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| good silver IC's to audition? The Audiotruth Lapis X3 or Diamond X3 are fabulous silver IC's and there are several on this site very fairly priced.(I just bought two pairs myself) | |
| Audio Research Convert... Count me in....I recently bought the 100.2 and couldn't be happier.Although considerably more than I had planned to spend,after listening I had to have it.Money well spent for a change.I was most surprised at the added depth,3D soundstage if you w... | |
| Solen vs Hovland caps Hi I have a very similar Scanspeak speaker I built.I'm assuming you have a 12db octave crossover with a cap and coil in each leg and perhaps a resistor on the tweeter.I've built crossovers using several types of components and I would agree that t... | |
| Best Class A Int. Amp? I agree the Plinius is great but if your thinkng 2k retail see if you can audition an Electrocompaniet EC1 3. It's a fantastic 70watt integrated with enough reserve to drive most anything.I beleive it is class A operation.I tried several in this p... | |
| One more BI-WIRE question Thanks everyone so far youv'e helped get to the point of my post and that is if the manuf.has an explanation for thier suggested wiring config.than by all means elaborate in your literature and in my case the SF owners manual.I can respect the opi... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords As many have said I believe the first line of defense in the quest for pure power is to optimize your existing AC power delivery system.Everyone,even apartment dwellers can check circuits and outlets for possible noise contributing problems.It's e... | |
| Genesis Digital Lense Hey Carl and sfbay I do have the MCA rem lp's and I agree 1000% they put the same cd's to shame.Thats exactly why I used the comparison as an example of what the Genesis unit can do for CD playback.SFbay it's the MCA Hendrix family authorized rema... | |
| Genesis Digital Lense Yes I recently got one used.there are some real bargains on these.These units are very well built former class a sterephile retailed for $1895.When I first added to my system I put on one of the Hendrix remasters.To give you a comparison I also ha... | |
| Replacing my tweeters a good idea? To add to my thoughts above I forgot to mention that the easiest and most cost effective improvement is to replace the existing internal wiring with high quality wire from Cardas,Kimber,XLO ect. The upper frequencies are particularly suseptable to... | |
| Replacing my tweeters a good idea? As has been mentioned your speaker system is the sum of it'parts.The drivers,box and crossover values were designed to work as a unit.I contemplated and did exactly what your thinking of doing.I had an average pair of small monitors that became te... | |
| Anybody knows about NBS cables? Slawney The cords were the Dragonfly with most common 14 ga.THHN (gasoline resistant or direct bury cable commonly used for well pump wiring).No joke you can buy this stuff at the hardware store dirt cheap run it through a braided shield and a mes... | |
| Phono Pre with volume control? Thanks everyone so far I'm always amazed thay no matter what the question or topic there's always someone with knowledge and experience on the subject.Tom I'm very interested in your project you can contact me at tin28@webtv.net Thanks again......Bob | |
| Dynaudio, ProAc, Totem??? Hey John now that you have pumped everyone on earth for info. (including myself fiening interest in my Signums and asking every conceivable set-up question) Did you pay your local dealer full price for the ONE SC'S? | |
| Anybody knows about NBS cables? I have two NBS power cords.I needed to repair on plug end and discovered that the wire used is cheap 14ga.thnn wire that can be bought at the hardware store for 18 cents per foot.I've also heard that interonnects and speaker cables are disquised B... |