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| A MONSTEROUS DIY SPEAKER CABLE I think the recipe 76doublebass has cooked up is a significant modification of the "standard" extension cord speaker cable. Five(!!!) runs of wire per cable and twice the number of conductors on the positive lead. This is some radical engineering.... | |
| Rotel RMB-985 or new Amp? Depends on how much you want to spend. Spend more than the Rotel cost in the first place, and your B&W speakers will let you know. Go to tubes instead of solid state, get a different sound altogether. If you are looking to spend about the same... | |
| HUGE Spacious Surrounds - The What would you do for the higher end of the frequency spectrum? 901's have no significant sparkle, which is often an important part of surround speaker reproduction - breaking glass, birds singing, etc. | |
| Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance Bob,Really nice review! | |
| Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance Nasaman,What "recipe" did you use for your Home Depot-baked cable? What gear did you use it with and what did you compare it to?I made a 12 gauge cable to replace the 18 gauge dedicated lamp cord on my AMC integrated amplifier and it made a huge d... | |
| smooth warm CDP with SACD $2199 USD | |
| smooth warm CDP with SACD Did you mean RCD-1072? If so, agree with your evaluation of Rotel. The RB-1080 doesn't have the tightest bottom in the world either. One lower cost approach to warming sound and improving the bass could be to add a better power cable to both your ... | |
| Dynaudio Audience 52SE vs. Contour S1.4 Doesn't the 52SE have similar drivers (and crossover?) as the S1.4?These are both great speakers. I have listened to the 52SE some, and to the S1.4 critically. The difference I would note is that the S1.4 has a greater tendency to disappear in the... | |
| Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance Some ideas below in your stated price range (mostly).1. I would contact The Cable Company and ask what they recommend for your gear in that range. http://www.thecableco.com/expertForm.php2. For your Cambridge 840C I would check out the JPS Labs Di... | |
| B&W 805 or Monitor Audio Silver for Creek 5350SE? I can't help you there. They are pretty sensitive (92dB/W/m), but will 85 watts command two 10" woofers? | |
| what is the theory behind maple stands and racks? Dan_ed,I think you are most certainly right that different approaches and materials work better for different components. I use heavy wooden bases for many because I haven't found something better yet (but may try some of your suggestions - especi... | |
| what is the theory behind maple stands and racks? Interesting - I had a similar result with solid state amp. Wooden platform had almost no impact on sound. Wooden blocks in place of amps rubber feet and placed on polyethylene board = little but slightly less appealing effect. Amp's rubber feet di... | |
| Rega Apollo 35th anniversary edition OK - now I have to eat my words a bit. Was in a shop this weekend and listened to a Rega Saturn playing through a VTL I85 integrated amp and Avalon NP Evolution Series 2.0 small floor standing speakers and thought it all sounded very very good tog... | |
| Stands for small floorstanders? If the connection between the speaker and the stand is very secure, my feeling is that it should work (i.e. no loose parts to rattle). I am also sure that we could get into a detailed discussion about what kind of materials would work best for the... | |
| what is the theory behind maple stands and racks? Mapleshade claims they have done comparison tests and have found that North American Maple "sounds the best". They are in the business of selling the stuff, so I take their claims about maple with a pinch of saw dust. Who knows - maybe a little bi... |