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| Your first stereo system My first real system was in 1982-3, CDs were still a new tech, wax ruled the audio salons. I got Rega Planar 3, moving coil cartridge, Musical Fidelity integrated amp and Heybrook HB1 speakers. Karl at Victors stereo in Chicago soon convinced me t... | |
| Need help : Mit or Cardas? Neither IMO. I have used various Cardas ICs, strongly recommend for speaker cable you use AP Oval 9 in place of Cardas Quad. More detail, 3D, and liquid and costs about the same or less, also sold by Audio Advisor. Gold Cross is very good IC but e... | |
| Original CD vs Remaster vs Gold Disc Grumpy, just to let you know I got a couple DCC gold discs from Red Trumpet to try out. From the 1960s recordings, I think the Beatles digital remasters have been real improvements, I bought red & Blue collections, sound pretty good of course ... | |
| Worst Music of All-Time Most rap music sucks, too many to mention, M&M "Slim Shady" comes to mind as especially sucky.......Sam Hi my name is, Hi my name is, Hi my name is Slim Shady | |
| Cables, Interconnects and More Cables??? You guys are just joking right......Radio Shack speaker wire $20 for 50ft........Why not buy a Radio Shack CD player there for home stereo $200...... Regards.....Sam | |
| Cables, Interconnects and More Cables??? Here are my best performance/cost ratio cables in you price range, of course used is best if possible.....(as always don't buy on strangers advice, use Cable Co to try at home first) IC copper:Harmonic Tech Truthlink, new $250, used $125 IC silver... | |
| All cables are Neuteral? Korn there is only so much you can do to improve poor recordings, as you suggest many rock/alt especially from 60/70s are bright with too much presence. Three serious suggestions that are still high end solutions. 1)IC:Harmonic Tech Truthlink, add... | |
| Does speaker cable length really matter? Most cable Gurus prefer longer interconnect to amp, as oppossed to long speaker cables. Every system is different cost wise depending on your cables, but for HT 12ft of Pro-9 speaker cable will run you $1180 new, and 12ft of Truthlink interconnect... | |
| Help me Buy an LP-12 Unless you hate Rega, why not upgrade to Planar 25 table with RB600 arm and better cartridge? This is still priced under basic unmodified LP12 and will sound better. The beauty of Rega is its pure simplicity and quality. | |
| Does speaker cable length really matter? this is a test | |
| Does speaker cable length really matter? All speaker cable is bad, the shorter the better. Why would you want the extra cost and sound issues of 12ft cables? Most audiophiles have speakers set in "near field" position forming 6-9ft equilateral triangle with listening position. 8ft should... | |
| Does speaker cable length really matter? this is a test | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation Dtranle, for Oval 9: Cable Co (www.fatwyre.com) largest source of audiophile cables and they have lending program to let you try various cables at home, large selection of other misc tweak items. Audio Advisor (www.audioadvisor.com) also carries, ... | |
| JPS Labs versus Audio Quest (Megasam?) Willi no one can predict what you will like for your system, I recommend using Cable Co (www.fatwyre.com) to arrange home trail of a couple cables. If your system is slightly bright or any system try Analysis Plus Oval 9, I really like this cable.... | |
| Bi-wire cable versus 2 sets of cable Thtman the "main" reason for bi-wire is not to lower resistance, but to reduce distortion in treble and midrange. The high freq cable no longer has to handle magnetic fields caused by the higher current needed to produce bass signal. This is also ... |