mikesinger
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| Vandersteen Model 2CE's: Should I upgrade? having owned vandy 1 and 2ci's over the years and have moved to a higher resolution / transparent design. i have heard the 3a's in a friends house and they are nice but sound like a bigger 2 ( still laid back in the mid for my taste). they are nic... | |
| Budget balanced IC recommendations the coincident cst interconnect goes for $150 to $170. it is a wonderfull cable that is very transparent and a little pushed ( i mean the tiniest amount) back in the top end.hope that helps !!Mike | |
| Acarian Systems Black Orpheus Speaker Cable i have had good luck with monster 2.4s with my alon II's. it was better than the tara bired shotgun master generation cable ($2200) and harmonic tech, xlo, and zen in my system.i would be very tempted to try them if i could audition them first. es... | |
| Why does this Biwire set-up not work? how much time have you given the cable to break in ?expect 200-300 hours | |
| How many quality interconnects to I need ? 2 pair of interconnect- cd to pre and pre to amp. most interconnects fall in the 2 camps:1. warm / bloom / body ( ie. cardas )2. fast/ imaging / revealing (ie. xlo)despite many different opinions- there is connection between price and performance ... | |
| Most "Non-Digital" Sounding CDP the marantz 8260 & sa14 for "reasonable" priced cdp's. the redbook is pretty amazing and you get sacd to boot.mike | |
| Best one box CDP, Got it short listed to Four i would also add a marantz to the list. i havent heard better redbook playback on any cdp to date plus it has sacd. | |
| The Best kept Secret in Speaker Cables please? a great cable despite the manufacture is the monster 2.2s and 2.4s(biwire). it is highly underrated.check out the reviews on audioreview, it was also a recently stereophile reccomended cable. it displaced $2200 worth of tara cable in my system.i h... | |
| Sony 9000es v. Phillips 963SA - anyone compared? i have owned the sony 333,555,999 and the 963 i borrowed sounded better. the redbook from this player is amazing!!!!i did settle on the marantz 8360 for a little more money. very warm sounding unit and incredible redbook - it is very close to sacd... | |
| Dodson DA-217 vs. Theta Pro Basic IIIa?? i had a preowned dodson in my house for a weekend. it was nice... i would not call it bright in my system. i found it smooth and coherent.i compared it againest a sony 555scd, marantz 8260, phillips 963sathe marantz and the philips sounded remarka... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty 24/192 upsampling for redbook and sacd for new format seems to be the audiophile ticket... i would buy a reasonabley priced sacd with digital out to a 24/192 upsampling dac.i would not dump alot of $$$$ into digital till the dust settles.wether sa... | |
| Best bang-for-buck purchase you have made? picked up a pair of alon II's on audigon that had a little bit if repair done to the rear of the dipole baffle for $500.the owner would have taken less but i did not have the heart to offer less.cant tell unless you look for it from the back.they ... | |
| Where do you start your cable upgrade? i agree with lafish. the only suggestion i would add is experimenting with differnt combinations with the interconnects. i have gotten so much better results with different ic's than all the same type.i.e. xlo signiture II betwenn cd to pre ( this... | |
| Help My friend wants to go with some DQ-10s look at a pair of vandersteens 2ce ( if he has the room )orpair of alon II's ( again if he has the room)orvandy 1b and dump the rest of the money into the electronics.the dq10's arent a bad speaker, but once you get them upgraded you are in the al... | |
| $250 used speaker cables for warm system might want to try the monster 2.2 or 2.4 (biwire). they are a highly underated cable. i am not a monster fan (tara, cardas, xlo..etc). but if you look at audio review & sterophile ( recommended components), you will see that they aare a very g... |