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| The big audiophile dilem Have you tried contacting JM Lab's to see what they say ? I would assume that YBA would simply tell you to use their Diamond speaker cable, as that might be a good blend after all. Using all French components from manufacturers that are familiar w... | |
| Re thinking my system; where to start? If you want to give your cdp a shot and see how it does driving the amp without any further gain stages hooked up, try contacting Nice_Tom here on Audiogon. He currently has a very reasonably priced 1 input passive attenuator for sale. It uses Car... | |
| CD Player/Transport Recommendation? Joe, THANK YOU for posting that info. My brother had been looking for either the Parasound 2000 ( player or transport ) to feed his EVS DAC for a while now with no luck. The used ones were typically more money than what they want for these units, ... | |
| Need Golden Tube amp repaired First things first. Have you tried changing tubes ? If possible, use some older but still verified good tubes. If there is actual damage to the amp circuitry itself, it doesn't roast a brand new or more expensive set of "glowers". If it isn't a ba... | |
| Best DIY interconnect design. Jon Risch's SSTP ( Solid / Stranded Twisted Pair ) design sounds VERY good if properly implimented. Even more transparent if you "burn them in". You can take this basic design and substitute various gauge wires to alter the tonal balance to suit y... | |
| Need help for wife acceptance Yeah Dekay, Ernie does have his amp system "suspended" under the flooring. Besides being slightly neater in terms of less clutter to see, i don't doubt that this DRASTICALLY cuts down on the microphonics / transfer of vibrations to the amps too.If... | |
| Most eye-opening upgrade and what you learned I agree with Kelly in that your "old" and "noisy" vinyl might astound you if given half a chance. That is, if you take the time to set up what most would refer to as even a "decent" phono system and clean the records properly. I had this revelatio... | |
| How do Klipschorns compare with modern designs? For dynamic music that uses a lot of percussion, they are very hard to beat, even in stock form. On vocal work, especially female, they do not hold up that well. Mind you, there is a LOT of room for improvement in this very easy to work on design,... | |
| Richard Kern Modified XA777ES SACD Review - long Rgd, i know that Ric at EVS also thinks very highly of the Sony products after they are modded. Like anything else, they are built to a price point and to look good on paper. While the reduction in distortion might seem "better" going from .01 to ... | |
| What is stopping the ultimate? Speakers are the weakest link in any audio chain. As such, i'd like to see someone come out with an omnidirectional point source driver that covers the full frequency range and is highly efficient with a reasonable impedance curve. Yes, i want to ... | |
| Mike Elliot-Alta Vista Audio NO offense to Mike, but Bryston is bar far the easiest to deal with in my experience. Dennis at Bryston USA could probably show just about any other "customer relations" employee how to deal with a situation and keep the customer completely satisf... | |
| Rock and Roll System I based my comments on the fact that most live rock has an EXTREMELY high distortion factor along with being reproduced by a speaker system that is primarily horn based. Duplicating that scenario as close as possible will give you the most "realis... | |
| Help needed. If you find a tubed unit that you like the sound of, buy THAT specific one. Tell the dealer that you want THAT one and tell him to take into account that it is a demo. If he wants to make the sale, he'll work with you. He might not have a demo uni... | |
| Odd shaped speakers Has anyone else read the latest article in Audio Xpress about cabinet vibration due to driver excitation ? VERY interesting article to say the least. You do have to read between the lines, but it does "debunk" a lot of what "tweakers" have always ... | |
| Aragon 8008BB or Odyssey Stratos power amp I would venture to say that the Aragon would have much firmer bass with greater impact than the Odyssey. I think that the 8008 would also walk away in terms of raw power capability also. Other than that, i'm sure that the sonics would be VERY MUCH... |