melbguy1
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| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors The misinformation in this thread is amazing, God help any newbie turning to some of the above posts for advice... | |
| System upgrade advice I would think a good 2nd hand pair of Infinity Renaissance 90's would sound better than the 804's. You could pick up a pair for around $1600, then use the $700 spare change to upgrade the crossover & internal wiring. Wonderfully transparent, f... | |
| Please help a rookie –used amps for magnepan 3.7? Teeshot, not discrediting your experience with your Modwright at all, but in all honesty you would be the first person i've ever heard of having a problem with that amp. I drove my old 87db/4 ohm Marten Coltranes with a KWA-150 & it provided v... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Again AL, in the case of the GTX-D it would be wrong to assume the more precious?/expensive plating material is better as the base material (pure copper) dominates the sound of the wpo, and Furutech are only using a thin plating on top. It is more... | |
| Akiko Tuning Stick AC -- It IS Magic @Ozzy, it helps if you have a good Dealer. My Dealer said I can return the Akiko sticks if they don't improve the sound after auditioning them in my system. | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables Colekat, yeah Marten use Jorma to internally wire thier speakers. For example, the Bird 2's are internally wired with Jorma No.2 cable, hence it's not a surprise Jorma cables have such good synergy. I was using Jorma Origo biwire cables with my pr... | |
| some of the best speaker cables under $250 Mental, it's all good. My last comment was a referance to Devilboy's deadpan remark. We all think the grass is greener on the other side. The most satisfying thing in this hobby is learning what sounds good to your ears and why. And if you can ach... | |
| Akiko Tuning Stick AC -- It IS Magic @Bakardi, I wonder if re-terminating your AC tuning stick with a cryo'd Oyaide P-004 might resolve the imbalance? That is an excellent connector & should improve the top end. Then again, for about the same money you could simply sell your Tuni... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables Colkat, I agree with your description of the Tara Labs Evo cables. They sounded very smooth, had good flow and are very quiet, but on the dark side of neutral and seem to make the music sound bigger like horns. I was very impressed, but I don't th... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Audiolab, I think what you were hearing in your system is the result of natural synergy between the GTX-D(R) and your tubed Vincent cdp/linestage, warm sounding connectors (079's) and vintage JBL L7 speakers. Chris told me he has as many positive ... | |
| Akiko Tuning Stick AC -- It IS Magic Tell me about it Neal! I have the big E-Tuning Gold Mk2 stick for my main pc from wall to power conditioner & currently two of the Universal tuning sticks (although I plan on adding another two for my twin run Jorma Statement sc's). I don't re... | |
| some of the best speaker cables under $250 @Mental, I started out with a pretty humble system being a compact Nad lifestyle system & pair of Infinity Reference 3 speakers. I think I was using Monster cable back then connected with bare wire the old-school way. Now I own a system worth ... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables Colekat, I also like the Tara Labs Evolutions, but not cheap & they are heavy cables. The previous version were known to snap binding posts! If you're playing in that territory, see if you can get an audition of Jorma Prime cables. Jorma also ... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Tbg, I did not mean to imply you are a commercial member, only that you have some association to HFC by way of your position as a professional reviewer and owner of their cables. It is disappointing you felt the need to descend into this response ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? Not exactly cheap, but I would still call the Vitus RD-100 a high end bargain given it has modular construction like the Signature Series, making it easy to upgrade the dac as new/upgraded modules become available in future. The RD-100 uses techno... |