soix
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| Bi-wireing speakers It can vary depending on how the speaker is designed. Seems like some manufacturers believe it provides a sonic benefit and design their speakers accordingly, while others just put high and low terminals on there because they feel they have to. ... | |
| Value of upgrading only 1 set of interconnects? If the sonic characteristics of the new cable are more to your liking you should get some noticeable improvement with one interconnect and more of the same with two. I agree to start with the source and work your way down, although it's good to t... | |
| Why do Cyrus get such praise from What HiFi??? I'd keep using the Sony and add a jitter-reduction device between the Sony and DAC. This basically makes the transport a non issue, so when the Sony eventually dies you can just buy another cheap DVD player and you're good to go. Here is the one... | |
| Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables? Question to @grannyring -- when I go to your link I only see one 12 AWG wire. Do I need to order three to cover positive, neutral, and ground? Sorry for the stupid question, but I'm actually thinking of giving this a go. Also, what's your take ... | |
| What makes for good implementation in a dac? Well, I know Ric Schultz of Electronic Visionary Systems (EVS) has never been a fan of op amps, and I have to believe he knows what he hears with them in the signal path. But I now might disagree a bit with DAC chips being less important as there ... | |
| Why do some fine solid state amplifiers like Soulution have such low input impedance? I noticed that at least some SMcAudio-revised McCormack amps have much lower input impedance compared to the stock models. I don’t know what specifically Steve does in the revisions that produces this, but given the results he clearly feels it’s a... | |
| Krell KSA100 vs Threshold 400A vs McCormack DNA 0.5 Very interesting, and congrats on your results. I applaud your persistence. As an owner of a "dead" late 80s DNA 0.5 Rev. A amp, it gives me hope. | |
| Marantz service Marantz (and Denon) are now owned by Sound United, which is, in turn, a subsidiary of DEI Holdings -- a US private equity firm. While private equity firms can do some good things in corporate America, their primary objective is to cut costs and m... | |
| Opinions on Dacs... I'd cross the Benchmark off your list as "a little warmer" is not likely in its skill set. The increasing number of NOS R2R DACs may be to your liking as they retain detail yet can also have a hint of organic warmth. The Metrum Amethyst includes... | |
| Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K Are you looking for new or used? | |
| Down to 2 speakers & I can't decide, ProAc D48R vs Spendor D9 So you've heard the ProAcs and the ATCs, and I assume/hope you listened to them with your own music. What did you think? I personally love both these speakers, but for very different reasons. If I'm looking for dynamics and the feeling of a liv... | |
| Bowers and Wilkins Htm72 My first instinct was to say wait until you can spring for the HTM71 because it's a true 3-way with the tweeter located directly above a dedicated midrange driver, which in my experience helps not only with midrange clarity and dynamics but also w... | |
| Help me choose an integrated amp to pair with Anthem MRX 520 receiver I'd put the emphasis on which integrated sounds best to you with your speakers and that it can drive them effectively (nice speaks BTW). With monitors and a good integrated you may find you don't even need bass management for 2-channel listening.... | |
| Totem Forest Signature v. Joseph Audio Profile Congrats! The further you pull them away from the back wall the better the depth of stage and overall imaging will become. | |
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