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| some of the best speaker cables under $250 Using vintage Western Electric tinned, stranded copper here and they sound great. Buy the wire from ebay in 16, 14, 12 or 10 awg...it all sounds similar and very good. All gauges are made from the same 30 awg strands, and the same thermoplastic co... | |
| Merrill VERITAS Red fuse upgrade Merrill does a number proprietary modifications to the board besides soldering the fuses(who else does that?!). That is why you can hear big differences with any improvements on the VERITAS, whether the improvements are internal or external.I have... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hey Matt, if you make it to room 537 to hear the Kii Audio powered speakers I would enjoy hearing what you think of them, particularly after all the comparison listening you have done lately. There are several things that stand out, in addition to... | |
| Best Media Player The Antipodes DX blew away a fully modded Mac mini here. I still own the mini, which is a late 2012 model, the most desirable to use as a music server because of the cache. It has an internal SS drive, and Mojo Audio mods including a linear power ... | |
| Merrill VERITAS Red fuse upgrade I find Merrill's policy of not allowing customers, or reviewers, inside of their amps interesting given that they are constructed of what are basically off-the-shelf SMPS1200 power supply and NC1200 amplifier modules. There is a single fuse on the... | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? While many transistor advocates say their amps are neutral, I've yet to hear one that does not impart a coloration- that of brightness and hardness.Ralph, I have owned three, the Class A Clayton M300 and M200 monoblocks and the Acoustic Imagery At... | |
| Directional cables - what does that really mean? 1. Cables with shield connected at one end.2. Conductor Extrusion effects.3. Cable architecturesNo. 1 can affect noise, could be sonically discernable, and so should be followed,No. 2 can be discerned visually by microscopy but I have never heard ... | |
| Directional cables - what does that really mean? but the signal does not go back and forthInteresting concept. Please define "signal." | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? That was sarcasm. Bi-amping offers significantly greater potential benefits. | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? I too am interested in following the Kii speaker and would like to hear them. They are a fully active speaker with six drivers; six nCore amps; full DSP control and controlled dispersion that improves on time-delayed reflections. They are also sai... | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? Thanks for the information Bombaywalla. So, basically, a standard is not feasible because while having a single set of binding posts works for both parallel and series crossover topologies, dual or tri binding posts only work with parallel, but no... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price With the Dark Matter Cardas ICs, is the shield in each individual cable jacket not connected to anything at either end? | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? Good point...many report positive results of bi-amping, but it would be hard to bi-amp with a single set of binding posts.Speaking of bi-amping, with the improvement of Class D amplifiers, I suspect the industry future may hold more internally pow... | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? There can be no standard when such is the nature of the problem.Perhaps not, and of course there isn't a standard, but the amplifier output originates from a single positive pole and a single negative pole. Therefore, assuming only a small L/C/R e... | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? It sure would be easier if there were "standards" in the audio world, like providing only a single pair of binding posts on speakers. Like most things in this hobby, it can be difficult separating product features designed for better sound from th... |