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| 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... | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC I have been comparing Alpha NR V2 to Delta NR V2 in my system. I have had the Delta in my system for about a year. The Cable Co is a really great company and their loaner program gives customers a unique opportunity to compare cables head to head.... | |
| Cardas Clear or AudioQuest Carbon USB cable I upgraded from the single cable Cardas clear to the double cable Clear High Speed. Fairly inexpensive upgrade and a big improvement. | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC I have directly compared in my system Cardas Clear Beyond XL power to Shunyata Delta v2 NR. The difference was quite surprising. I found the Cardas to be better on dac, preamp, and amp. The Cardas was much more musical and actually less noise. Eve... | |
| Ayre MX-R Twenty upgrade Thank you. Ayre's upgrade process is really fair to the customer- the difference in retail price between the old and new models. Ayre has provided excellent customer service over the years. Overall could not be happier with the upgrade and all of ... | |
| Krell or Mark Levinson with Revel Ultima2's??? Hi Kenny,I have the Sasha's and Maxx 3's at home with Evo 600's and Ayre mx-r's. The ayre are used with Sasha (because of size constraints), but I have done some in-home a/b tests and I prefer the Ayre amps. I actually agree very much with what wa... | |
| KRELL CAST MMF CABLES/CONNECTIONS I should note that I am using Nordost MMF. It is also much better than single ended Nordost red dawn. For the connection between the 707 and 600's, CAST is MUCH better than equal length balanced Audioquest Columbia. | |
| KRELL CAST MMF CABLES/CONNECTIONS I have an evo 707, 600 amps, and had a 505. Even at 1 meter between the 505 and 707, CAST is noticeably better than Cardas Golden Reference balanced. |