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A21 or A23 for KEF 700?
Go with the A21, if possible, just for the SQ purpose. I had demoed both and preferred the A21. 
Speaker cable manufacturers
Jim,I heartly recommend the Clear Day double shotguns. I switched from a hybrid Copper-Silver cables to Clear Day's all Silvers and the difference is absolutely amazing, to say the least. I have yet to update my system page.All I can say is, talk ... 
Room treatments behind or between speakers?
Tboooe,You are welcome.If your rear is open to the family room, then reflections on the wall behind your speakers should not be as big a concern as it was in my case. You probably also want to think of speaker re-positioning or nearfield listening... 
Room treatments behind or between speakers?
Tboooe,If you have already purchased the room treatments, then I think you should try it out in both the places:1. between the speakers on the wall behind2. directly behind the speakers on the wall behindChances are you will most likely choose opt... 
Audio Sensibility vs. Signal Cable speaker cable
Thanks Bluenose.I could not find much information on Audio Sensibility. A couple of other threads on OCC did not leave an impact on me that OCC makes a difference in sound. In fact people mentioned that cryo was more audibly different than OCC.I h... 
Experience with rethm saadhana v3
Jhardy,Come on, some us some pics of your system! 
Anything you can put between spikes and carpet?
I have a thick granite slab under my speakers, and it made a good difference, because the speakers were more stable. I also use Herbie audio's Extra Thick Hush Puckies between the spikes and the granite. 
Audio Sensibility vs. Signal Cable speaker cable
Sunnyjim,Did you try the Audio Sensibility cables yet? I am wondering if the OCC material makes a big difference. 
Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ?
As an update, I found out from Parasound that the JC-2 BP which I had as a loaner had a faulty board and so had a 8db extra gain. Apparently, it also affects the sound quality.The dealer will get this corrected and I plan to audition it again in m... 
Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ?
Chayro/Rsf507,I guess you guys are right. IF I did not experience a "jump" in performance, I would rather trust my ears than the reviews.I did get couple of emails from several TVC owners who feel that TVCs, in the right system, are very hard to b... 
Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ?
Just as a fyi, this is a JC-2 BP. After your suggestion, I kept the unit warmed up for several hours and did some critical listening again. I did find that the dynamics were a tad bit sharper than my TVC - but I am really "trying" very hard to fin... 
Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ?
JC-2 is now in house. Did a brief comparing this morning. I am somehow feeling that my TVC is more transparent than the JC-2. The JC-2 seemed "louder" and I cannot go past 9 O'clock position for my normal listening position. At that position, it i... 
Good inexpensive temporary speakers
You are going to invest a good amount of money in your permanent setup. So why do you want to invest a ton of money for your temporary speakers? Have you tried listening to the Pioneer SP-BS22-LR? Their only flaw is their price. I know that they a... 
Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ?
Sdcampbell,Thank You for the suggestion. But the BP17 does not have XLR in. I want that for my future "source" purchases.Zd542,I did not think of connecting an inexpensive line stage to the TVC before. Thank you for suggesting that. Yeah, I do lov... 
Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ?
Thanks folks. I did listento the JC-2 in the dealers system. The system as a whole sounded nice.....but that did not mean much to me, since I do not know that system. One thing I am not sure about the JC-2 is - would it be as clean as my TVC? I ha...