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| Help me identify Kimber speaker cable Yes, I also believe it is the 4TC. I owned the 8TC of similar vintage, strands blue and black, teflon. A very decent cable. | |
| looking at mcintosh pre-amp c2500. Can I do better for the cost of a Mac? Great! I am sure you will be happy. Enjoy the upgrade path. | |
| Vibration Control for Lightweight Tube Components I feel somewhat remiss in that when I made my last post I didn’t see the previous 3 posts on page 2.Anyway, I purchased a set of Moongels yesterday and will be looking into the mentioned replacements for equipment footers. These things I will empl... | |
| First Hand Experience? Since you are going to use your Yamaha as a separate amp or pre I would purchase the pre 1st as it would add the most toward an upgrade. I, and several others on this forum, truly enjoy the tube pre/SS amp combo. You then have a choice as to impro... | |
| Vibration Control for Lightweight Tube Components Lowrider, I really don’t know the answer to that question in terms of the dissipation of vibration stemming form floor to equipment via a rack. The bamboo platers have greater density and are thinner. The maple shelves I use are much thicker, tho... | |
| Back wall treatment? No, I understood that your back wall opens up to the room behind above your sitting ear hight, complicating the nature of the room mode in that direction. Am I wrong about this?Regardless, I would try some form of DIY absorption behind the sitting... | |
| Vibration Control for Lightweight Tube Components R_f_sayles, I am not currently using points under my equipment, however have often thought to try some. Would the brass types be best? Might also look into the Bright Star IsoNodes. Lowrider, thanks for your thread, I enjoyed the participation! | |
| Dynaudio's best sounding bookshelf between $500-1000 I have heard the Excite 12s and thought them to be great. They do require clean power to perform at there best however. They come up for sale on AG for ~$800. They were replaced by the 14s which I hear are easier to drive. | |
| looking at mcintosh pre-amp c2500. Can I do better for the cost of a Mac? You are right about the preamp being the heart of a system. You might state your budget for the system, what sources you anticipate using, your music preferences, need for loudness and room size. With that info we can better advise. It should be a... | |
| Back wall treatment? The fact that the back wall is only ~1/3 to 1/2 high relative to ceiling, I would think that room modes developed due to the front to back distance, would not be that much of an issue. I would try some DIY treatments to test the value of purchasin... | |
| Is it all worth it? +1 onhwy61! | |
| Vibration Control for Lightweight Tube Components Lowrider, your advise is well taken. I take care care of cable placement and only use lengths that are needed and they are not crossed. Interconnects don’t touch the floor. Speaker cables on risers. Just to be clear, I don’t believe I have any iss... | |
| B&K ST-140 vs ex-442 sound charactor So it seems would cost you $550 to own a refurbished EX442, vs. $250 for a refurbished St-140. You like the B&K sound with your speakers. You seem to have the $300 in your audio budget. The EX442 may, and possibly be likely, to prove better in... | |
| Vibration Control for Lightweight Tube Components Lowrider, Yes I am using the Jolida Fusion w/out any mods. Was thinking that as well as I haven’t heard a problem with RF in my system, and also thinking I may wrap the transformers with the mu metal as Geoffkait recommends. Will depend on the co... | |
| Vibration Control for Lightweight Tube Components Geoffkait, thanks for that. I think I will check out Herbies and also the mu metal wrap. What do you use to physically damp the transformers? |