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Nordost Red Dawn "Flatline" interconnect Want to replace with a more musical sounding IC.
I Agree that Cardas are expensive. However our collegue originally mentioned a brightness between his source and amp. My recommendation was for the observation of the synergy with Ayre and Cardas that I experienced. N 
Nordost Red Dawn "Flatline" interconnect Want to replace with a more musical sounding IC.
Sorry for the delay. I have not heard the Parsec line. I believe that it does of the matched propagation construction. I personally would listen the the Cross. I listened to the Cx-7 connected to the integrated amplifier with the cross. Very nice ... 
Now Keith Emerson is gone...
I will always remember his amazing hi tech "synthesizer ". Truly original and amazing. I was just commenting in an earlier post regarding his band mates talents on percussion.R.I.PN 
Best Drum Solos
Sorry folks, misspelled the first gentleman's name. It should be spelled "Aric Improta". https://youtu.be/gYApFUxWzuQ 
Best Drum Solos
 
Best Drum Solos
I'm really enjoying this one everyone! You have introduced me to a lot of new very talented artists as well as brought back some great memories from my past.Allow me to share some of my favorite percussionists. Aric ImportaNeil Peart- I've persona... 
Best Rock Album of 2015
It may not be conventional rock but I've been enjoying the new Muse disc "Drones". I also have a best of two disc set that I ordered from russia. Not a bad cut on it. A true best of. Very well recorded as well. I like the new UFO disc as well.I kn... 
Arcam irDAC-II. Have you heard the news?
Scott,I first hooked the rDAC to my Rotel RCD991AE cd player via the coax ouput. It really improved the sound immediately. I remember the Wolfson 8741 DAC being warmer. The irDAC with the Burr Brown 1796 DAC has more detail.Connectivity is better.... 
Arcam irDAC-II. Have you heard the news?
According to Arcam, the new IRDAC 2 will not support MQA.N 
CD player or CD transport ??
A used Ayre 7 series would be a nice addition. Arcam FMJ CD27 also has SACD and streaming.N 
Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ?
I just read the Vandersteen website "faq" on biwiring. Very informative. Thanks for your guidance! N 
Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ?
So much info to process.  I'm certainly a novice compared to the folks in this discussion. It appears that my single biwiring may be causing a phase shift according to Nordost? According to Audioquest,  they recommend the best solution for biwirin... 
Paradigm Reference Studio 100v2. anybody listening?
I don't have any experience with the v1. Speaker. I can tell you that there is a "huge" difference between the v2. and v3. My friend has the v3. Driving them with a Rotel 1070 amp, NAD preamp and an Arcam diva cd93t. ($1800.00 cd player) his v3' h... 
Nordost Red Dawn "Flatline" interconnect Want to replace with a more musical sounding IC.
I suggest Cardas interconnects for the Ayre CD player.  
Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ?
New to the conversation, (actually just listening in).  I'm no expert on the subject that for sure. I would agree that all manor of connections would make changes in the sound. Full disclosure, I run Audioquest Gibralter single biwire. Also switch...