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| Magico A5 vs SF Amati vs Raidho D3 - Help me decide! If you love the sound of your speakers I have to agree with @deep_333 that adding a couple good subs could be the better, easiest, and most cost-effective way to go. It’s absolutely amazing what a couple good and properly dialed-in subs can do for... | |
| Aurender AP20 Impressions I’m sure this is a great sounding piece and apparently Aurender has done the market research to determine that this is a viable niche, but I’m definitely not their target market. Unless I’m extremely space constrained or just have an overwhelming... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? @immatthewj Great. When was the last time you encountered a legit potential tweak for 30 bucks? I (and maybe others here) would be interested in your impressions. Again, my experience was tighter bass and more defined imaging within the soundst... | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM @mesch If the OP can connect his AVR to an integrated’s HT bypass I think he could just run the optical cable from the TV to the AVR and not worry about having an optical connection on a DAC although he wouldn’t be able to just ditch the AVR enti... | |
| McCormack ALD-1 repair +1 @gdaddy1 SMcAudio will be straight with you. If you like the sound of your pre and send it in to be repaired you might inquire about their mods as they’re known to make big improvements. Just something to consider. | |
| Hegel H120 a good pairing with Heritage Cornwalls? So far BASS on my Cornwalls is dominant and boomy. I have treated the room and will try again How many hours do you have on the amp? Might need some more hours to settle in and I wouldn’t make any firm conclusions until 200 hours or so. Even ... | |
| Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range Verity Audio has ceased operations, that’s why the pair is priced as it is @metaldetektor I can’t find any info on this on their website or anywhere else. Where did you see it? | |
| Some Cables Thoughts On power conditioners, I’ve been intrigued by balanced power conditioners and was impressed with what I read about Core Power Technologies products prior to them being bought by Underwood Hifi. Their Equi=Core 1800 Mk3 sells for $1799 and comes wi... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? Out of curiosity and if it’s not too personal, how extreme did you go with your jumpers? @immatthewj Another great question. So, the person who recommended I try this was Chris Sommovigo (RIP) from Illuminati, Stereovox, Black Cat, etc. when I... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? this is probably a stupid question, but what is "shotgun" biwiring? @immatthewj No, that’s an excellent question. Shotgun bi-wiring refers to having two physically separated cables running for both the high and low signal legs. There are also i... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? I have identical single and shotgun bi-wire versions of the same cable and marginally prefer the shotgun bi-wire so that’s what I use. I attribute the difference to basically doubling the gauge of the cable that significantly reduces resistance. ... | |
| To Focal or not to Focal Really depends on what improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you. There are tons of speakers out there other than Focal so if you share more about what specifically you’re looking for you’ll get bette... | |
| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested My understanding is that the Venere’s were SF’s misstep into manufacturing their entry level speakers in China. I don’t know, but price point and the China issue may have had something to do with your poor experience. I believe they have taken ev... | |
| Seeking Opinions on Nordost Cables You’ve left out the most critical information — what improvements are you after and what sound characteristics are most important to you? Also, what cables are you using now and what’s the rest of the equipment in your system? Last, what’s your ... | |
| One receiver for both ht and 2 channel (diff speakers) Well, the 8805 is just an AV preamp so the best thing would be to do an in-home demo of a good dedicated stereo preamp (that preferably has an HT Bypass input) to see how it compares. There are definitely stereo pres out there that will far surpa... |