paulg24
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| Lack of Female Representation I’ve been spending a disproportionate amount of my income on audio hi-fi equipment for about 25 years and I can only speak from my own observations. All of the women I’ve ever known, dated or friends, thought I was crazy to spend that much to list... | |
| Recommendations for Power Conditioner Upgrade From Old Shunyata Hydra 8 Thank you everyone--much to consider.I need to also ask myself, Is what I already have good enough? Know what I mean? One can burn up a lot of money seeking the best sound. | |
| Recommendations for Power Conditioner Upgrade From Old Shunyata Hydra 8 waltersalsa, What kind of power cord did you get to connect to your Shunyata Everest 8000? Were you replacing a conditioner?Before I posted, I researched Audiogon to see what I could find in peoples' recommendations. I did find that some of the ... | |
| New Mark Levinson 5805 Firmware Problems Stuart, I am sorry to hear about your ML 5805 woes. I had two die on me this year and requested a full refund to apply toward purchase of the ML 585.5. I recently talked to the manager of my local audio dealer and his store stopped selling the 58... | |
| New Mark Levinson 5805 Firmware Problems Sorry you’re having problems with your ML equipment Stuart. Hope you get your music back soon. | |
| New Mark Levinson 5805 Firmware Problems UPDATE: My local dealer gave me a reasonable trade up to a Mark Levinson 585.5. It doesn't have some of the features that the 5805 had, but features are no good if the equipment keeps dying. My dealer's rep said he believes that the earlier ser... | |
| New Mark Levinson 5805 Firmware Problems Well, my replacement Levinson 5805 just died after 6 months, completely. No lights no nothing.I think Levinson developed the 5805 in a rush job. no_money and I have had 4 units go bad between the two of us. | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer andy2t, I'm happy with the sound of my system now. With some music, it could use more power. But I'll take the bait...would you please elaborate the facts on which you base the opinion that the 7Ts are a "bottleneck" in my system. I don't know ... | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer no_money, Other than the firmware problems, wanted to know your reasons for switching from the 5805 to the 585.5. I know the 585.5 has more power and cost a lot more. Is the 585.5 DAC superior? The 5805's DAC is supposedly the newest but is also i... | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer twoleftears, I missed your questions earlier. My home theater room is 12'W x 19'L and my system is set up in one of the 12' ends. My listening chair is 11' back from the center of a straight line between the two tweeters.I had the speakers set as ... | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer My dealer is Audio Advice, Raleigh, NC. | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer Here is an update, and I have to eat some crow on the Transparent cables situation. I must admit that I'm a novice when it comes to hi fi gear. After I complained, Transparent's VP suggested that I ask my dealer's sales person (who has been in the... | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer Thank you everyone for all your responses. I emailed Transparent sometime ago and I believe their response was their products 70 to 100 hours of break in time, sometimes longer. I also emailed my dealer sales person and he said up to 800 hours. So... | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer This quote below is from Transparent's website vis a vis their RCA Reference cables. My old interconnects were first generation Transparent Super, two levels below Reference, so I expected a significant performance impact, and, didn't get it."RE... | |
| No Improvement With Transparent Reference RCA Interconnects For Naim NDX 2 Streamer The cables are and have been connected in the right direction. |