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| 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... | |
| Still Looking for a DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour v and ANK Audio 5.1 Thanks for the update and really glad things eventually settled in to your liking — that’s gotta be a bit of a relief! I’d be very interested to hear your impressions of the MC2 once it settles into your system (I’ve found even used cables need s... | |
| BAACH two week report Very interesting. Congrats and thanks for posting. | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM I think what blew my mind the most was the imaging (I think that and not soundstage, not really clear on the difference still) So, look at soundstage as the overall size of the sound from left to right, front to back, and height whereas imaging... | |
| Adding a sub I have an SB2000 and have followed SVS for years and I’ve never heard, nor heard of, transformer whine — ever. Only thing I’d say would be to get two SB1000 Pros or at least plan to add another one down the road because two are a substantial impr... | |
| 2 preamps connected You need to find what the unity gain setting is on the EverSolo. It’s frequently setting the volume on it to the max but you should verify. | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles Spatial Audio speakers have impressed me greatly at shows (usually paired with LTA electronics) and were fer sure my vote for best bang per buck — can’t wait to hear feedback on the new Caladans. Best sound I’ve ever heard was the Nola Grand Refe... | |
| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested You are not a true audiophile unless you are unhappy with your system or lets say, not entirely happy. @mijostyn Ha!!! Well said and funny because it’s got a lotta truth to it. God help us. |