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| Vintage amps & power cords " Curious to hear input from folks with vintage gear and wondered the same thing, and what did they do about it. "I've had plenty vintage components over the years. It's very common to upgrade to a removable power cord, rca connectors and speaker ... | |
| XLR interconnects " cable I should get although my dealer is offering me a nice deal for the unbalanced Audioquest Water rca interconnect cables. "That's a good choice. It's pretty hard to screw up with AQ. They sound good in just about any system. And like your ... | |
| How would you get into the biz? " To paraphrase Steve Martin, "Make something that is so good they can’t ignore you." Like Bose? | |
| Best "laid-back" speaker cable & interconnects for all Naim system? " The original had a dedicated source knob for recording, as well as those blasted external pre-out/main-in jumpers on the back. "I completely forgot about that. I had the original myself. The external jumpers is one of the best features on the ... | |
| Best "laid-back" speaker cable & interconnects for all Naim system? " I agree... I think the issue is the amp. It wasn't an issue when I had the 4330SE, and things only changed when I introduced the 5i. Not that the 5i is awful... hardly. Just isn't the right fit. "I think I can give you some info that may hel... | |
| Blade 2, Sabrina, Fact 12, Sopra 2 or Scala ? " Anything ive missed and should include?Any recommendations or suggestions how the speakers compare, and in home conditions and after owning them for a while etc? Any recomendations on matching with electronics etc. "You'll need good bass for... | |
| Classic 3 VPI Spin the platter by hand before you push the power button. Both of my VPI TT's do the exact same thing. | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile Here's a few you may want to adition. VTL 2.5, Aesthetix Calipso, Wyetech Pearl, Lamm LL2.1, Sutherland N1. (I know the N1 is solid state, but I'm still recommending it) | |
| Best Ratios for a Newly Constructed Listening Room I would also recommend the Cardas.dimensions. Cable Company uses the Cardas formula in all of their listening rooms. Every time I go there, I'm always impressed with how good their rooms sound. | |
| Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired " Ideally you should run 2 pairs of speaker cables to different amps (i.e. bi-amp). AND use a monoblock for each driver with a short cable.."Biamping like you are suggesting almost always fails. 90%+ chance you'll need to get an active xover, an... | |
| Please Critique my Setup and Recommend Upgrade(s) " All good ideas above. It's interesting that no one has mentioned the placement of the speakers. "I did. I also forgot to mention Vandersteen recommends the OP's Rega as a good match for the Model 1's. | |
| Living in Audiophile Hell ! Buenos Aires , Argentina If you live close enough to Brazil to drive, you may have some luck finding gear. No idea if you'll have problems at the border with the equipment, but it may be worth looking into. | |
| How would you get into the biz? " Richard was a truck driver when he invented the model 2 - probably the best selling Audiophile speaker ever at least 500K sold"They are the best selling high end speaker of all time, by far. I don't think there's even a close second. I have a p... | |
| How would you get into the biz? " Last year I read 'Schiit Happened,' the memoir by Jason Stoddard and Mike Moffat that describes the startup years of Schiit Audio. It's an easy read and it can fool the reader into thinking that starting up an audio manufacturing business isn... | |
| Silly Question Al's right, of course. But I thought PS Audio gives you volume control on their dac's. If they do, try it. I had a KRC-3 myself back when it was current, and I would be surprised if you liked the system better with the Krell. |