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| Has Anyone? Why don't you just buy a few of each and sell the ones that don't sound as good? Curiously, I've found over the years that the results you get with cables is system dependent. Who know, maybe you can get them both with a money-back guarantee if th... | |
| Incredible deal for speaker cable bottom-feeders Thanks Johnny,Looks like a great deal and I can always use a spare set of decent speaker cables. All my other speaker cables are shorter, so it will be nice to have a 12-foot length. I bought a single pair and it was just under $31 with shipping t... | |
| New vs. old DACs - opinions? I don't know... I've had a bunch of the older DACs like the Monarchy D22B, Parasound 2000, EAD 7000 II, and even had a EAD 9000 in my system for a while.The EAD 9000 was the standout (and most expensive) of that lot, the others were good, but not ... | |
| New vs. old DACs - opinions? Buy a newer one... digital technology has always evolved quickly and some moderately priced more recent DACs should have an edge over older expensive DACs... not so much in power supply, but definitely in HF filtering and processor chips.An old AN... | |
| Trade offs? Mr Tennis,Let me be clear about this. Yes, you can have a high-res system that sounds "musical," and you can even more easily have a "high-res" system that makes a lot of recordings sound poor.But the two are not mutually exclusive... you just rea... | |
| Trade offs? Aball, I'm 100 percent with you on what you said about systems and recording quality. Congrats for explaining it better than I did. :) | |
| Trade offs? I guess I can agree with Tvad that it is possible that the majority of your recordings are poorly recorded.That said, there is also the possibility that you have poor AC power or a component (even wires) that is making your system sound that way. ... | |
| Trade offs? You need to do one of two things...Either start using a nice tube preamp, DAC, or CD player to smooth out the sound and soften the highs, or buy a turntable, cassette deck, or other analog source that doesn't sound harsh.If the majority of your re... | |
| Acoustat, 121-2a can they be cut down You guys are bringing back some Acoustat memories. I had the 1+1's, 2+2's, and Monitor 3's. Basically, the more narrow the panel, the better it will image. That said, using more panels gives you more impact and efficiency.The 2+2's and Monitor 3's... | |
| Tube-aholics Anonymous? Well sure... tubes are great. Buying a tube amp affords one the opportunity for spending more on NOS tube replacements than the amplifier is actually worth. Cool stuff!!! | |
| Acoustat, 121-2a can they be cut down I believe the panels themselves are 8 or 9 inches wide by 48 inches long... If you remove the socks, you will see exactly how they are made. Obviously you can't cut the panel and leave it functional. Some have wood bases that add a couple of feet ... | |
| Does anybody smell smoke? Gee, I hate that... Some guy sold me an amp once that was supposed to be "almost mint". That amp stunk so bad of cigarettes it was disgusting. I must have cleaned a couple of pounds of tar out of the amp. Then I told the seller about it and he tri... | |
| An Advent Guy I owned the Original Advent speakers back in the day and thought they were okay, but not that special, and likewise for the smaller Advent.I also bought the JBL L100's new... Initially, their "midrange presense" got my attention, but after owning ... | |
| Nuforce step up from Sunfire for B&W 803N? The Sunfire can put out a little more RMS power than the NuForce at 4 ohms, but since the Ref9V2SE can pass undistorted 650-watt power peaks the NuForce will actually sound louder when playing music. If you're playing a sustained note the Sunfire ... | |
| LP spindle hole off center Off-center records would cause pitch distortion, possibly dectable on sustained tones... but not "distortion in one channel." So you have two problems... a bad record, and some other problem with the turntable setup (maybe improper alignment or an... |