subaruguru
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| Time to replace speakers, suggestions wanted Socrates, it's quite UNlikely that a replacement driver will match sufficiently in sensitivity to provide excellent imaging. Dynaudio et al sell their mid-spec runs to OE manufacturers and sell the production "tails" to hobbyists, etc. I guess you... | |
| Shhhhhh Don't tell my wife. Looking at B&W 802Ns Ha! My wife took a quick look at the LITERATURE, nevermind the real thing, and yelped! She barely tolerated my plopping down the 803, but they didn't cohere in my similar-sized room. And there's the rub: the Nautilus need a good 12-15' of lstening... | |
| Pass Labs Aleph Amps With Dynaudio Speakers? Ah yes...confusing it with their stereo unit. Hard to believe the 200w/ch doesn't drive the Contours, eh?Maybe there's something stingy in the pre's power supply or room acoustics? | |
| What will 6 feet do, now? Warren, I got your email before seeing this post, and have already answered you in length. To repeat, the LAT appears very similar to the Belden 83802, except for the annealed silver layer. This should provide a lucid top, which the Belden has in ... | |
| What is Redbook? No, but if it's truly in water you're in trouble!Try to focus on the major improvement that speakers matched to your room will make before you start CDP wars. Have fun. | |
| $500-600 Used Tuner I love my MD100 too, but my old NAD 7400 receiver's tuner ($)section (4300?) is a beauty. Chase an old 7100 or 7400 just for this tuner. You'll be surprised! Selectable IF, cancellable noise-filtering, lots of presets, and a big weighted tuning di... | |
| After Market Power Cables - Gold or Snake Oil? Nothing WRONG with that, but clean copper in pure Teflon WILL almost always sounds better, and it's quite cheap. Maybe someday you'll open your mind to it. Happy holidays. | |
| Does anyone know of a non-digital sounding cd? There are lots of fine-sounding CDs out there now. However, I'm not a fan of Paul Spey's PZM-miced Mapleshades because of their phaseyness due to the PZMs. Reference Recordings are a lot more natural. | |
| neutrality vs. realism Where'd everybody go? | |
| Power cord recommendation for Transcendent T8 OTL Why not make your own from the esteemed 2x12AWG in all-Teflon Belden 83802? I assemble kits including both connectors, an outer jacket, and full NO-SOLDER instructions to make one of these in 1/2 hour. Only $33 and you'll have a GREAT PC that will... | |
| What will 6 feet do, now? Warren,Might I suggest you try a DIY Belden 83802 PC? I assemble such a KIT with fine connectors, outer sheath and easy instructions (NO SOLDERING!) for only $33 and $7 sh. for a five footer. This great 2x12AWG in pure Teflon, fully-shielded makes... | |
| After Market Power Cables - Gold or Snake Oil? Elmuncy, SOME manufacturers go to the trouble of buying nice 2x14AWG Chinese or domestic 5' cables for about $8. Yet the rubber or PVC-insulated wires in these costs about six cents per foot! Said manufacturers need to multiply their raw goods cos... | |
| What speakers for $5K Used? Revel F30 if a nearfield setup. Piegas or Nautilus 803 if farfield. Thiel 2.3 or even 1.6 if you don't need the dynamics. | |
| Pass Labs Aleph Amps With Dynaudio Speakers? I use Aleph 2 monos (same as 1.2 stereo?) with Parsifal Encores, which use a Dynaudio-sourced 4 ohm 8" woofer.They needed the Aleph 2's 160w/4ohms to get really dynamic below 50 Hz. Could be that the 3.3 is even a tougher load? In which case you'l... | |
| DIY cable information wanted Simplest path to GREAT cables for cheap is to buy Canare S11 for under $1/ft from Markertek, etc. This superior Pro Quad Cable is indeed a Pro favorite, and is overwrapped and resold for $$$ by several snake-oil companies!I use it in my HT, and in... |