stanwal
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| Power cable upgrade for ARC A friend has just gone to the mid level Transparent on his Ref 5 and likes it. They are avalable in 20 amp versions. Paragon has a bunch of factory recertified ones at about half price [list $1000] and may still have some.I bought 8 of them so I l... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Musical Fidelity V-DAC is what you are looking for. Better than the ones you mention and dirt cheap on top of it. | |
| What makes a speaker too big for a given room? In general the more drivers and the farther apart the drivers are they are the further back you have to sit for them to integrate. Also speakers with a lot of bass may overwhelm a smell room. But remember, this is a matter of taste. I use to tease... | |
| How Do You Pronounce Thiel? Does the name of the color come from the duck or the name of the duck come from the color? In a related question: which came first, the duck or the egg? | |
| How Do You Pronounce Thiel? Like the duck! | |
| Newbie needs advice Post didn't work; it is a pair of Klipsch Heresie 3s NIB for $1300. Max sound level of 116 db and quite efficient. | |
| Newbie needs advice These would be fine with the Quads. http://app.audiogon.com/listings/19432 | |
| Newbie needs advice That is what I meant; I like the British monitor sound myself which is focused on voice and small groups playing mainly acoustic music so my advice on speakers would not be that good for you. You should focus on ones with a high maximum output; so... | |
| Newbie needs advice You can do better, it just takes money. Something like the current Krell 300 series integrated [ S designation I think, not the AV amp] would be a big step up and drive just about anything you would ever use. Cost would be $1600 to $2000 depending... | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? I disagree with Larryi, there has been one major advance in tube technology. Companies have figured out how to get a lot more money for them! LOL | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? I would always go used; I bought my current pre , $7000 list, as a demo for $3000 and my previous one, $5000 list, used from a recording studio which was a victim of the recession for $1900. Components are like cars, they usually lose a lot of val... | |
| Newbie needs advice The Quads are still quite decent; I would put the money into different speakers but then CVs were never my favorite speakers. I don't know anything about your turntable or mixer so can't advise on them. Sit down and listen to your system and make ... | |
| help with Thorens headshell The problem I seem to remember was the pin arrangement may have been different on the Thorens arm; something like the Grace arm using a different pin lay out on its arm cable so that no other cable will work. I believe all SME standard pin arrange... | |
| ever been duped ordering "new" CDs on Amazon? One and a half a week; I do the same. I can play the one on my regular CD player but have to get the half track dac out for the .5 one. This is dedicated to my one time neighbors kid who ask me how I was doing squirrel hunting. I told him I was av... | |
| How to identify a Celestion SL 700 SE? Or try posting on HIFIWIGWAM, a British audio forum. |