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| Cables for Totem, Bryston, Adcom, Rega I have been using Alpha-Core MI2 speaker cables with my Bryston electronics for several years, and been very pleased with their performance. As for interconnects (when you are ready), it's hard to beat Kimber Hero's which do very little "wrong" an... | |
| Best Interconnects and Speaker cables There are several problems inherent in trying to recommend IC's and speaker cables. There is no way to know in advance how the cables will work with your system, in your room. It's best to try to audition several models, perhaps with "loaners" fro... | |
| nordost baldur ic's and sc's compare to norse lin Is there a question in there somewhere? | |
| Please recommend a top-notch bookshlef speaker A speaker that rarely gets much mention, but offers excellent performance, is the Sequerra MET 7.7. The speaker is designed and made by Richard Sequerra, probably best known for this high-end tuner some years ago. The speaker is now offered in bot... | |
| Scoutmaster Isolation The previous suggestions are all good ones, but if you want to consider a "DIY" approach, you could make your own isolation platform. Sorbothane works well for vibration isolation, but the prices for audiophile versions of this material are absurd... | |
| I bought a TT--Need a phonopre Based on your budget, I suggest you consider the Lehmann Black Cube, and maybe one of Graham Slee's units. Prior to buying my current phono pre, I owned the Black Cube with the upgraded power supply, and was very pleased with its performance for t... | |
| Nordost flat line cabels vs norse series I am referring in all cases to the interconnects, not the speaker cable. | |
| Nordost flat line cabels vs norse series I currently own a mixture of Blue Heavens (which I'm phasing out - only one pair left), Red Dawns, and Heimdalls. In my system, I heard real improvements with the Heimdalls over the Red Dawns (which were only a marginal improvement over the Blue H... | |
| Tone arm question Viridian answered your question very well, so I'll only add that you can get an excellent tonearm from Rega for much less than $2000. Before you actually buy a tonearm, I urge you to check out the Rega RB700 and RB1000 models. | |
| dedicated vs. book shelf In a true home theater system, surround speakers only have to handle the frequency range of the surround sound track, which normally is limited in both the low and frequencies (typically, 10 kHz at the high end). A good book shelf speaker, however... | |
| looking for interconnect under 200 dollars Lots of good ideas here, so my post may be redundant. One factor that must be considered is your system, as some cables will sound better than others with the equipment you own (and we have no info here). I have owned and used a fairly wide range of | |
| phono stage upgrade from Denon pre-amp I'll leave it to others to recommend phono preamps for you -- most of the ones I have heard or know about are in the $1500 to $3000+ range. What I will comment on, however, is your remark about having to turn the volume knob up to or past the 12:0... | |
| Vinyl Tracking Problem The problem you describe could have various causes (either by themself, or in combination with another factor): insufficient tracking force; BADLY out-of-adjustment anti-skate; turntable platter is not level; there is acoustic feedback to the turn... | |
| Subwoofer meshes well with 2-channel? Apache1 may be correct about the Vandy 2wQ's in your system, but let me add two points that I should have stated in my initial post. 1. A pair of subs is much preferable to a single sub. Having two subs reduces or largely cancels out room nodes th... | |
| Looking for guidance with older VPI HW-19 tables If possible, try to buy the HW-19 Mk 4, which was the last incarnation of the TT. It has an improved bearing and platter, and also allows for further upgrade to several of the earlier TNT platters. I have owned the HW-19 TT for nearly 20 years, an... |