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| How many audiophiles bi wire their speakers???? BMWhaus, I prefer my N802's single wired and yes the short jumper cables make a significant difference. I made some solid core jumpers, Monster cable, radio shack 16 gauge, against the factory jumpers and ended up using the B&W ones. I use Aud... | |
| How many audiophiles bi wire their speakers???? Unclejeff, with a horizontal biamp, one amp is used to power the mid/tweeter of both speakers and the other amp is used to power both speakers woofer sections. In a vertical biamp one amp becomes the left and the other the right channel with say t... | |
| Why does this circa '75 receiver sound so good? I guess you're just lucky you found a combination to work well together. I have two old receivers, a Marantz 2230B and a Kenwood KR6170 which I keep around and I have compared to my Cary SLI50 integrated amp and the Cary is far superior. I use the... | |
| isolation of seperate preamp power supplies? I just went through this same experiment with my VAC preamp. When I purchased the preamp I put the power supply on a piece of vinyl cover MDF left over from an old set of speaker stands that needed to be taller. It sounded great and after almost a... | |
| Bias adjustment in Cary SLI-50 integrated amp The SLI50 is an auto-bias and requires no adjustment after replacing tubes. | |
| B&W N802 owners - system matching help needed I'm not familiar with McIntosh electronics but I use a VAC preamp and amp with the same output on my N802's and I love the sound, plenty of detail without the glare. I didn't like the soundstage when bi-wired so I single wire with Audio Magic and ... | |
| Green Mountain Sub?? I have one sitting in a closet now for a couple or years. I currently don't own an amp to drive it. It's your basic sub with a 12 inch driver in an MDF box about 16x16 with a large aero port on the side and finished in a pebble black paint. As I r... | |
| B&W Nautilus 802 transport question, please help How far are you going? Mine were transported from the dealers show room laying down in the back of a Land Rover on some quilts. The trip was about 45 miles and no other precautions were taken. I liked them and bought them and still own today. | |
| Tube Amp Choices Get the VAC to go with the Renaissance preamp. | |
| Balanced Tube Preamps I Should Try There is a VAC Renaissance for sale right now. It is a true differential balanced input and output. Each input is selectable for single ended or balanced with a toggle switch. The balanced inputs can be utilized even if the source is not a true ba... | |
| Help with increasing gain on pre amp or options? The LS15 was sold offering two different gain choices at time of purchase. You should contact Audio Research and give them the serial number and they should be able to tell you which version you have. | |
| Which Amp will make the802N sing I agree with Ritteri that tube amps are the way to go. I have used Classe CA 300, Classe DR8's and my current amp which is a VAC PA100. The N802's are very sensitive to brightness through the upper midrange and depending on program material will t... | |
| Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking I don't know if Viridian speaks from experience or just his own opinion. I speak from experience and like the turntable. I have done a direct comparison in my system against a Project Wood Classic fitted with a Sumiko Blue Point. I am currently us... | |
| Diagonal setup of system... I tried it once just for kicks. The system sounded fine in that configuration but I could not overcome the visual stigma of staring into a corner, just too weird. | |
| Pre-Amp sound similar to Conrad Johnson VAC Renaissance preamp has balanced in/out. I have not compared it to a CJ preamp but will say that it absolutely surpasses my previous Audio Research preamp in every aspect. The review in Stereophile is pretty much accurate although that was of t... |