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| Fake XLO cables from China I checked and found retail listed is $4,800, not $7,000 as listed on the ad. Actual new price is probably even lower, so the price should be well within 25-30%, or higher of the new street price. | |
| Fake XLO cables from China There is a XLO Purple Rush listed on Audiogon right now. The seller told me he had previously contacted XLO to confirm the authenticity of his cable, but didn't get a reply. He wasn't concerned since the cable has given him outstanding performan... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Baranyi,No, I didn't buy the Bluenote Stibbert yet - still hoping to find a source that does SACD, leaning towards Lindemann right now. | |
| Avantgarde Trios, SETs, and Impedance Curves I should mention the Zanden 300B sound the best on many types of music from the midrange up - detailed and musical - but just sound anemic down below. If there was a way to biamp the speakers, or otherwise adjust the bass quality, I would stick wi... | |
| Avantgarde Trios, SETs, and Impedance Curves With my Trio 2.2s, later upgraded to Trio Omegas (huge difference, btw, like removing stuffed cotton from the horns), and using a pair of 225 subs in an 18 sqm room, I have tried Jadis 845, Zanden 300B, Hovland Sapphire, Lamm ML2, and Audion 300B ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Branimir,Thanks for your active information-sharing and generosity in this wonderful thread. I agree with many of your postings here, and kudos for obviously having made great efforts to collect experience with a wide range of equipment.I own the ... | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? Following up on a thread titled 'Reference DACs', how would owners of the NWO-2.5 characterize the player on the scale of #1 to #2 sound? | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Branimir,Would you mind elaborating further on the differences between the Accustic Arts combo, Audio Research CD-7, and Lindemann 820 on redbook? Also, have you heard the Bluenote Stibbert? I'm looking for something closer to #2 sound. | |
| Audio Research Reference CD-7 Branimir; also, can you post comparison details with the Lindemann 820 (on redbook) that you mentioned in another post? | |
| using 110v unit in 220v Asia Thanks for the detailed response, I'll give a larger transformer a try. | |
| using 110v unit in 220v Asia Thanks, it's a 300B amp, so I'm guessing it wouldn't draw more than a couple hundred watts.However, I've heard it said that line isolation may have drawbacks for use in power amps. Is this point debatable? | |
| Peak Consult Zoltan vs Sonus faber Amati Annivers The Empress and Diablo are wonderfully refined speakers with very natural sound. I much preferred them to comparable JMLabs in the same room, which though providing a bigger sound lacked the elegance of the Peak Consults. The Peak Consults put out... | |
| Zyx R1000 Airy3 vs Universe that totally answers my question. somehow that review slipped my attention. very detailed, great thanks. | |
| advice for best reliable turntable Thanks for the comments so far, please keep them coming! Raul, could you be more specific about the sound differences between those three turntables, or why you would recommend in that order? I may not be able to A/B them using the same tonearm/ca... | |
| advice for best reliable turntable Many great comments about Teres in the forum. How easy would they be to repair though? Sending all the way to the US is a bit unfeasible. I just found out the Avid Acutus has a distributor in Hong Kong/China, which makes it a much more attractive ... |