medwardo
Responses from medwardo
| Is it safe to buy from Audiogon sellers? I've bought probably a dozen items from Audigon over the past 6 - 8 years and I've never had a bad experience. Some of these were cables and some were expensive components.Having said that, I check the feedback for sellers carefully and I also cor... | |
| Aurender MQA update worth it? I second mmeeks100's assessment: definitely worth it. I've upgraded both of my Aurenders (N10 & X100L), so best $100 I've spent.... | |
| Which Transparent speaker cable to chose? I originally had the Transparent Super with my Sophia 3's and then upgraded the cable to Transparent Reference. I think I got the Ref SCs about 4 years ago, so they are not current models.Biggest change I heard was in 3 areas: 1) more coherent, or... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? Sorry, @wolf_garcia, but the XA25 is the best amp I've used in my system. I've used: CJ MF2550SE, ET250S, Musical Fidelity SS.What I love about the XA25 is that I get >wonderful midrange from the CJs with most of the bass slam of the MF SS. The... | |
| Conrad Johnson preamp: ET5, ET7 (series 1 or 2) or ET3SE ?? I've had both the ET5 and the ET3SE for a number of years.ET5 is awesome...great holographic soundstage, that famous rich CJ midrange, decent tuneful bass, and lovely detailed treble with no harshness.ET3SE is a great preamp too...just not as good... | |
| Anyone try the new Shunyata I have 3 Defenders in my systems.I use the Defender when I'm not using some other type of power conditioner...e.g., when I have a sub on an duplex, I put the Defender in one of the outlets. I'm not sure it makes much difference in sound quality TB... | |
| Shunyata Delta NR or ??? For around your price, you could likely pick up a used Shunyata Alpha HC power cable (one on sale here now for $750 (I'm not the seller)). Excellent for amps/power distributors and includes noise reduction. I have 3 of the Alpha HCs in my systems ... | |
| Shunyata Sigma Speaker Cables and Interconnects I have Sigma rca ICs and PCs in my system. I like the sound a lot...organic, lovely midrange and treble, tight and tuneful bass, very quiet. Putting just the Sigma ICs in caused the soundstage to completely disconnect from the speakers and move ou... | |
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? A bit late here, but...I’m running Wilson Sophia 3s with the Pass XA25. The Sophia’s are ~87db/1W efficiency. They are made easy to drive (nominal 4Ohm impedance), but not all that efficient. I’ve had the XA25 since last Summer.90 - 100 db is abou... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? I've owned only two speakers over the last 35 years (was surprised when I wrote that 'cuz I've swapped out everything else multiple times):Dahlquist DQ-10s, from '82 to '13. Lovely, spooky midrange in the room. I loved that the music was "in the a... | |
| USB vs SPDIF, which sounds better? I've had an Aurender N10 for a year or two and have tried all of its digital outputs.With that player, they're all pretty good. To my ear, here is the stack rank from best to not-so-best:XLR: quietest with the biggest soundstage, great midrange &a... | |
| Conrad Johnson amp and Pass Labs Pre I run a cj et5 pre and a pass xa25 amp in the main rig. Lovely combo. Holographic soundstage and sweet midrange w taut bass. I like the little pass amp better than the all the cj amps I’ve had. | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? Are $10K speaker cables worth it?Like many things in life, IME, the answer is "it depends." | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Are $10K speaker cables worth it?Like many things in life, IME, the answer is "it depends." | |
| mapleshade cable recomendations I've tried their Ribbon interconnects and Digital SPDIF...whatever their top ones were at the time (about 8 years ago or so).I really like the Ribbon interconnects...great transient snap, great midrange, and bass slam I hadn't heard from my (at th... |