redkiwi
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| Cable Costs Relative to System If you accept that Malcolm Hawksford's definitive work The Essex Echo manages to hit the nail on the head (and few have argued with it) then one of the key issues (there are definitely others) with cables is so-called 'skin effect'. While there ar... | |
| Is a audiophila suicid to ship 150lbs overseas ? There is no reason to suspect that someone that loads stuff on and off a plane that is going overseas is going to do anything differently than if the plane is flying locally is there? International flights don't do sommersaults so far as I know. I... | |
| Plinius 8150 as Preamp for Plinius SA-102 The 102 is so much better than the 8150 that something is definitely amiss. As Drubin says the pre section of the integrateds is fairly ordinary. The more likely factor to consider here though is break-in. The 102 sounds dead, all the life squashe... | |
| cones or sorbothane or both? Contact Ken at Neuance. He does a shelf that does a fantastic job without a rack. | |
| A most neutral and transparent power cord Thanks Viggen. I am close to buying one and just seeing how it goes, and that helps. I need a cord to feed my amp. I find the BMIs are great cords elsewhere in the system but just do not deliver the current to my amp. The Eichmann sounds as if it ... | |
| cones or sorbothane or both? Some forms do a better job or a different job of dissipating energy. Nothing is perfect. Do a search on Neuance shelves here or on the net and you will find info on the direction I have taken, and do not regret, and have not fiddled with for a yea... | |
| Sand bags under/over For Isolating ? Yes. They sound awful in my opinion. | |
| A most neutral and transparent power cord Viggen. Can you describe the flavour of the Eichmann to me. I am interested because it is one of the very few AC cords that is legal for me to use in New Zealand and I would kinda like my insurance to work if my house burns down. The little I have... | |
| Classic preamp for Plinius SA-102: need advise On the other hand the Plinius CD-LAD mates well. I have a CD Player (Res. Ref.) that can drive my SA102s directly very well (using Cardas Golden Reference ICs). When I insert a CD-LAD between the CD and amp (using a second pair of Cardas Golden Re... | |
| Jazz/blues guitarist suggestions for SRV fan. Another vote here for Buddy Guy - you just might end up preferring him to SRV. Ehart - we share similar tastes - Hoodoo Man Blues is wonderful and has some extremely tasty work by Buddy - lovely gems sprinkled throughout a chuggingly all-time grea... | |
| Is SACD winning over DVD-A? In my opinion there are two key issues that have to be handled cleverly. This is from examining the tipping points that caused winners to emerge in past standards battles. The first is that the winner will need to use catalogue very cunningly to d... | |
| Review: Cardas Golden Reference Interconnect I use Golden Reference interconnects both CD to Pre and Pre to Power and do not have any problem with the sound blending. I will say the soundstage is huge, larger than for Golden Cross, so wonder if speaker or listening positioning changes would ... | |
| Comments on Lucinda Williams "World Without Tears" It is more "Essence" than "Essence" - but that's just from my first listen. The sound is fabulous and the simplicity she was striving for in Essence seems to come off better this time - simple, simple songs, yet beautiful and unique. Time will tell. | |
| Neuance or Z Slab shelf for Zoethecus rack??? I agree about avoiding using cones etc. If your Neuance shelf is sitting on a rigid welded steel rack, and you support the shelf on upturned spikes, then there is no real need for fancy footers and most will just impart their own sound as you say ... | |
| What was your biggest priority? I can see you enjoy spending other peoples' money as much as I do Ernie. At least part of the thrill of the real thing at no cost! |