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| Cables more hype than value? Mapman, well said.But some still believe Cables are Magic!!If they were I think you would see real audio companies such as ARC, Cary, VTL, Sanders, Soundsmith, Magnepan, Wilson, Vandersteen, etc really stress cables.They don't, and just tell you t... | |
| Good, better, best. VPI Classic 1 accessories and upgrades. the Aries always sounded bright to me. I thought for a while I had it set up poorly, bought the mirrored protractor for the arm, tried different cartridges.... It never sounded good in that systemFrom the day I got the Classic, it was money, just ... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? I went to Maggie MMG's, much smaller than my 3.6R's. I had SLH5 Harbeths when I first moved from a large family room to a much smaller media room. They were still too big for that space, but the MMG Maggies system, was perfect. | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? I'm a Maggie guy, but from time to time I've tried other speakers. The Harbeth's are the only others I've every really like.If I had a bigger room, I would have kept them. | |
| A-B testing of cables years ago when I first got into this hobby, I went cable crazy. bought and tested bunch of different cables used through audiogon, and I can't remember the name of that used cable site (?) they are super helpful there.I could tell a difference in ... | |
| best value current production tonearm Mcbuddah, nothing masochistic about the Terminator arm at all. I thought it straightforward and simple to manipulate. While I am handier than most, I'm not a tinkerer or engineer, so it wasn't that difficult. My friend with one has not touched it ... | |
| best value current production tonearm Super easy set up on the TransFI. I helped someone set one up on a refurbed Technics SP10 MKII with one of those crazy nice wooden plinths.It took less than an hour. Much less time then mounting a new cartridge on a "normal" tonearm.I love VPI Cla... | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals I've had a bunch of different cleaning machines, each of which I've thought where over-kill so I eventually sold all of them. These includes the VPI's: 16.5, 17F, and HW27 Typhoon, and a Clearaudio Matrix.All worked well with the VPI 17 and 27 bei... | |
| best value current production tonearm Trans-fi terminator, just a ridiculous value. | |
| Best amplifier for klipsch heresy 3 speakers. I had some great modded Heresy II's a few years back and they sounded great with both a McIntosh MC240 and MC275. I'm not sure the 275 was any better. Great synergy. | |
| How to reveal the truth? I'm surprised that happened. The huge majority of item for sale on this site, and the volume seems much less than it was previously, are sold by dealers.Generally, since this is now mainly a dealer site, while the variety is down and the costs are... | |
| Good, better, best. VPI Classic 1 accessories and upgrades. I've had a Classic since 2010 and never had the inclination to change decks, which is really rare for me. I had an Aries back in the day and hated it. I only bought the Classic after being disappointed with Sota and Mitchell tables. The Classic ha... | |
| Turntable placement I put one of the Gingko isolation platforms under a turntable, which I thought sounded good already, about 8 years ago. I was shocked, and haven't had a table without one under it since then.In my old house, which was pier and beam construction, a... | |
| bryston 28bsst2 / mag's 3.7 I had 3.6R's for years, and liked the match with Bryston very much (although I must say the Sanders Magtech was by far the best amp I ever used with Maggies, followed closely by the Cary MB500's) and when I first got those together I had a Bryston... | |
| Magnepan 1.7s in a 10x13' dedicated room? My room is 12 x 12' x 11' high. The 1.7's were too much for this room, too close. I bought the Super MMG system with a Bryston 4BSST2 amp. It's been great. I do wish I knew the Maggie .7 were coming out, I prob would have gone with those. I do hav... |