rch102a97
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| Sacd/dvd-a, The Hype Is Dead, For Me At Least... IMO, it is not the format but the engineering of the recording that makes all the difference: the studio, mix-down, and mastering. I have many poor and good recordings done in vinyl, magnetic tape, Redbook, and SACD. When I hear a bad one I curse ... | |
| My experience with long ICs Too long for an RCA, IMO. Most audiophile shielded single-ended cables have a floating shield and with this length you can see hf noise. Balanced XLRs is the best solution in this scenario or use a closed shield RCA (which may sound bright). | |
| Recent reviews on Cyberlight IC's With Stereophile involved, you know its lots of marketing hype. You will get opinions on both "sides of the aisle." | |
| Transparent , Kubala , Luminous , or RS Poiema I always found the Transparent and MIT cables to be less focused than the non-networked cables. I currently use the Pure Note Paragon which compares to others I have tried at a fraction of their price. | |
| I've discovered the link to perfect sound Thats great BUT there is no perfect "FI". I have gone through hundreds of cables and my sound continually gets better and thats after 45 years in the hobby. Oh, and I forgot to mention 100's of amps, speakers, preamps, cartridges, tables, transpor... | |
| Audience Au24 vs. Ridge Street Audio? I agree with TVAD (as usual). I also think the Mfg. should stay out of the Forums and let the users as seen here comment. | |
| sonic signature of Pure Note Paragon Question This thread is only useful to demonstrate the importance of break-in. As I said before, no one should judge a component or cable until many hours of break-in. | |
| sonic signature of Pure Note Paragon Question See this post here in the current forum:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1111088780&read&3&4& | |
| sonic signature of Pure Note Paragon Question Brainwater: Do not attempt to evaluate anything in 24 hours. IME cables, speakers, and electronics require a few hundred hours. My Siltech G5's took forever to break-in (800 hours). Also, how is 200 hours "racing against the clock?" | |
| Warm interconnects recommendation You can get a used Cardas Cross in that price range. Very warm. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? One word, BOSE. | |
| WBT Nextgen update listening evaluation 2 Nordost loves those Pro-Fi connectors which IMO are no better than Radio Shack yet many praise the Valhalla cables. I would opt for Nextgens over Eichmanns but then there are the Bocchinos (sp). Crump seems to like his modified Cardas plugs so I m... | |
| Ideas? PowCords for deHavilland GM70 SETamps I have always found a good isolation transformer helps on SET and OTL amps. A shielded PC is preferred, IMO. I use the Pure Note PC, FWIW. | |
| Recomended XLR cables for Krell Preamp/Amp Lots of folks like the Pure Note Paragon or Cerulean with Krell. Do a search here. There is also a review in the products section. | |
| Pure Note Paragon users, comments apprecaited... Paragons sound fine in my system but Valhallas are thin and bright. I don't think you will find a better cable for the money. |