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Kubala Sosna and Virtual Dynamics - Similar??
I have an entire shipment of VD Master 3.0 cables and cords shipping out next week, Rick is including a bottle of quicksilver gold, once the cables are in my system should I let them burn-in before applying the quicksilver or should I apply upon i... 
Stealth v.s. MIT v.s. Virtual Dynamics
I've since purchase an entire line of VD Master 3.0 I plan to eventually move up to the Genesis, however as of now I cannot spend that type of money without knowing how the VD line sounds in my present system. I've owned a few cables and speaker w... 
Tubes becoming microphonic
Thanks for your responses, I now have an idea of what it means, and how to test for this condition 
Best power cord for McIntosh MC 501 monoblocks
Dev Thanks for your inputI will look into purchasing the Dreams as soon as I check my bank account. There's quite a bit of money involved with your suggestions. I believe this will be my absolute last purchase for cables. I have went through quite... 
Best power cord for McIntosh MC 501 monoblocks
My room size is a small 17 X 13 associated equipmentEsoteric P70 D70 Powercords Nordost ValhallasPre amp Cary SLP-05 powercord Kimber PalladianMcIntosh 501 powercords Acoustic Zen Gargantuan IISpeakers Von Schweikert VR5SEMIT Oracle Speaker cables... 
Sub Woofer hook up with McIntosh MC 501
Spoke to Chuck Hinton at McIntosh, his feelings were it would probably be best not to run the sub and the mac together, although it may be possible depending on how they react to one another, it's not advisable. He did state that REL sub are setup... 
Sub Woofer hook up with McIntosh MC 501
Upon your advice, I have placed a call to Chuck Hinton at McIntosh. Thanks 
Sub Woofer hook up with McIntosh MC 501
I spoke with Albert Von Schweikert concerning this issue, since his VRS/1 subwoofer is the one I will connect to. He states the sub amp was designed to take a load from an amp as long as the connection is made to the high input on the back of the ... 
Sub Woofer hook up with McIntosh MC 501
AballAre you suggesting running a sub off the speakers will do damage? I don't understand where you are going with this.Has anyone setup their sub to run from your speakers? 
Sub Woofer hook up with McIntosh MC 501
I already run xlr's to the input on the amp for the pre-amp you can only run one input line, the mac is switchable between xlr and rca this allows you to run only one input at a time. 
Mac's BAD MATCH for 802D's?
I used to own the MC-501, C-2200 and the B&W 802D, and the 501's worked perfect with the 802D, I don't understand where this dealer is coming from, the 501's pushed the 802D with no problem, bear in mind I used the 4ohm taps 
SPL meter subwoofer tuning
Thanks for all your responses, I have had success with placing by ear, I tried the SPL, it did help, however ultimately my ear was the deciding factor