stvgray
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| Audience vs Audioquest Okay, it posted, so now I'll rewrite the text I lost the first time: I have lots of experience with Audience cords and cables, rising from the SE's through SX's to a full loom of Front Rows over several years. Every change brought significant imp... | |
| Audience vs Audioquest This is a test, trying to reproduce blocking of a post I tried to submit a couple of hours ago. That post included this link, which although dated, reviews 27 power cords, including Audience and Audioquest. https://audiobacon.net/2019/08/17/27-a... | |
| High quality recordings any genre My test tracks. Interesting music, fantastic sound. | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Best I've owned: Snake River Audio Signature cables. They beat and displaced Audience Front Row cables, which beat Audience SX cables, which beat Nola Blue Thunder cables, which beat Kimber 8PR. | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align The Bros. Landreth, How Deep Is Your Love, from the Paul Yee-mixed album Undercover Bros. One of my favorite tracks and a great demo and test track. Available on Tidal - the one with the blue cover. Amber Rubarth, Losing My Religion, from the al... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? I recently switched from Audience Front Row XLR cables (between my Audio Research CD9 DAC and my Hegel H390 integrated amp) to Snake River Audio XLR cables. The SR's are cheaper than the Front Rows, but there was a nice gain in sonics - more dimen... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? I heartily second ghdprentice's recommendation of the Audio Research CD9 SE. I've owned mine for several years, and have not heard any digital source in my system that equals its liquidity and the dimensionality of recorded space and images. I bou... | |
| What is your favorite cover? Been bingeing on this album off and on for several months -- all fantastic covers of excellent songs, very fine sound. Can't stop playing it. The Bros. Landreth -- Undercover Bros. (Paul Yee Remix) | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 Easy -- PS Audio Stellar phono pre. Okay, it's $2,499, so it's a little above your ceiling. But this is the one Michael Fremer of Stereophile said should be considered by anyone planning to buy a phono pre AT ANY PRICE. And that's a guy who norma... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards 1973, just graduated from college.Almost bought Large Advents or EPI's at Tech HiFi (Ann Arbor), but then asked to hear the Walsh Ohm F's. Was blown away, couldn't not spend the money.Ohm F'sHeath AR-1500 receiverAR XA turntable with Shure V15 Typ... | |
| What Integrated Amp do You use Have been using a VAC Sigma 160i SE for several years, driving Nola KO speakers. It's a fabulous combination, delivering the most dimensional, open sound I've ever had, with the speakers simply GONE.Just bought a used Hegel H190 to use in a new sy... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range Strong recommendation here for the VAC Sigma 160i, or better still, the SE version. Available used in your price range, depending on options.With speakers as sensitive as yours, the 85 watts per channel would be very generous.This is a MAGNIFICENT... | |
| A deeper more holographic soundstage. A lot of good responses already, and many not so good.In my 45 years as an active audio enthusiast, the biggest single improvement I ever got in soundstage openness, depth and clarity came from having an electrician install two direct runs from ou... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? This is really easy. I got a bigger improvement by paying an electrician to run a direct line from the breaker box to my listening room (including installing premium PS Audio outlets) than from any other change I've ever made in 40 years of high-e... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? My standard practice for years has been to shop for Class A-rated components (Stereophile) of five to 10 years prior. Can get them for great prices, enjoy what was recently state of the art sound for a whole lot less money.I've bought Audio Resear... |