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| Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs I have fully enjoyed my Marantz SA-10 SACD player, it is very refined. It can sound as good as the disc played, for instance, a disc recorded with tube sounds that were real, full sounding, and body to the music, then today's over-compressed, over... | |
| Open baffle speakers 40 years in this hobby and owned all styles of designs in that time. New designs of open baffle speakers are like having a Magiee or Quad Electrostatic but with the full bottom end, extended highs, and dynamics on steroids. They work great in all ... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle Anything you add on to your system will change the sound from a shelves, to footers, wall plates and Ac outlets and most of all power cords. It's what you like, none are the best. | |
| Do different speaker stands can really make a big sound improvement? In a good system, any changes will make a noticeable difference. Be it speaker stands, rack material, type of spikes or never spiking, AC outlets, even the wall plates, type of room your system is in, and its acoustics with treatment (best bang fo... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Open baffle speakers give you what a panel speaker can or electrostatic speakers but with full dynamics and bottom-end impact. Transparent to the source and quality of the music. You have the best of both worlds. | |
| Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker? Remember this: "No amount of power will damage speakers if you use your ears and common sense to know when the recording comes into its own at a particular power level. I used a 400-watt power amp with my Electrostatic Quad speakers with absolutel... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? The negative stuff about Clayton is off base and not fair the man has been doing this a long time and is an open baffle guru in experience and design. I own his speakers and they are superb and sound like my old Quad ESL 63 which was rebuilt by El... | |
| Adona Equipment Racks Great racks and fair priced and high quality. I had mine for 10 years now the top of the line along with the matching amp stand. Granite is top quality and the under side wood is beautiful! This past week I flipped the shelves to the wood side up ... | |
| Esoteric K03XD The key to any gear is the power supply and the Esoteric players I've owned all have huge power supplies and the built quality is 2nd to none. I have no issues with CDs if mastered with care and I'm a vinyl man. I know for years the magazines have... | |
| vibration control - cd player No matter what you put your gear on rack-wise or any footers you will hear a change in the reproduction like cables you have to try them and see if what you hear is what you like. I've used many racks over the years and footers, the footers all go... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Hope Clayton does well. Those who say OB speakers have no bass have not heard Clayton Spaital Audio speakers or his current one and I am sure there are more upscale ones to come. I've owned box speakers and Electrostatic speakers, open baffle is l... | |
| Shielding components from EMI/RFI... Help please Try PURE Copper wall plates and they are cheap and work. Monarch Abode 17018 Single Switch Hand Hammered Duplex Decorative Wall Plate Switch Plate Outlet Cover, 1-Gang, Pure Copper. $22.95 on Amazon beats the audiophile crap at $200.00. | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products Keep in mind sounding more laid back than Esoteric means it might be more real and natural sounding, Esoteric sound is direct in your face. Not a bad thing if you like that type of reproduction which means like all audio it is a personal taste lik... | |
| New TV With an Unknown Audio Out Jack? It is toslink out to your ZVOX in. LG all have that option so to send to an outboard device. | |
| AudioQuest DBS Field If you know your system and its sound you can easily hear when you disconnect the battery packs. They work and you can easily hear it. |