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| Whats the best used tuner for under 1000 NAD Monitor Series tuner, or tuner section of its receivers (7100, 7400 & 7600) is an outstanding choice, and cheap.The Audio refinement Complete tuner (used $400-500) is stellar too. But $1k gets you a new MD100, which I love! | |
| The obsession, the trees. The music, the forest. Yeah, maybe I should stop relevelling my CDP with each disc? | |
| Best power cable for PS Audio HCA 2 Hi Andrea! I'll make you one! I even have a couple of Italian AC plugs I bought while in Bologna last summer, so you won't need an adaptor. Let me know. | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC II CD Player Oneprof...and now a fortnight later? | |
| great little speakers Yes, the S3/5, even at 84dB/w sens will get pretty dynamic with the Rotel. For greater extension and slam you should look at the 88dB bigger (6.5", 165mm) S1/3P, or even the now-discontinued great SC3 center channel, turned sideways.It's exactly l... | |
| Canare StarQuad or Monster XP speaker cable? Sean's recs are great for in-wall use. If the cable's going to be visible the better-looking, easy to drape Canares are a better choice, and are a pro recording engineer's favorite because of ease of handling and sonic neutrality.Any of these opti... | |
| Next Biggest Improvement after Speakers ? 1 Speakers 2 Room 3 Source 4 Pre/Amp 5 Dedicated Lines 6 Cables JM(temporary)HO! | |
| great little speakers Yeah, the 3/5. See my thread re the three baby Spendor versions. The Classic 3/5a is still the best...especially for your needs. | |
| Logarithmic Frequency response graphs Duddley, what you propose is a piano keyboard-like scaling, as '61 explained. Yes, both it and a traditional decade-log scale are both easy to read, and appropriate for audio. | |
| Interconnect under $200 new or used..... Canare StarQuad microphone cable. Shockingly good. The pro recording engineers all use it. I ran 30' sections from my Earthworks omnis on my Steinway though a Grace class A pre to an Alesis, and then into my Nordost SPM'd system. The old left/righ... | |
| NOrdost with bottom end.... Nordost SPM thin and unfocused? Phew. Not in my system! I also tried "warmer" cables, realizing pretty quickly that top-rolling was their trick. With a very clean, high rez system the SPM are superb, and indeed better balanced than the edgier Red ... | |
| sleeper budget redbook players.... NAD 521BEE, $250! | |
| A shocking reminder Then don't drag your feet on the carpet! | |
| Help me plan my next upgrade Dedicated line and good cheap Power Cords (disclaimer, yada yada yada). RSVP. Ern | |
| Zaikesman's Username Pronunciation Field Guide 66...YIPPEE!Well-prepared haggis with neeps 'n tatties I found surprisingly good in Edinburgh pubs couple years back. We brought some canned versions home, but alas, there's something about eating it in the rain.... |