spearl8
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| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR Actually according to my dealer all Audioquest cables are made in China except he wasn’t sure about the very highest model. | |
| Are Cardas Parsec cables Overkill for Zen Stream? There is no such thing as overkill. I have a Cardas clear beyond XL on my zen stream lol. Using the ipower elite. | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR I have Cardas clear beyond interconnects in my system with C53 and 611’s and love them. Audioquest are made in China so that’s a deal breaker for me. | |
| Shunyata Delta or Alpha V2 NR vs. AQ Hurricane HC I’ve tried a lot of the new Shunyata cables in my system. I think they make for great medical equipment cables but they just aren’t as enjoyable/ musical as Cardas or transparent in my system. I would never consider Audioquest cables. They are all... | |
| Best amp for Salon 2 McIntosh MC611 for me . Krell is also a good match. | |
| Thoughts on Shunyata and Transparent? I have found the Sigma v2 interconnects to be absolutely stunning. I have never heard an audio product to have such a lack of sound to it. Interestingly, I love the shunyata interconnects in my system more than their power cords. | |
| Built-in vs. Standalone DACs I have found that separates are better. I have a combined HT and 2 channel system. I’m using my Anthem AVM70 as my preamp. I have an ifi Zen stream. I was using it via transparent coax cable to the avm70 dac. It sounds very nice. I just got the if... | |
| Shunyata PC Shootout Less noise. More open, more musical, more dynamic. Pretty much better in every way. On most songs I couldn’t even tell the difference between delta and alpha. On some songs alpha was maybe more dynamic but the tiny difference made me discouraged b... | |
| Revel Salon 2 speakers I agree the Salon 2’s are still an amazing speaker even after all these years. I love mine every day. I like Wilson as well but it took them over a decade to compete with the Salon 2 at a similar price point. I heard the Salon 2 vs the Sabrina X a... | |
| Shunyata PC Shootout I’ve extensively compared delta and alpha v2 power. In my system it was hard to tell a difference sometimes. Cardas clear beyond xl was better than both. | |
| Revel Salon 2 vs Vandersteen 5a Carbon James633 above summarized it well. I have salon 2’s with McIntosh mc611. They are an excellent pairing. The Salon 2’s really are quite extraordinary especially considering their age. I directly compared to the Wilson Sabrina X and found the Revel ... | |
| McIntosh Labs delivery issues I recently got the McIntosh MC611’s paired with Revel Salon 2’s. I was initially planning on getting the mc462. At my dealer I did direct A/B comparisons of the mc462 with Parasound jc5 on Salon 2’s. The McIntosh I preferred because of a more natu... | |
| Thoughts on Shunyata and Transparent? I have several Shunyata V2 Delta powercords in my system. I compared to alpha v2 extensively and heard almost no difference. When I tried Transparent XL powercords I was blown away. Literally doesn’t even compare to Shunyata. IMO Shunyata is overr... | |
| Comparison of Cardas Clear & Beyond Speaker Cable to Shunyata Sigma or Alpha Cable I own several Shunyata delta v2 NR and I compared against Cardas clear beyond xl. The Cardas was more musical, more pleasant, and had less noise. I heard the differences immediately. Separately I demoed the alpha v2 NR. I had to do multiple A/B co... | |
| Transparent plus speaker cables My system has Transparent Super G6 cables. Each Level up approximately doubles in price but the nice thing about Transparent is their excellent trade up program. The Super speaker cables are a nice solid weight and thickness without a large networ... |