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| Anti Cables with Simaudio Drewh1,I have found that quality power cables have made the largest difference in the sound of my system of any cable type added to date. Perhaps this is because I had already upgraded ICs and speaker cables, and the last cables added benefited fr... | |
| New Pre or Integrated for 2nd system, thoughts? I would go with a new/used preamp, with one exception.NAD C 162 preamp - new, refurbished or used, $400 to $500 online. Typical NAD sound - musical and nicely rounded. good review here:http://www.audioasylum.com/reviews/Preamplifier-SS/NAD/C-162/g... | |
| Anti Cables with Simaudio I would just add to this that the type of power cable used on the amplifier can affect the synergy between speaker/speaker cable/amplifier as well - just to muddy the waters a little further. | |
| Are there any integrated amps with a built in DAC? Peachtree Decco. | |
| good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port I forgot one worth looking at:Focal JM Lab Chorus 705V Monitor Loudspeaker - $495 new, very efficient. | |
| good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port Bianchi27,Don't misconstrue my lack of recommendation as a vote against the Triangles Titus. I have simply not heard them yet and can't offer an opinion one way or the other. They are well reviewed here and by the audio press, so I would suggest y... | |
| good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port "i really do not want to spend more than $500 for the speakers"There are many excellent front ported speakers available in this price range right now:Wharfedale Diamond 9.2 - discontinued but available from Internet dealers for under $300 new, or ... | |
| good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port Other good choices with front firing port - Wharfedale Diamond 9.2, Usher S-520, B&W 685 | |
| Weak/tubby bass on old Philips 212 TT OK - I tried applying blutack in various places on the turntable and here is what I found:-placed between the hard plastic feet and the underlying wooden block - bass was more pronounced, but not necessarily cleaner; some loss of air and spatial c... | |
| Subwoofer setting "How do you explain the stomach-churning bass able to be produced in some car installations?" Don't confuse "pressure" with well-articulated sound at defined frequencies.If you use a test disk with separate signals at various frequencies and a sou... | |
| Weak/tubby bass on old Philips 212 TT Tpsonic,OK, I looked at your system pics, I get the idea. | |
| small audio/video system for elderly space Dwhitt, that sounds impressive. Nice to have the opportunity to build system from behind the walls and from below the ground up! | |
| Weak/tubby bass on old Philips 212 TT I will try the blutak too. | |
| Subwoofer setting If you have some compulsive bones in your body, get an audio test disk from Stereophile, or Radioshack, or download one off the internet and get a cheap digital sound meter from Radioshack and test where your main speakers roll off in your room. T... | |
| Weak/tubby bass on old Philips 212 TT Thanks Stanwal, I'll try that. The reason I think the bass problem is within the TT system is that it's present even with the the headphones on and the speakers turned off. Perhaps need better way to drain vibration away from the platter and arm, ... |