randy-11
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| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? No, there are at least four variables - your eyes, or your expectation that a very expensive item should sound better than a cheaper one.That is why at least a single blind test is required.I don't think anyone will dispute that speaker cables can... | |
| Should I consider the newer Audio Research pre & power amps, when I play records not CD's How reliable are ARC Pre-amps? | |
| Powered Speaker Recommendation KEF if they fit your budget | |
| Should I consider the newer Audio Research pre & power amps, when I play records not CD's BTW, you will want to read up on the new benchmark amp - it includes some new technology to reduce crossover distortion and is said by Stereophile to match amps 5x its price. You also don't have to worry about the cost of new tubes every year or ... | |
| Should I consider the newer Audio Research pre & power amps, when I play records not CD's I also have always wanted an Audio Research Preamp (well, maybe not always, but at least since 1974 or so). I finally decide to just do it, and my used LS25 MkII arrived 2 days ago.You don't state a cost limit, but they do make an outboard phono ... | |
| Wrapping Up 2016 eddy - Drumpk is the family name of our next PresidentSymphonic Bombast - I took that from Stereophile's equipment reviews, where they say that just because it isn't in this years Recommended Component's does not mean it is not as good as when it ... | |
| Class D Technology Classes G, h have the same advantages of reduced weight and size that class D allows to a lesser extent. The power supply is "variable" based on the signal.BTW, is the highly rated Benchmark AHB2 amp considered Class D? | |
| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers The Sanders magtech is $5,000 so outside the scope of this thread - unless they have a less spendy one I'm not aware of. It is also designed to drive wildly varying impedance loads of electrostatic speakers. maggies, while planars, are NOT elect... | |
| Apogee Scintilla Value? you could buy 2 pair of 1.7i Magneplanars for that price or maybe a pair of used 3.6's or be close to a new 3.7iI have the 1.5QRs and a Sunfire Cinema Grand which drives them easilyMaggies are an easy 4 ohm load all the way across the freq. spectr... | |
| Your opinions on how to string 25 ft speaker cables best sound is likely if you shorten the speaker cables as much as possible by putting the amps nearbyrun long balanced interconnects using balanced componentseven better; all distance should be covered in the digital domain using CAT 5e or 6 or Wi... | |
| Rogue cronus magnum with dynaudio audience 52 speakers no, but a $4000 Rogue amp does sound good with big Maggies - I spent 3 hours listening to that comboRogue is supposed to have a good rep in generalabove is all I know | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. for anything in the digital domain, I’d forget about "average sound quality...vs. superb sound quality"After you spend $6,000 on speakers (*) you can go back and see if a super quality digital component makes a difference.Also, it is unlikely that... | |
| Room treatment-I was afraid of this DIYhttp://arqen.com/ | |
| Good Receivers for Infinity Kappa 7.1 speakers what is the lowest impedance across the freq. range? | |
| Burn in time for a new CD transport? maybe your hearing perception is changing - that is known to occur... |