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Responses from stringreen
| The Best Audiophile Earphones headphones and Amp Go to Headphone.com....all your answers are there. | |
| How can anyone afford this ? The best thing you can do is get a system that you're happy with now,and don't read the magazines, Audio Asylum, Audogon, etc. | |
| Adding Sub to current system Go for it...it will even improve the mids and highs as well. | |
| Amp for Thiel 3.7s One of the best amps on the market is the Ayre K1xe. They are not a current model, but are a great amp never the less....very musical...they strike a sane balance between the sounds of tubes and solid state. | |
| Cardas vs Synergistic The only way to know what a cable sounds like is to hear it in your own system. Cardas was recommended to me for My all Ayre/Vandesteen system, and it was awful. Price is NOT an indication of compatibility. | |
| So what is the best speaker you have ever owned? Vanadersteen 5A's | |
| How to remove tarnish from OLD Silver wire? I wouldn't remove the tarnish. Silver oxide won't damage the signal, but some of the chemicals you might use to clean it can. | |
| How important is the tonearm? This is a question like what's more important...the preamp or amp. In my experience I have found that given arms with the same general ranking, the cartridge makes the greater difference than does the tonearm. | |
| Benfits of upgraded connectors I wonder what Elizabeth finds so funny. It has been my experience that the connectors are a significant contributor to the sound of the cable. Again, as I have said before in other posts, you must try all cable in YOUR system to evaluate its worth... | |
| Maple platform under turntable, How thick? I am extremely happy with bearpaws at VermontAudio.com. This was a huge upgrade for my table. | |
| Tonearm cable for VPI Scout JMW9 arm I use Anti-Cables from the VPI to the preamp. They offered to make me a double shielded version because they said that the regular single shielded version might pick up some rfi. I compared the doubly shielded version to the stock version, and the... | |
| Why do subs sound bloated or slow? You shouldn't really "hear" the sub. If you do, they are too LOUD!!! | |
| new interconnects I"m using an all Ayre system with Vandersteen 5A's. I am very happy with Anti-Cables after trying lots of others. Cardas was the worst. | |
| Why the obsession with the lowest octave Its fundamental | |
| Settling on a cartridge? VPI guys-question? Benz and Dyna work very well with the VPI arm. The more you pay, the better the cartridge. If your prepre is not top tier, get more output from the cartridge. |