Excellent Turntable Mat" for performance with this platter. I think they are arouind $50.00 or so and well worth the cost. They are thin enough so you don't have to adjust VTA ( unless you are really... | |
| What are good phono cables ? There are lots of decent phono cables around. I have had very good results using Cardas Neutral Reference phono ( the least expensive very good phono cable at |