milpai
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| High end UPS for Expensive audio eequipments I have installed a whole house surge protector last year. I believe that it protects surge that comes from the outside power line. But it does not help if the surge is from within your home (start-stop of fridge, aHVAC unit, washing machines, etc)... | |
| Do you use an autoformer/transformer preamp/volume control? I use a Promitheus Reference C-Core TVC. Compared it with a 4k active preamp and sent the preamp back. I know what you mean.It is ABSOLUTELY necessary to have "enough" gain in your system for the TVC to work. Also it is very important to choose a ... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) infection,I typed my response that the OP should try a TVC, and then deleted it.I would highly recommend OP to try a TVC instead of using the DAC directly. It should not be a problem because he indicates that he has enough gain in the system.The B... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? OP,You came to this site to investigate about CDs. Do your friends come to this site? You probably have a dedicated system. Do your friends have a dedicated system for music? Point is - how do you care if none of your friends purchased CDs. The ... | |
| Need feedback on loudspeakers mr_bill,Thanks for the info. I am planning to do a road trip to visit some dealers in the Chicago area where I can actually listen to the D7. In the same trip I plan to cover some ProAc and PMCs as well.cholera,Thank You for the detailed feedback ... | |
| Need feedback on loudspeakers Drove about 3 hours to a dealer who carries Sonus, Focal and B&W besides a few others. He did not have the Olympica II, so I ended up listening Olympica III with Devialet 200 and BlueSound Vault. Cabling was probably Nordost Valhalla or one le... | |
| Rumors of GamuT going out of business? infection,You need to tone it down. He was just trying to make a point, why original owners sometime remain with the company after it is sold. And where is a rule on audiogon that indicates you cannot resurrect old threads? At least respect age a... | |
| Nagra electronics with Proac D40r Can someone clarify what does it mean by recommended power and Ohms.Some loudspeakers indicate 4 ohms and recommended power is 50-180W. But others indicate 8 ohms 80-250W. Which loudspeaker is more sensitive? Most Audio Physic and Dynaudio are 4 o... | |
| Is Audio nirvana real? Yes it is real, till you find out..... | |
| Advice on using a laser for speaker positioning Erik,Thanks for letting me know. Actually I do have a laser level. But I want a laser distance measure to be more precise with the positioning. | |
| Advice on using a laser for speaker positioning I am thinking of getting one myself, though my measurements are done with tape and strings. Any specific brand, besides Bosch with 1/16 th inch precision that you guys found on Amazon? | |
| Sopra No.2 Overpriced? reference999,Thanks for the inputs. Yes, some reviewers have acknowledged that the T3 has more bass than Sopra 2, but the Sopra's bass was mentioned as "tighter". I recently heard the Focal 1008 Electra and was mesmerized by the midrange and treb... | |
| Sopra No.2 Overpriced? reference999,Can you please be more specific on what you liked in the PSB Imagine T3 Vs the Sopra 2?Thanks. | |
| Albums you can listen too all the way through and it's all good These are some of them:Jennifer Warnes - The WellDire Straits - Brothers in ArmsCat Steven - Tea For TillermanRebecca Pidgeon - The RavenSteely Dan, Aja, GauchoEric Clapton - Unplugged....simply too many to list. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ghosthouse,I do not own any LP. Though I have, in the past, listened to LPs, I never actually wanted to own them because of the cost and the maintenance of the gear associated with them. I would rather spend time to listen to music, especially wit... |