mitch2
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| Do you leave your components on 24/7? The folks at SMc Audio recommend leaving their McCormack amps on 24/7. | |
| Do you leave your components on 24/7? Banquo363...In that case, I hope you plan ahead so you are sure to be at home on day 365. | |
| Do you leave your components on 24/7? The manufacturers of my SS disc player and SS preamps say to leave them on all the time (one of the preamps doesn't even have an on/off switch). My tubed CD player has a convenient switch that turns off only the analoge (tube) power while leaving ... | |
| Interconnect up-grade? Those AQ Opal cables still sound pretty good. I have a pair over here as a spare. You might want to compare to some loaner cables before you start buying new - maybe consider The Cable Co. loaner program. Just because a cable is subjectively "bett... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Elizabeth, in 2005 I posted;To answer the original question, in general I believe you can get the job done pretty good at about 10 percent of system cost, and no higher than 25 percent. Beyond that, I would probably start replacing components or s... | |
| Cary SLP 05 signal coupling caps upgrade ?. Hi Jay,Although my current preamp uses a DACT attenuator, I looked into switching out a volume pot for a discrete resistor attenuator for a previous preamp I owned. Remote control was not a big issue for me but, I stumbled across Bent Audio, who o... | |
| Cary SLP 05 signal coupling caps upgrade ?. they said the best parts were used for optimal performance and that upgrading will be a waste of $$$.I suspect it is more a case of "we used the best parts that would make the preamp sound quite good for the price, and we believe upgrading parts w... | |
| Which amp for Cary SLP 05 Cary likes it with the CAD 500MB monos, if you need a lot of power. I looked hard at a pair of CAD 211 AE Anniversary monos if you like tubes, and I believe there is now a CAD 211 Founder's Edition of those amps available. | |
| Stereophile vs. Sports Illustrated Stereophile has a swimsuit issue? | |
| Best preamp for 2k-3k It might not be the best looking unit out there-IMO that's an understatement. I've always thought, for a preamp trying to compete in the mid-high end arena, and succeeding to a certain degree, they would do much better by putting even a small addi... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Hi Bob. Yes, I have had the Erato II in house for a month or so and I am still in the evaluation phase. MUSE did this in black for me and IMO it looks great. At first, I did a brief sonic comparison between the MUSE Model Three Signature preamp an... | |
| Balanced or not for interconnect IME, I would not sweat a 3M run of single-ended (rca) cables. If I had over a 5M run, I would probably try and use balanced cables. However, as Elizabeth states, it really does depend on the driving capability of your preamp, as well as on the sus... | |
| Best preamp for 2k-3k The Lamm LL2 Deluxe bested the Calypso in my system, but the Calypso is much more user friendly since it has a remote and display. Although I thought the Lamm clearly sounded better (so I sold my Calypso) the Calypso did sound good...it just didn'... | |
| Aerial 10t or Aerial Model 9 I have heard people say the 10T's may be easier to place because the 9's may overwhelm smaller rooms with bass. Not sure whether this is due to the 4 LF drivers, which Aerial says have equivalent area greater than a single 15 inch speaker, or beca... | |
| Conrad-johnson TC5 or Cary SLP 05 ? A couple of thoughts...don't the SCD-1 and VTL monos both allow balanced cabling? The SLP-05 is balanced while CJ gear, including the CT5, is single-ended only.The SLP-05 uses 6SN7 tubes, which have their own distinctive sound when used in a pream... |