kennyb
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| Will Spectral 15SS preamp work in my system? It should work fine. And MIT interconnects aren't required, but MIT cables do match up well with Spectral gear. Both have similar strengths. I think you'd appreciate the strengths of the 15SS even more with MIT, though you may get lucky and find a... | |
| Is Pure Music 1.8 better? Yes, it's better. A veil has been removed. | |
| Avalon Eidolon or Parsifal Encore Sorry that I hadn't read your post closely enough. I misread your post and thought you weren't pleased with your Parsifals. I figured that with the right cabling the idea of dumping the Parsifal would never enter one's mind.The Eidolons and the ... | |
| Avalon Eidolon or Parsifal Encore I agree with the others - keep your speakers. The Avalons are fine speakers too. What did you like better about them? It might be that the quality you liked was due to the associated gear as much as the Avalons. What kind of cabling was used with ... | |
| Interconnect for Spectral DMC20+DMA180 I replaced the 350UL2 that I was using between my Spectral preamp and amp recently with the Magnum M2.3. HUGE upgrade. The 350UL2 was quite colored in comparison. I also compared the M2.3 to some other cables (Nordost Valkyrja and Frey) between so... | |
| Next upgrade: cables. But which ones first? Power cords should come first. They serve as the foundation.Some good advice here: http://nordost.com/downloads/Foundation%20Theory.pdf | |
| Nordost Pulsar Point for a DAC? Rhljazz is right -- only way to know is try.Stillpoints cones made a tremendous difference under my Theta DAC. Once you hear what vibration does to music - it's hard to listen without the Stillpoints in place. | |
| Spectral 30SL SHHA upgrade How much does the upgrade cost? | |
| Mit cable question Clarifications: I use Oracle V.3 speaker cables, not V2.1. In them other places where I mention Oracle V2.1, I am referring to the interconnects, which I used to own. | |
| Mit cable question I think it would be easier to comment if you were to share with us your cable budget. While I do have some experience with MIT's cables, I don't have a clue about the price or quality of the M2000. I searched both Google and the Monster Cable web ... | |
| phono cable suggestions.. A third for Discovery Essence. It's a BARGAIN. Blew away the $1995 MIT Magnum phono I had been using. | |
| Discovery cables.... I could not disagree more with Reb1208's comments. I heard none of what he describes in either my system, or in a friend's system (that is much more revealing than mine).I do have other cables on hand that were shown to have a "unrefined quality i... | |
| Discovery cables.... The Discovery Essence is an EXCELLENT cable. I recently replaced the cables I had been using from tonearm to phono stage (MIT Magnum phono) and from phono stage to preamp (MIT Oracle V2.1). The $800 Essence was far superior to the $1995 MIT Magnum... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Phono One: Gain too high? Yes the issue is overload. I have one LP in particular that is cut very hot. This LP was unplayable using my .6 mv Clearaudio Victory because of distortion. I had no such problem playing the LP with the .5 mv Helikon. | |
| Sonic Frontiers Phono One: Gain too high? The gain cannot be changed by the end-user. I used to own the "high gain" version, which had 62db of gain. This should be used with MC cartridges of no more than .6mv of gain. For more information:http://www.anthemav.com/OldSitev1/pages/phono.html |