mb9061
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| Apple versus PC Regarding Audioengr's comments if they were intended for me, I actually was bypassing the Kmixer on the PC and was well aware of how to set it up through months of screwing around with it and researching. I was running FLAC with ASIO drivers and i... | |
| Looking for power amp with warm, smooth sound I honestly wouldn't spend too much money on cables or power conditioning if you envision upgrading equipment. You'll find yourself spending $500-$1000 on cables/power conditioning when you could just use that money on speakers or a new amp.I haven... | |
| Looking for power amp with warm, smooth sound Vandersteen and Quad come up often as "warmer" speaker suggestions. I only have experience with the Quads, which I'm more than happy with at the price point. MUCH better imaging, although I still found them a little bright until I paired them with... | |
| Looking for power amp with warm, smooth sound I'd look for other speakers. I had Monitor Audio Silver 9's for a few years and couldn't keep them when I started listening to two channel more often because of the the same problem. I've seen a number of posts over the past months about Monitor A... | |
| Long Coaxial audio run? I think I heard Audioengr's suggestion on a similiar post sometime back, about keeping USB cable length to a minimum, i.e. preferably 6' or less.I'm running a benchmark DAC1 and couldn't agree more. I'm using a Belden gold USB 6' usb cable and whe... | |
| Prepro into a Preamp into an Amp?? Most good integrated amplifiers have a HT passthrough that sidesteps their internal preamp completely. An integrated will save you an extra box (preamp) and perhaps some $. | |
| Center channel matched with Fronts?? I had the pretty much the same speaker setup and thoughts as you (Monitor Audio Silvers and matching Silver Center). I thought the MA center was very nice for theater/tv, but hated the silver 8's because they were too forward/bright. I contemplate... | |
| good speaker with Sound stage behind???? I went from Monitor Audio Silver S8's (model before the one you own) to Quad 22L2's. Big improvement in every respect. The hard dome tweeter on the MA's is fatiguing. | |
| Yamaha NS-500 and NS-1000 I've got a pair of Yamaha NS-500Ma's. They were literally my first pair of speakers I've ever owned. I upgraded about 7 years ago and have gone through 3 pairs of different speakers since, but I still have the Yamaha's. Haven't tried playing them ... | |
| best biwire speaker cables for under $300?? I'm running a pair of Audioquest Bedrock bi-wires with AQ spaid terminations. I'm not sure if you can classify them as warm, as I've had to gear everything else in my system to the warm side (golden reference ICs, Musical Fidelity A5 integrated). ... | |
| Help mismatch maybe? Tilting them can help a bit, but I was never happy with the result as it threw the sound stage up a bit and there was a slight loss of focus. That, and I'm using the 22L2's as my example which have the additional driver.Biggest influence on bass f... | |
| Help mismatch maybe? I have a pair of 22L2s in a room that measures 24' long by 12' deep by 7 1/2' ceiling. Speakers are on the long wall, a little more than 2' from side wall (left speaker), about 8 1/2' feet apart and about 1 1/2' from the back wall (measured to rea... | |
| changing overall tone you can do quite a bit to make your system sound more lively with interconnects/ac cords and power conditioners. Although the money you could potentially spend on those would more than easily pay for a new preamp or amplifier (or both). An upgrade... | |
| USB Cord Recommendation Oddly enough, there is a difference. That also depends on how resolving your system is. A Belden(?) gold six foot cable seems best to me of the generic/cheaper cables I've tried (including the one that comes with the DAC1). Length also has a lot t... | |
| PS Audio P300 or Cardas Golden Reference? What is wrong with Cardas? I have a pair I'm trying right now and they seem pretty good to me. |