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| Where to go after Bel Canto Ref1000MKII Dhartwick - Whether exchanging your Bel Canto poweramps will get you to your desired goals - i.e., more "speed and overall realism" - is debatable. Then again, maybe a pair of NuForce Ref. 18(soon to be 20) mono's could very well do better here. N... | |
| Good speakers under 10K. Aqua - Judging by your description I'd recommend Aether Audio's(formerly S.P. Technology) Continuum 2.5, Continuum A.D., or the (somewhat large) stand mounted Timepiece 3.2 - the latter of which can actually be had as a new pair within your budget... | |
| size of the driver I currently own - and will continue to into the forseeable future - a pair of Polish built speakers with a 12" woofer/midrange and 12" waveguide(Geddes-based) "fed" by a compression driver. The 12" units supposedly extend to ~1.5kHz, but I can hon... | |
| Power Cords--Your Preference? And please, as I see it: don't worry too much about shielding; on the contrary - be weary of it. Twisting the wires makes them less prone to be affected or affect their surroundings, and this way it's done within the use of the wires themselves. H... | |
| Power Cords--Your Preference? I'd recommend a DIY solution with 16 gauge solid-core installation copper wires. They're extremely cheap, but most importantly I find they sound great as power cords. I've experimented with 14 gauge solid-core wires as well, but preferred the thin... | |
| Raidho C1.1 http://www.avguide.com/blog/first-listen-raidho-acoustics-c11-mini-monitor | |
| Pure silver wire: solid, stranded or Litz wire? Aber23 - I'd recommend trying out Mundorf's 1.5mm solid-core Silver/gold(99% silver/1% gold) wires, or the 0.5mm variant for interconnects. To my ears they contribute to a wonderfully coherent, highly resoluted, dynamic(micro as macro), well-balan... | |
| Best DAC under 2k US ? NuForce DAC-9. | |
| Raidho C1.1 Oh, and not least: the new "fishbone" pattern ribbon in the tweeter of the C1.1 was (and of course remains) installed in their flagship, the C4's, which we heard during our visit as well, and even though the C4's at the time were not developed int... | |
| Raidho C1.1 Sadly, no - but perhaps this recent review of the C1.1's, if you haven't read it already, could illuminate a bit on the specific nature of the sonic changes/improvements: http://www.raidho.dk/uploads/RaidhoC11_audiobeat.pdf Almost two years ago I ... | |
| Can DAC with volume control act as Pre-amp? I'm using a nuForce DAC-9 as a DAC/preamp with a nuForce Stereo 8.5V3 poweramp, and it sounds terrific. I believe the volume control in the DAC-9 is "digitally controlled in the analog realm," whatever that entails. From the little I've experiment... | |
| Beyma 12BR70 bass driver Transl -In some three weeks time I'll receive a new pair of Auto-tech The Mummy II speakers, with the Beyma 12BR70 bass/midrange unit and BMS 4524 compression driver. Based on my initial impressions though, in named combination, I can say the Beym... | |
| The search among the great ones - 20k+ speakers Melchor -How about going active:http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/scm100slat.php(or, if looks doesn't matter much you'd save money with this variant: http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/scm100aslpro.php)http://www.whathifi.com/review/scm-100aA good DA... | |
| NuForce DAC-9 My DAC-9 should land next week as well :) I intend to use it via its built-in preamp and USB input. | |
| Auto-Tech speakers André,thanks for your interest.I'll be adding a new D/A-converter to my setup next week, the NuForce DAC-9, and so I'll be glad to share some new impressions on the (total-)sound of my system once the DAC-9 has been broken in for a couple hundred ... |