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| To power condition or not to power condition AVR @akg_ca thanks for your reply. Seems like poor power supply would benefit from power conditioning more than a high quality supply? But, according to the manufacturer "Unlike most AV amps the AVR400 has a huge toroidal transformer that gives it en... | |
| My journey to search for standmount bookshelf speakers... @wim1983 there are many awesome low costs DACs available now. You might check out these:Meridian Explorer 2iFi micro iDAC2Audioquest Draginfly Red*Chord Portable Mojo DAC (this one is more expensive than others but sounds terrific) | |
| My journey to search for standmount bookshelf speakers... You might want to listen to a few different DACs with your current set up before deciding that your speakers are the issue. | |
| My journey to search for standmount bookshelf speakers... Some comments.Are you sure the issue is with the speakers? DAC and amp may be Limiting your sound more than your speakers. Have you demo'd the Wharfedales with different electronics?That said some argue you pick your speaker "sound" and then sho... | |
| Review: Shelter 201 Cartridge Got VTA set, it’s all good, nice match for Thorens deck and arm. Nice cartridge period. | |
| A good cartridge match for Thorens 150 mkII? Update.I upgraded the cartridge a few years ago to a Grado Reference Platinum 1. This is a lovely sounding cartridge for the price and certainly light years in my opinion ahead of the less expensive Prestige Blue. Better deeper sounding bass and... | |
| Review: Shelter 201 Cartridge I just purchased a Shelter 201 cartridge and am having a bit of a challenge setting the VTA on my old Thorens TD15O MkII. I do not have any sophisticated tools for cartridge set up, but the TD150 cartridge head has easily adjustable VTA settings.... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise Balanced, really balanced. No frequencies exaggerated or dropped out. The cable I was using most recently in the digital front end was an IsoTek Evo3 Premier and it emphasized the top end a bit. The Nanotec in comparison was quieter (lower overa... | |
| Power Cable DIY - Please advise I have built several cords and used several premade budget cables from AudioQuest, Shunyata and IsoTek. My current favorite, and not by a small margin, is a DIY unit using the new Nanotec #308 "Wonderful" Power Cable and Furutech FI-11 G connector... | |
| Heard the B&W N804d3s ... Success! | |
| Is a Power Amp the Answer? Room size and shape may be limiting bass extension and volume to some degree. Sub may actually be more helpful in this case to allow more sdjustment of bass parameters. | |
| Heard the B&W N804d3s ... rlb61, I cannot say if the bass above 25 or 30 Hz is noticeably better represented on the F12 than the L12's, as I was going to try them but went a different direction. They are both well regarded by users. I did try two smaller sealed SVS subs i... | |
| Heard the B&W N804d3s ... A good sub should sound good with the 804's and actually will do more to the perceived sound than just add lower bass. The 804's are basically very revealing older monitors with "built-in stands", as opposed to full range speakers. I agree with ... | |
| Amp ac cable connection Not everyone agrees that power line noise is not problematic and therefore not in need of attention, including equipment designers, with some form of line conditioning built into at least some high end amplifiers (one example: http://www.stereophi... | |
| Amp ac cable connection Benjie, everybody comes to this discussion with different power service, gear and ears. While there may be an absolute sound many are seeking, there are many paths to get there. Power conditioning is one of them and has it's uses and benefits. I ... |