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| Dedicated Line, Surge and Safety Timo - 10/2 is the standard designation for 2 insulated 10ga wires in combination with an uninsulated ground wire. It's a three-wire cable. | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? I've never had "XL" speaker cables. I had Transparent Super (the original) in the big system for my Maggies, upgraded to Ultra MM, then upgraded to Reference BiCable (MM) for the Vandersteens.One thing to keep in mind is that "XL Technology" wasn'... | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? Buehrer - yes, they are. I've got both in my HT system, and the Plus MMs are more extended and more detailed than the Super XLs. I'm slowly migrating the Super XL out of the HT. | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? 'Tis a good point, No_money. My experience is that the Plus MM interconnects are better than the Super XL. | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? First of all - my experience has been that Transparent cables work best in an all-Transparent environment, rather than a mixed-brand environment. I don't think a mix of Transparent and Audioquest would sound good in your setup. I certainly did not... | |
| Shunyata Hydra I run all my front-end gear through the Hydra 8, plus the subwoofer sections of my loudspeakers. The Hydra 8 has its own dedicated 20A circuit. My power amp plugs directly into the wall, no conditioner. It also has its own dedicated 20A circuit. | |
| Shanyata Hydra 8 vs Transparent Power Iso 14? I use all Transparent Cable, and found that Shunyata's power products are vastly superior to anything Transparent makes in that area. Consequently I have Transparent Reference-level wire, and a Shunyata Hydra 8 with multiple Shunyata power cords. | |
| DVD player recomendations Arcam. | |
| SCD-1 & SCD-777ES Sonically What's the Difference? I have a pro audio background, and every time I see someone calling a balanced out a "fake balanced out" I have to laugh. This is one of those tweaky audiophile distinctions that is lost on the rest of the world. A balanced output simply means tha... | |
| mark levison I was told by someone I consider a reliable source that the company has recently rehired some of the key people who left/were let go. I hope this rumor is true. | |
| SCD-1 & SCD-777ES Sonically What's the Difference? The SCD-1 also has better stock feet than the SCD-777ES. It makes a slight difference. | |
| Last Speakers Aerial 20T or Vandersteen 5A I evaluated the Aerial 20T (and quite a few others) against the Vandersteen 5A, and chose the Vandersteen speakers. Your room is a bit narrow though - is there a possibility that you could put the loudspeakers on the long wall? | |
| Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista vs. ARC CD 3 I ended up with a Sony SCD-1 for use as an SACD player and Redbook transport. I bought a Mark Levinson No. 360S DAC for Redbook. The Sony is an excellent SACD player and is a great transport, but its Redbook playback is mediocre. The Levinson DAC ... | |
| Alesis Masterlink as a CD Player? The ML is too noisy and too cumbersome to be used as a transport. It does what it's designed to do quite well, but it was never designed to be used as a transport for a serious audio system. OTOH I do use it as a transport when I want to break-in ... | |
| Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista vs. ARC CD 3 I've auditioned both players in my system, and bought neither; however, if my choice were between these two and my focus was 99.99% Redbook, I would get the ARC. The TriVista is an excellent SACD player and a very, very good Redbook player. The AR... |