paulwp
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| Harbeth C7- Tube or solid state power? Mark, I'm not a big believer in the importance of cables, but the question is which cables are you using? I use an old Audioquest model, Crystal 2. It was a step up from the Indigo or Type 6, which I think you still see selling some places. It was... | |
| Why my system has detail but no body & warm vocal? Speakers and their placement. Try lowering them and moving them closer to the wall behind them. Use chairs or boxes of books or something, just to experiment with height. If you have a coffee table between you and the speakers, or anything that ca... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? It seems to me that a corollary of the Audiophilic Truth (everything makes a difference) is "no two things sound the same" - upon which an industry thrives.To compare the current state of electrical engineering with pre-Columbian or pre-Newtonian ... | |
| Decent starter cables? By "starter" cables, I assume you mean as inexpensive as you can find, but still good. With that understanding, the Kimber 4vs speaker cable recommended above is fine. You might be able to find it used for $1.50 a foot. The Kimber PBJ and Hero int... | |
| Some of my favorite songs are...... I like your list Walter. In My Life, sung by Judy Collins, has to be added to mine along with Iris Dement's "Easy." And you reminded me of Wm Robinson - one of my favorite songs is (Take a Walk and) Don't Look Back, performed by Tosh and Jagger. | |
| Some of my favorite songs are...... Craig, I've never heard it, but its title does invoke some fond . . . . memories?? | |
| Wire twisting polarity. Assuming the audiophilic truth that everything makes a difference, the answer is yes. And thank you for bringing up something I've never thought about. | |
| Some of my favorite songs are...... mostly country or folksong, performer, (authors)San Antonio Rose, Haggard or Duncan, (Wills)Time Changes Everything, Haggard or Duncan (Wills)I Never Go Around Mirrors, Frizzell or Haggard, (Lefty) Not Fade Away, Buddy Holly I Fall To Pieces, Pats... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Helcat, Kal, John Atkinson, "Sam Tellig," John Marks and other Stereophile contributors have participated from time to time at audioasylum.com, where Sean is also a regular. Sean has had some arguments with "Sam" and, in general, is one of the mem... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Socrates, some "pro" reviewers know what they write about, some don't. Just sticking with Stereophile, John Atkinson, for example, certainly knows his subject. Others are "pros" only because they are fun to read and somehow someone has paid them f... | |
| Recommend upgrade for NAD C541 I think you would have to spend a lot of money to get a significantly better cdp, and then you might not be able to appreciate the upgrade. Your speakers are your weakest link, not your cdp, and not your amp. Their bass through mid-midrange are af... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Kari Bremnes, a Norwegian singer/songwriter. I first heard her on Tom Russell's "The Man From God Knows Where" (also on that cd are Iris Dement and Dolores Keane). Hard to describe Ms. Bremnes music, and only one of her cds is in English. I'd reco... | |
| speaker stand question I think you should follow the manufacturer's recommendation. | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Here's my problem with the ratings: "Editor's Note: Class A Loudspeakers are sufficiently idiosyncratic and differ enough from one another that prospective customers should read Stereophile's original reviews in their entirety for descriptions of ... | |
| Harbeth C7- Tube or solid state power? Yeah, 24 inches is too tall. The other speakers you say you put at the same height are much smaller. When you place the Compact 7's at that height, what part of the speakers do you ears line up with? They should be at tweeter level, or a little hi... |