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| Are Focal Aria 926 considered to be a Hi-Fi speaker? I've owned a pair of 926 speakers for about five years. All sorts of music played, from Reich, Bach, Stravinsky, Keith Jarrett, AC/DC, Crue, Wutang, about anything except gospel, country, or big band. At the pricepoint, they are among the most w... | |
| 12 gauge zip vs Cat7 DIY speaker cable - oh my 2 meters from sub to either speaker. The three Cat 7 cables aggregate to just a bit over 12 gauge equivalent if the charts are to be believed (24 count 26 gauge wires per pole). The NAD's nominal output is 70 watts I believe, with some headroom. I... | |
| Celestion Model 100 enquiry They are very nice speakers if you keep the SPL down. They're small monitors so that's expected. I do wish to listen at louder levels from time to time and the Celestions just hurt. I replaced them with a pair of Focal Aria 926s. The monitors will... | |
| Afraid to buy new speakers I overcame my fear and budgetary sanity to buy a pair of Focal Aria 926s. No regrets now. I really tried to live with the Celestions and a Gallo sub, and could do so if I restricted myself to moderate listening levels (you can still talk over the ... | |
| Wit's end with Gallo 3.1s Well, I found the fix - Focal Arai 926 speakers. I was kicking myself as I bought them because they are HUGE for he room and I just knew they'd sound horrible but I couldn't help myself. Actually, they trounced the Gallos wholeheartedly, and the C... | |
| speaker cabling for subwoofer and tower pair This post has been rendered superfluous by other entries. No need to waste time on it. I'd delete it outright if I knew how. | |
| cabling a subwoofer to a NAD C356 integrated amp I greatly appreciate input from all respondents. The guidance was most beneficial. I recently learned something about the Gallo that is quite important and finalized the cabling. Not only is there a low pass filter that can be changed for crossove... | |
| Afraid to buy new speakers Prison, yeah... My wife serves me tossed salad a lot, claiming it's healthy. Well played. | |
| Wit's end with Gallo 3.1s I think the most actionable guidance is to stick with the Celestions until I can get out of the basement. Death of spouse or marriage may be critical predecessor event though, or I convince spouse to move so she can have a decent home office (weak... | |
| Celestion Model 100 enquiry I re-read my post and apparently messed up the phrasing. Simple material like single vocal, guitar, cello, jazz quartet, chamber ensemble etc. is astonishingly clear. It's the complex stuff like full orchestra (Sheherezade) where it all seems to m... | |
| Celestion Model 100 enquiry Thank you very much for your response. A review I found on the Internet summed up my experiences also - great for fairly simple material (single instrument, voice, small jazz ensemble) but the speakers sort of get congested on more complex works. ... | |
| Generic Record Cleaning Solutions Thanks everyone for the input. The MEK and other way aromatic hydrocarbon references were purely in jest. The denatured alcohol has worked remarkably well, and I'd use isopropyl alcohol if I could find some that did not have a good deal of water i... | |
| Halo P3 Phono Hum SOLVEDThe hca-2 amp was inducing the hum. I had to move it to the bottom of my rack, about 2' below its previous position, and put the preamp above it to lend its mass as an ad hoc shield. Hum absolutely GONE. Got hiss, but that's expected when th... | |
| Halo P3 Phono Hum Got feedback from Parasound. Pretty Interesting...When I stated that hum was not audible until I had dial at 47 out of 80 possible steps the technician stated that such was not outside of the product's acceptable limits. He stated that a high gain... | |
| Halo P3 Phono Hum My ground wire comes out of the tonearm tube where it meets the headshell and attaches to a screw that is screwed into the aluminum tube. I verified continuity between that screw and the grounding lug at the TT base. Per original posting the groun... |