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| Cardas Golden Cross no longer offered by Cardas ? I agree with Mechans. I owned the Golden Reference interconnect and tonearm cables for quite some time, and very much found them to my musical liking. The only other cables I've enjoyed more have been the KCI Silkworm+, which I still own and can't... | |
| EL 34 vs. KT 88 ---- What's the difference? Trelja: in my experience, it is the openess and truth of tonality that sets the midrange of the EL34 apart from anything else, tube or solid state. The most concise way I can put it is that when used in a sympathetic system, it sounds simply "righ... | |
| Where does your user name come from? From my favorite symphony, Dvorak's Eighth, opus88 | |
| Tonearm cables next league above Silver Breeze My present tonearm(TW Acustic 10.5)has its own internal cable that runs directly to the phono input, however, I used a number of cables with my previous arm, the SME IV.Vi. I agree with Jfrech's comments on the Purist cables. The Proteus Provectus... | |
| Parallel? How do you set the VTA? I agree with John(McGrogan)and Stringreen. The most important thing is setting by ear, not by looks. Parallelability is only a stating point. Try raising or lowering the arm at the rear(pivot)in small bits at a time. After each movement, listen to... | |
| Question for TW Acustic Owners Phil...I e-mailed Jeff the same question when I got my Raven One last year. His response: Standard oiling is one drop on the ball of the spindle bearing and one drop in the bearing well. If two drops, ok but, no more. I would do it every 6 months.... | |
| Aging and Treble and Income? It has taken me a long time(I'll be 70 in a few months.)to come to my senses about listening TO my ears, not just through them. An exciting, fairly loud, up front sound used to be my top priority, now it's a relaxing, more somewhat laid back sound... | |
| Interconnect with great dynamics and bass slam , The Golden cross Speaker cables are used cables . Surely they don'yt need 300 ours .?Grey9hound: In my opinion---no, and I've previously owned both Cardas Golden Cross and Golden Reference. | |
| Interconnect with great dynamics and bass slam , My experiences have been very similar to JMcgrogan's, with a mix of brands always giving me my preferred type of sound. I would suggest getting in touch with The Cable Company and auditioning the JPS Superconductor 3 interconnect. Based on what yo... | |
| Dunlavy SC4 Speakers When I said I guess I'll have to settle for the IVs, I did so with tongue in cheek ! | |
| Dunlavy SC4 Speakers "I certainly never meant the IVs didn't sound excellent especially considering the price. What I tried to communicate was that the IVAs were a definite improvement but at a significant price premium."Please rest easy when I say I did not construe ... | |
| Dunlavy SC4 Speakers Rja...I'm sorry you interpreted my comments as accusatory. That certainly was not on my mind when I made them, nor did I feel you were "[making]this up". Indeed, as you state, prices may not have remained constant. I paid $5000 list for my IVs, an... | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? Perhaps haunting, not haunted, would have been a better word. | |
| Dunlavy SC4 Speakers Sorry, correction: SC-4A in oak only was approx. $8000; in rosewood or cherry, approx. $8500. | |
| Dunlavy SC4 Speakers I've been an SC-4(not 4A)owner for over 17 years. An almost exclusively classical music listener, I've never been less than satisfied with its bass performance. I've also heard some others refer to the SC-4s as being bright. With the right room se... |