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| recommended speaker cables and interconnects I have had numerous interconnects and speaker cables over the years and I absolutely love Audio-Envy ! Cap the owner is very easy to work with, and yes they do have a return guarantee, although I've never had to send anything back. They are very... | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? I had two separate systems of high-$$$ equipment. My "main" system was the one I listened to 90% of the time. I had great equipment that I replaced originally but couldn't bear to part with some of the pieces, so I made a 2nd system. After two-... | |
| Efficient speaker: Zu, Tekton, Volti, Klipsch, Fleetwood? The Razz speakers at the 2022 Tampa Audio-Expo sounded engaging, micro and macro dynamic and a thoroughly enjoyable listen. Paired with the terrific BorderPatrol S20 SET amp, SEi DAC, and Innuos ZENith Music-Server was a blend of equipment that r... | |
| Better R2R DAC Recommendation? I second Murrayburke’s post... If you just need USB or S/PDIF, the BorderPatrol SEi DAC is terrific. I have one and it’s been a mainstay in my system. Nice analog-like sound. It’s an R-2-R with no oversampling and no digital-filter. And for the to... | |
| The panic selling of tube audio had begun. Several years ago, I purchased a number of 6H30P-DR NOS Russian military tubes and still have a stash of about 24 of these. I bought them when I had BAT equipment along with a full complement of 6C33-D Russian NOS output tubes as spares. Present... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Electrical engineering theory in the strict sense makes sense regarding this discussion, and when looking at high quality power supplies, one can see that any RF noise coming from the wall to the power supply should be easily shunted away. That s... | |
| Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions I have Living-Voice OBX-RW speakers (94db 6-ohm nominal) and have used them with an 18WPC SET amp and First Watt SIT-2 8WPC solid-state amp very effectively ! They sound terrific and play plenty loudly in my modest listening-room. I also had a Pa... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter In my experience, a CD transport over a CD player is the way to go. I began using my CD player as a transport when I bought a new DAC as it was sonically better than the CD player's internal DAC. After a period of time, I took a chance and repla... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I've found over the years that a really good preamp seems to provide to me the best results sonically. These days, most source components have good output drive, and preamps end up being more attenuator than amplifier. However, the signal still ... | |
| Anyone have any experience with CD transports? Particularly Jay’s Audio? I've had my Jay's Audio CDT2 MK 3 for about 6-months now and am very happy with the performance. It replaced a 47-labs Flat-Fish (also a good transport) and I'm using the I2S output into an Denafrips Terminator-2 DAC. The combination is very goo... | |
| Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience? I have used the Blue-Jeans speaker and interconnect cables with good success ! I replaced my other cables with them about 10 years ago and they beat them out at a fraction of the cost. I then about a year later, tried Audio-Envy cables and that to... | |
| Question about Class A If your speakers are truly 92db sensitive (sometimes mfg's over-rate them), I'd recommend the Pass-Labs 30.8 stereo amp. Definitely punches way above it's 30WPC rating and has plenty of power-supply for 4-ohm speakers. My 94db speakers 6-ohm imp... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? In my experimentation and experiences over several decades, those equipment pieces that do the transduction are the most critical for sonic quality. Turntable/arm/cartridge, CD/Player/transports and speakers come to mind. for me as having the mos... | |
| Efficient speaker: Zu, Tekton, Volti, Klipsch, Fleetwood? Not for Tekton bashing as I believe they make a pretty good inexpensive speaker. I owned a pair of the Perfect-SET speakers. They may have not been quite as efficient as advertised, however they were efficient and sounded pretty darn good over-a... | |
| I am looking for a high-quality HDMI cable for I2S from a CD Transport to the DAC... Thanks for all of your inputs and recommendations/suggestions. I ended up purchasing a WireWorld Silver Sphere HDMI cable. The cable has provided me with a noticeable upgrade in sound, replacing my Supra-Cable HDMI cable, with of course a notable... |