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| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? I have used several “budget” cables including Monster XP-Ci, Blue Jeans Belden and Canare, Transparent, Kimber 8VS, and Audioquest including X-2, FLX/SLiP 14/4, Type 4, Type 6, Rocket 33 and Rocket 44. The last two may not be some people’s idea of... | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? Iwal22 - thanks. Reason I ask about cabinets is because that is what makes or breaks home built (and commercialy built) speakers. Great drivers and well-designed crossovers in a crappy box can sound worse than modest drivers and crossovers in re... | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? Iwal22, can relate. How did you solve potential cabinet issues? Biggest challenge in my experience. Pictures online somewhere? | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? Wow, great posts! What prompted the OP was finally finding the right cartridge for my vintage Thorens TD 150mkII. I installed just this week an Audio-Techinca AT 150Sa which is an evolution from the AT 150MLX no longer available. Right out of th... | |
| Best cartridge to reduce hum under $400 USD Update. Tried Shelter 201 cartridge. Improvement over Grado Platinum in terms rumble and a decent sounding cartridge but as soon as I tried with 45rpm recording it’s shortcomings in terms of arm match were laid bare. Subwoofer went wild to poin... | |
| Mapleshade Isolation: Does Nothing? Good point @mr_m. Also madavid0, is your butcher block made from smaller laminated pieces or a single block of wood. I have found that a single chunk of wood is more effective at improving sound than laminated butcher blocks which are more commonl... | |
| A litlle help for choice of speakers up to €5500 (used or new) Plus 1 for yogiboy and marktomaras. | |
| Mapleshade Isolation: Does Nothing? Oh no madivid0!1. Was the fingernail sound louder, less loud, or the same in the rack versus the block? IE, was the block doing anything as far as you can tell to reduce vibration from getting to your pick up?2. More importantly, can you tell any... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano Also, I had meant to weigh in on the suggestions for monitor speakers. Of course smaller speakers will struggle to reproduce the scale that larger speakers can, but with many of these you can get within 90%, with potentially better spatial resolu... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano @snapsc “What do you mean when you say the sound is too difffused.”Let me take a whack at this. I have a family member who had a 5.2 Ohm system with reasonable AB amps and run of the mill DAC. Big Ohms in the front and smaller Ohms in the back. ... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano Yes, reproducing piano is hard. But all is not lost. I saw this thread and immediately thought about Maggies. Biggest you can find/afford/power. Others have mentioned Vandys and Quad. Sure. There are many other choices for used speakers avai... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? Plus one for folkfreak.madavid0, you can think of cartridge - tonearm - table - phono pre matching like speaker driver - cabinet - crossover - amp matching. They are part of a system, and swapping pieces in and out willy nilly can be an exercise ... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? For the record, for me, I categorically and respectfully disagree with your postulate. OK? My rebuttal is only soft in that you are free to disagree with me, but I would take it less seriously until you have done some critical listening yourself... | |
| Review: Shelter 201 Cartridge oracle914,On other cartridges I have used it was fairly easy to see if VTA was close to right. With the Shelter 201, I found good alignment with the front of the cartridge close to perfectly perpendicular to the record surface. If you are close to... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Plus one for electrical issues in your new kitchen. I would try listening to your system with the new kitchen fully operational as a baseline, then try:1. Turning off all kitchen lights - listen2. Turning off all breakers to your new kitchen (if ... |