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| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green You've got to see Clapton live to fully realize how good he is, I don't think I've heard Green and if Buddy Guy is ever in your town don't miss him if you can imagine Clapton, Hendrix, and SRV rolled into one!!! | |
| Speakers: all-time worst I agree Roachone except with Polk - the old SRS/SDA series, the big ones; 1.2tl and 2.3tl, are excellent speaker systems with the SDA portion REMOVED. With great components and wire feeding these boys they sound as good as any speakers I've heard ... | |
| Power Cords Hey Lihifiguy - where did you get the most improvement with your EEL's? I just got one but my Meridian transport crapped out and had to be sent in for service - 30 days they want to keep it!!!! I'm using an old Rotel in the meantime. I'm burning i... | |
| Best DAC under US$300 Meridian 263 - it precedes the 563 and the current 566 model. It is a bitstream and mates very well with inexpensive players used as transports, especially in the midrange area where the most help is needed. Make sure you get an excellent digital ... | |
| Power Line Conditioners Unless you have excessive or unusual noise I wouldn't use a pc, my suggestion is to go with quality aftermarket cords like BMI here at audiogon if possible. Also critical are dedicated lines for all your equipment - that can make a huge difference. | |
| Classe or Krell Personally I like Classe, Krell changes models so often it's hard to keep up. I did compare Classe to Krell, I believe KSA series and thought Classe was better in about every department, even bottom end. Classe CA series delivers a more natural so... | |
| Can speaker cables damage amplifiers? Good one. | |
| Biggest Sonic Improvement Replacing an audioquest digital pro cable with illuminati D60, synergistic research master couplers, and a Meridian 200 transport replacing a Rotel 855. | |
| Can speaker cables damage amplifiers? I've never heard that or experienced any problem with 2 different sets of MIT speaker cables on Adcom 555 or my current Classe 200. And good question Bday0000. | |
| Need help : Mit or Cardas? It's interesting how many different opinions you get when you ask for one - that's what makes this hobby so interesting. My experience with MIT cables is that they take a minimum of 250+ hours to fully burn in - they sound good right away and then... | |
| Vandersteen 2ce sigs and Adcom gfa555 I've heard this combination in a home setup and the sound wasn't bright - I think the Vandy's are a good match for the Adcom. I had one for years and it is somewhat forward compared to say the Classe I have now. An excellent amp though, I wish I h... | |
| Preamps Thanks for the response Thorman. I own a Classe CA 200 amp, my pre is currently a CJ PV10. I am either upgrading to the premier line of CJ or checking out some Classe stuff - I'm thinking a Classe has to be a synergistic match but I really like tu... | |
| Best CD for $1000 Look for a used Meridian 200 transport and if you are looking for a DAC also try to find the Meridian 263 or 563. These models are about 7 to 8 years old. They are bitstream dac's and have an incredibly smooth, yet detailed presentation and non fa... | |
| Spkr cbls & IC's-must they be same brand Definitly not in my opinion. I've never had the same brand until recently and I've been through lots of wire with some satisfying results and not so satisfying as well. I do believe a synergistic match can be made but it takes lots of trial and er... | |
| Best Preamp For $1200 Used The Conrad Johnson PV10 is full function tube and is a giant killer, it retails for around $1200 - you can get on this site for about half that. It's sound is definetly on the tube side; warm, full on the bottom end and extended and smooth on the ... |