karelfd
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| Avalon Indra vs Sonus Faber Cremona M That seems like a strange suggestion to me. Whereas the Indra would probably better the Cremona M, you have wonderfully musical gear (admittedly, I havent heard it together in one system) and, since it is the M, probably still fairly new on top... | |
| bi-wire cables on single binding post, sonic loss? Gulp ..., the Truth about cable sound has been revealed. Talk about skin effect and stuff, whilst all the time it's really the Bananas romping through our systems, chuting down the silver cable cores :-oApart from which, thanks for all your input ... | |
| Has anyone used Viablue speaker cables? My brother has recently substituted ViaBlue SC4 (in single wire configuration + SC4 bi-wire jumpers) for the Kimber 8PR he had between T+A A1520 amp and Klipsch RB81 speakers. The cable was used so whether it required burn-in we don't know. The ef... | |
| what's the difference? clearaudio basic/basic plus Hi, to me the Basic has always been a milestone, one of those hard to beat quality/price overachievers. Plug and play, easy to use. A unit that has been extremely well designed and built, has everything the regular analogue listener who just wants... | |
| Synergistic Integrated and CDP under 5k Gooddomino, don't worry, the combo is a winner with rca interconnects as well. I presently use AMR IC-77 (the ICs that come with the CD-77; need to update my systems page), but as I keep reading about the gear being even better with balanced ICs I... | |
| Synergistic Integrated and CDP under 5k From a purely musical perspective, the Ayre combo will be very tough to beat (I own the AX-7e integrated with the earlier CX-7 myself). Make sure to have heard it before you decide!Your choice may however be influenced by other considerations as w... | |
| what's the difference? clearaudio basic/basic plus I don't know about the changes in detail but the main difference is that SMD technology is deployed in the Basic+ resulting in shorter paths, probably also a tighter selection of parts. I have been using the Basic for a couple of years but had alr... | |
| bi-wire cables on single binding post, sonic loss? Thanks for the responses. Just to clarify a few things that led to confusion:The pair of cables I have in mind has 2 spades on one end (amp) and 4 spades on the other (speaker). I will double up the tweeter and woofer + spades to connect them with... | |
| Advice from vinyl types on a good CD player AMR CD-77 ended my quest (my analogue front-end is the Well Tempered Reference). There are a number of threads on this one-box player.On last week's HighEnd in Munich it was on demo in a room where the analogue front consisted of Garrard 501 with ... | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? Don't even try. He will just not let you. When asked, I will tell people what I hear, that's it. If they're genuinely interested, they are invited to sit down and listen to what happens in my system. Some will only ask to start an argument though.... | |
| Best interconnect between Ayre AX-7 and CX-7 Redkiwi, thank you very much for your comments. You will most certainly never hear me say that some manufacturers apply XLR plugs to unbalanced cables and then claim they are balanced designs. However, I have read several times (including older A'... | |
| Best interconnect between Ayre AX-7 and CX-7 Hi Beerdraft,Thanks for the interesting lead. The Altairs look indeed a bargain. Would you happen to know whether the XLR Altairs are a true balanced design, as Nrenter pointed out?Karel | |
| Are upgraded power cables really worth the money? Imperative upgrade imho. I recall the day a few years ago when I first introduced a decent power-bar (appr. $ 150) and 2 after-market cords (each appr. $ 100) in my system. The dealer had lent the gear to me over the weekend and I never returned i... | |
| Zu Druid Mk IV owners, what speaker cable to use? Thanks guys, I decided to go for Libtec and will hook them up this weekend. | |
| Stand out phono stages Hi again,Here's another 2-box set that should be high up the list:AudioNet PAM V2 + EPS (together EUR 4.8k)www.audionet.de/main/komponenten/page.html?L=en |