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| Need long balanced IC's for tight bass You should try SignalCable's Silver Resolution balanced interconnects. They are inexpensive compared to most others you'd consider; they're flexible, not too thick, and deliver very extended and articulate bass. (And the midrange and highs are qui... | |
| wave a magic wand and poof...the stereo disappears Mrtennis,I think your logic is somewhat askew. Just because you've heard expensive systems and they have not impressed you does not mean that there aren't thousands of systems out there that cost a lot less that would sound night and day better th... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? The soul is in the artist's performance. Whether a stereo system can convey it or not, specifically, whether or not the digital format is capable of preserving the soul of the original performance is the question here. My feeling, from listening, ... | |
| NuForce Popping Guys,I just received my 9SE's very recently, and I think they are still breaking in, so please keep that in mind.My feeling is that they are an improvement over the 9.02's, which I considered excellent amplifiers.For whatever reason, the 9SE's are... | |
| wave a magic wand and poof...the stereo disappears Wow, no music? That would be unimaginable. I'd have to take hemlock. Then again, if the best music reproduction system I ever heard was a $350 Brookstone stereo, I'm sure I wouldn't miss it much and could find lots of other activities to amuse mys... | |
| NuForce Popping I've had several pairs of the NuForce amps and I now own their top of the line 9SE amps. Of the amps that I've owned, which includes a couple of pairs of Reference 8s, a Ref 9.02 pair, and now the 9SE's, I never had any of the amps fail, pop, or o... | |
| Most PRACTICAL, yet good sounding REEL to REEL ??? I'd also consider a Revox A77 deck or possibly one of the better Akai decks with the extremely long life glass heads. | |
| Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil? I use a combination of cocobolo, zebrawood, and mahagony blocks from an old Van Evers kit and I get great results. I used a lot of other types of feet and some work better than others in specific applications. But my favorite footers are the wood ... | |
| Scientific Fidelity Crowne Joule 24k Signatures My friend had a pair of them and they did seem to lack bass power and extension as I recall. Perhaps they'd work well in conjunction with a decent subwoofer system. | |
| Now, finally, just the music Amandarae,I know someone else who is very particular about sound and music that thinks the Linkwitz Orion project speakers are really something special. I'd love to hear them sometime. I think the fellow I'm speaking of will be building his in the... | |
| wht is the difference between good and bad sound ? Hmmmm, well, I can see that nothing gets by you, Mrtennis. | |
| wht is the difference between good and bad sound ? Mrtennis, if you play a poor recording on an excellent system and it sounds bad, what does that mean? If you are unfamiliar with the recording would you just assume that the excellent system is "bad sounding"?Then if you played a really great reco... | |
| wht is the difference between good and bad sound ? It's sort of like the difference between thick and thin... The trick is that one needs to decide where to draw the line.There are very few sounds/components that are entirely good or entirely bad. Most include varying amounts of good and bad, so o... | |
| Any opinions on the Michell Orbe MkII? + and/or - I'm getting very impressive results out of my Orbe Mk-II with a Wilson Benesch Act 0.5 arm and a Shelter 501 II cartridge. I use mine with my own fixed-suspension mod on a BDR carbon-fiber Shelf and it sounds great. It has tremendous bass, loads o... | |
| What speakers use a "minimal" crossover? Aural Ersatz TAD-803 with the single-driver, no-load tweeter. Simplicity, naturalness, and great sound. They're worth checking out. I definitely hear a difference in coherency and immediacy compared to speakers with even simple crossovers... |