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| Would you pay to audition speakers I could see charging your credit card as a damage deposit, and refunding the money if the speakers are returned "on time" and undamaged. There is some risk for the proprietor in releasing his inventory - especially heavy, highly finished pieces of... | |
| 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... |