musicman07
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| Small monitor- made in the states Check into Selah Audio. Rick can build pretty much anything you want. | |
| Please recommend a budget tube dac Meant to say "so far very impressive"... as that reads a tad too glowing a review for my liking. | |
| Please recommend a budget tube dac Paradisea+ is probably about the least expensive tube DAC around. I have one it did the job quite well. I've now upgraded to the PreDAC which is so very impressive though over budget for you. The M-24 mentioned is also a very good deal. | |
| AV123 X-Static Haven't heard much about AV123 in a while. Is this a case of no news is good news? I recall they had some "issues" a few months back. Check the company out before buying considering the numerous worthy contenders out there. | |
| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? The CD in my Fisher "Portable Stereo". I remember it was a top loader and I had cracked the cover from wacking it to get it to play, lol. Was really fussy about disc quality. Pawned it off a few years back for I think $20. | |
| How close was your starting budget to the final bu Well the last system I put together was for my home office... started from a forum post about a deal for a $400 speaker... cost so far? About $10k. | |
| Is bypassing KMixer worth the trouble? Elmo, Vista doesn't use kmixer as already pointed out. Kmixer died with Windows XP, so you no longer have to worry about a workaround... there's no need. The "bypass" is not a big chore by any means so with XP and prior Windows yes you would be be... | |
| Bang for Buck Bi-wiried cables... Lots of great affordable choices in this thread. Grover Huffman, Reality, Morrow, Anti-Cables, etc. are all good choices. I'll also add Mapleshade's Clearview Double Helix to the list. These are half of what I'm using on my front speakers, bought ... | |
| Has Anyone Criticized The Choice Of Your Cables? *Criticize and there. Spose I shouldn't really care about looking like an idiot either then, lol. | |
| Has Anyone Criticized The Choice Of Your Cables? Since they're my cables and I'm the one doing the majority of the listening the only relevant opinion is my own. In other words who cares. Critize your cables? Seriously their are more important things in life folks. | |
| Surge protection, no filtering, no regen please... http://www.ep2000.com/Index.htmlWhole home protection is the way to go. If you don't own the home then that isn't practical so something portable... I've had no issues with Transparent Audio Powerlink Ultra which I have all my office stereo system... | |
| To terminate.. or not Solid wire unterminated. No stray strands to worry about. Just as bad as the stray strands are the loose banana plugs... killed a channel that way. Spades over bananas if you can, but bananas for simplicity. Bare wire is first choice though. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Maria McKee. "Show Me Heaven" in particular. | |
| Entry Level Cables Anti-Cables would fit the request nicely. | |
| BNC or Coax? So, is the concensus that RCA termination or BNC termination is equally reliableThe simple answer, if there is one, is yes. However, when possible I'd always choose BNC over RCA. If I had to go with RCA I wouldn't worry too much about it...or opti... |