sc53
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| Speaker Stand Recommendation Contact Sound Anchors (www.soundanchors.com) for pricing on custom-made super heavy, solid stands w/screw-in spikes (I use 3 posts and they are plenty heavy for the monitors I place on them, two different pairs in two different systems; but you ca... | |
| Aftermarket Power Cord and Marantz SA-1 Yes, I use an Ensemble 1 meter cord that has 3 prongs on the outlet side, from my SA-1 into an Ensemble Isolink. Sounds great, no problems at all. Before I got the Isolink, I used the cable into the Ensemble power strip, also w/no problems and goo... | |
| How about the older CAL CD players? Thanks everyone for the thoughtful responses. I will keep watching the ads on this site for one of the many great CAL players. I am sort of tempted by an Aria Mk III for sale currently, because of how much I longed for it in the mid-80's. I guess ... | |
| Is there a monitor speakers with just one driver? Hey, I thought you were going on a financial diet w/no more upgrades for 2 years! | |
| First results: Valhalla---Ensemble. Sugarbrie: I thought the weeks-long break-in period resulted in greater detail and dynamics, maybe because the background got blacker, more silent! The dynamics increased because the softer sounds were more audible, increasing the range of sounds ... | |
| How about the older CAL CD players? Correction: Lakefrontroad's thread is on other kinds of CD players. It's another guy's thread on the Delta transport. Anyway, it's informative. | |
| Boulder 1060 - Amp for Life ?? When I bought a Goldmund Mimesis 29 for $13,000 new, from my dealer, I could only justify the expenditure because I convinced myself, after weeks of mulling and listening and trying to foresee the future, that it would be the last amp I'd ever own... | |
| First results: Valhalla---Ensemble. I have been using Ensemble products for about a year now, and YES they take 100 hrs or more to break in! I thought they sounded very good when I first got them, but after about 6 weeks, and after 3 months in the case of the Isolink power transform... | |
| What is a good online retailer for XRCD's, etc. Music Direct at amusicdirect.com | |
| How long did you wait for your next upgrade? Hi Marakanetz (keep thinking it's Marrakesh, any relation?),I once went about 2 1/2 years without touching anything. This was with my B&W Matrix 801s, British Fidelity A-3 amp (looked and heated like a black brick oven, pure class A and more t... | |
| CD Scratch Repair Kits I bought a kit on this site for $20 or so called "CD Wipeout" that completely repaired an XRCD disc that was skipping on the last track. Under the light I could see a small mark on the outside of the disc. I followed the instructions on the Wipeou... | |
| HT - Which processor Acurus 125x5 (available for about $800 in ads on this site) and Acurus Act 3 (available for under $900) have been providing great sound, great user-friendliness, great controls, and great flexibility for me! I paid several hundred dollars more for... | |
| REL strata III vs Spendor Sub 3, which to use with S3/5? I agree completely w/Sugarbrie--the REL's are the most musical subs on the market. They are by far the best for 2 channel audio. For HT, you can get away with a lot less than a REL. I have not heard the Spendor subs, but their speakers, floorstand... | |
| DH labs Cables/Interconnects Hi I've been using both the BL-1 Series II and Air Matrix interconnects for several months now in various parts of 3 different systems, side by side with my other "boutique" and much more expensive cables and think they perform very, very well--es... | |
| Which HT Receiver would you buy? I'll just throw in my 2 cents here and say that after owning two HT receivers (an Adcom set of power amps and Pro Logic processor, replaced by a high end Pioneer Elite receiver), I bought the Acurus 125x5 (available now for $800 or less, on Audigo... |