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| Tis a sad, sad day... Another vote for staying with Alon. The closest you will come to the Alon sound is with planars, and even then the sound will be quite different. Alon's have a certain soundstaging and imaging that is quite unlike anything else out there, again, p... | |
| Kimber Cable Monocle XL Speaker Wire? Sirlee, I compared bifocals to Cardas Golden Cross, Golden Ref., Nirvana, MIT, Goertz MI-2, Alon Black Orpheus, Synergistic Resolution Ref and Designer Ref. , Ridgestreet Poiema. I prefer the Synergistics. | |
| ... Newbie looking for sonic heaven with SETs... There are some high current SET amps such a my Art Audio Carissa Signature (845's) that will handle speakers with 87-88db, perhaps even lower sensitivity, this may open you up to more speakers. However, in saying this it is still important to look... | |
| Kimber Cable Monocle XL Speaker Wire? I formerly used the Bifocal XL's to good effect. However, after comparing them to others I found them to be rather warm and dark, nice detail, definitely not tonally neutral. | |
| tube amps with El 34s your favorites ?? Conrad Johnson MV-55, this is one musical amp, wonderful midrange. I simply can't bring myself to sell it, so it continues to wander between the main system and bedroom systems. | |
| Entry level phono stage The Bellari is quite nice at that price, really not bad even compared to the Project Tube Box which is I believe is around $500. The Bellari has the same nice rich sound, just a bit less resolution. Tube rolling may help even further, also it does... | |
| Good power cord vs Killer power cord? Its hard to say, either place you put it will be the weak link. My experience has been that power cords on power conditioners and digital make the greatest difference, I can't tell you which one is greater. I don't agree that the power cord coming... | |
| Anybody using Bybee DIY Quantum Purifiers? I've used them on the IEC inputs in former monoblock amps. I thought the highs were a bit smoother and background a bit blacker allowing more detail to come through. I think a good power conditioner or power cord makes more difference. | |
| Eliminating RFI You may want to try some Stillpoints ERS cloth, just a little should do the job. | |
| Is Audioquest Emerald still a good cable? I still have my Emeralds from many years back, recently tried them in a new analog setup. Compared back to back with Ridge Street Audio Poiema's, no contest, Poiema's win hands down. Cables make a difference! Believe me, I have about 10 different ... | |
| Stillpoint ERS Paper Question I'm with Tbg, I've tried very small amounts in many locations and it always killed dynamics and high frequencies. Perhaps tiny punch sizes are a possibility. | |
| The long / Narrow room - system configuration I have a very similar room size to you and I've been back and forth on long wall/short wall placement for years. After all the experimentation I've determined short wall placement is best. There are two problems I have with long wall placement, th... | |
| ONIX EXTENDED RESPONSE TWEETERS I've tried them for a bit on my Alon speakers, definitely increased ambience and air on top but there was a whitish coloration. This may be a burn in issue as I only have about 50 hours total on them. Burning them in on a bedroom system for now, w... | |
| Stillpoint ERS Paper Question There should be some previous threads on this. Anyway, I've found just a little goes a long way. Use one sheet over top of my outboard crossovers and a small amount over my transport transformer. I didn't like it on preamp, amp and DAC transformer... | |
| Marantz SA 8260 Disc Error Milpai, sorry about the late reply. Yes, I had to send it back to the Chicago repair center, working fine now. |