sfar
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| Budget subwoofer that matches Monitor Audio RS1? The Mirage Omni S8 is a very nice 8" sub, from the same parent company as Energy. I found it easier to integrate than the very well regarded HSU I had before. New price is around $350 but I bought one on ebay for $55 with 'cosmetic damage.' Turns ... | |
| Review: Realistic Minimus 7 Monitor After reading all this I was motivated to get the Minimus 7's out of the box in the basement and hook them up to the Jolida FX10 EL-84 amp I recently bought for my office.What an amazing sound for such a small package! I added an 8" Mirage subwoof... | |
| Review: Realistic Minimus 7 Monitor Here's a link to the ebay auction for one of the crossover kits. If the auction has expired you can search for another by 'minimus 7' or by the seller, 'litekeys.' He's been selling them there for years. | |
| Speakers for 55 watts of EL-34 tube power ? For awhile I had both a Cronus and an AES/Cary AE-25 Superamp with DJH AE-2 preamp, still have the AE-25. My speakers are Devore 8's and the sound with either amp and EL-34's is exceptional The Devores are designed with tubes in mind and have such... | |
| Review: Realistic Minimus 7 Monitor I agree with you completely. Pairs of them with the upgraded crossovers accompanied my two daughters all the way through graduate and law schools, and a girlfriend through a wonderful romance with me, from my point of view at least, a tragic break... | |
| What is a good upgrade for a Nuforce Icon? This doesn't answer your question (does any question ever get directly answered on audiogon?) but I also have an Nuforce Icon and am now using it as a DAC and preamp driving a tube amp. I wanted to try tubes in my office system with a pair of John... | |
| speaker cable tie-downs in room? If your primary interest is in making the installation be the least visually intrusive you could glue the cable to the wall and then paint over both the wall and cable. Of course, that means reworking the wall if you take down the cable and that c... | |
| Any experience with Y-interconnects? Splitting the preamp output isn't a problem. Adapters like these are the simplest solution. | |
| Jolida Fx10 I'm really enjoying the FX10 and the only thing that has bugged me was that the blue LEDs under all the tubes seemed incredibly bright, overwhelming the real glow of the tubes with an unnatural electric blue color and really lighting up the room.I... | |
| Can you help me identify this power cable? Hard to tell from the picture but it looks like a short coaxial barrel connector . If there's a Radio Shack nearby you could take the cable and DAC into the store to look for a match. My local store has a bundle of the barrel connectors of all siz... | |
| Shorten those lengthy power cords? The Bob Crump designed 'Asylum' DIY power cord is made with Belden 19364. I've used it for exactly the reason you describe, to make cables that reach my components without having a lot of unnecessary clutter to hide. The 19364 with Marinco plugs i... | |
| Shorten those lengthy power cords? Another excellent choice is the Marinco 5266 or 8215 plug, very easy to install and a very secure method of securing the cable ends inside the plug. | |
| Need small subwoofer for thump The Mirage Omni S8 is a very competent small sub and they're often available on ebay at good prices. It worked better for me in a small room than the much larger HSU STF-2. | |
| Cable confusion and questions. Regardless of whether or not you might ultimately find a cable that you can clearly hear the benefit of over another cable, you have to start somewhere and establish a baseline for your considerations. It makes sense to start with something well-r... | |
| Jolida Fx10 I'm using it without the glass enclosure because I like the way it looks better that way. It's just a hair over 8" wide, just a little under 8" deep, including the speaker terminals, and 5" high without the feet that also serve as fasteners for th... |