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| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty Great thread. I've made the decision to keep my current Sonic Frontiers T3/P3 combo until the whole thing gets sorted out. It's pretty close to perfect at reproducing the info on my 1,000 CDs. However, I've also decided that it is worth jumping in... | |
| synergistic cables? Great, cuz that damn car battery keeps a dyin' | |
| Anyone tried Delta Labs power cords? FYI, there are quite a few unhappy customers that have brought up Delta and their other incarnations on these boards as well as AudioAsylum. Not saying that they're bad, but with all the negativity, proceed with caution. | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System One more point. We must also consider that although materials cost and manufacturing are a very small percentage of expensive cable costs, it may take an awful lot of Non-recurring Engininering (R&D) to get to the design of that cable. I doubt... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System OK, if so many are convinced that very expensive cables are a rip-off, who produces cables that sound everybit as good as top-of-the-line offerings from the big boys, e.g. Nordost Quattro Fil, Cardas GC, Kimber Select, etc. IN A HIGHLY RESOLVING S... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Thahks, Treljia. That is the exact kind of info I was looking for in my original post. Have you (or anyone) actually compared these cables to some of the bigger brands? | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Glad to have stared this thread. The trend that I'm seeing is that a majority of you are in the same boat as me: 10-20% spent on cables and most feel it's worth it. Unfortunately, whether it is psychology or science, I have always found that more ... | |
| Best Balanced and singal ended pre-amp? I have a BAT VK-50SE and BAT sells output high-quality XLR-RCA and RCA-XLR adapters. The adapters don't result in any sonic losses other than not getting the benefits of BATs fine blaanced circuitry. I don't consider this to be klugey. The 50SE is... | |
| Salamander Synergy Rack Experiences? Thanks Prfont. I have a Sonic Frontiers T3 toploading transport and VPI Aries TT. Unfortunately, this means that the top shelf is probably MOST critical for my system. Did you move your CD player to the inner shelves? What tweaks have you done tha... | |
| Salamander Synergy Rack Experiences? Daniel, what did you end up with and how do you like it? | |
| Where is the best place for amp s RhlJazz, I agree with your assumptions but disagree with your conclusions. Since the Amp is putting out much higher signals than the Preamp, it is better to have SHORTER speaker cables and LONGER ICs. Higher signals have more potential to interact... | |
| Cartridge recs for VPI JMW arm Please Khrys, I have a BAT VK-50SE pre with BAT VK-500 driving Dynaudio Confidence 5s. My Io doesn't have volume control and I also frequently use my SF T3/P3 digital front end so I'd like to keep my pre. Not sure if the VK-50SE falls under your descript... | |
| Cartridge recs for VPI JMW arm Please RMaurin: You're convincing me to take the Io off the market. Everyone else: Any more cartridge recs??? | |
| Cartridge recs for VPI JMW arm Please Bamafan: I currently own both an Aestetix Io and a BAT VKP5. They sell for a difference of about $2k on the used market. Since the BAT is no slouch, I was thinking that I could put the additional $2k into a better cartridge and some other system u... | |
| Cartridge recs for VPI JMW arm Please Thanks Rmaurin. I actually also have an Aesthetix Io, but have it up for sale because I thought it might be too much for this table. Do you find that the Aries/JMW takes full advantage of the Io? |