sugarbrie
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| How do you "downgrade"? All of my "downgrades" made the system sound better. I would not mind upgrading the power amp sometime. I've tried twice to upgrade my speakers with ones costing up to 133% (2.33 times) more without success. Also twice I've spent a lot more on a p... | |
| How do you "downgrade"? My biggest downgrade if you can call it that is cables. All my (new price) $1000 to 1500++ cables are gone, replaced by some costing in the $250 to $300 range new, plus some +/-$300 used cables that are 95% of the megabuck cables as far as detail,... | |
| Do cables age or become too old at any point? I completely agree with you Sean and others. It is just my opinion that the typical generic "clear" jacket cable is so poorly made, it is going bad the minute is leaves the factory. I would not recommend it brand new, so used is a non starter. On ... | |
| Help with purchase of power conditioner You should get one that has good separate digital filtering. It will make a big difference in the quality of your TV picture. At your price point, take a look at models by Audio Power, Tice, and Chang Lightspeed.Also used now on Audiogon is a Vans... | |
| How important is "brand name"? Clueless: What you are referring to, sounds like the Bose formula. | |
| Why SACD,DVD-A are already DEAD Remember back when we were still using 18 to 20bit DAC chips and HDCD came out? HDCD was suppose to be the future. Then 24bit DAC chips came out that made standard Redbook CDs sound as good, and HDCD was almost gone overnight.I suppose soon we wil... | |
| Do cables age or become too old at any point? Albert: Next time try wine, candles, and Ravel's Bolero. | |
| Speaker Cable Upgrade Path Advise, Please My favorite is the Blue Circle BC92. An 8 foot biwire pair lists brand new for just under $500. | |
| Do cables age or become too old at any point? I hope there is some assumption of quality. Just because 25 cent per foot Monster cable oxidizes in the jacket, does not mean much. I would not consider that monster stuff air tight. It is pretty easy for even a child to pull the copper wire out o... | |
| Tube or SS Preamp with electrostatics & ML amp? Look at the Blue Circle line. Blue Circle owner/creative genius Gilbert Yeung uses Martin Logans in his reference system. | |
| Similar site in Europe. You can always try eBay and limit your search to Europe. | |
| How important is "brand name"? The opposite to the conventional wisdom is also true. There are always some absolute steals in used gear, because it is an obscure brand name; or it is a discontinued line from a well known company, that is unknown to those new to the hobby.If you... | |
| Do cables age or become too old at any point? The copper inside a cable's jacket is not expose to air and therefore cannot oxidize. It should be fine for a very long time. When you buy cable it does not need a "freshness date".Only if you are using bare wire, the exposed ends as Garfish menti... | |
| I need amplification..... A used Audio Refinement Complete integrated amp made by YBA would fit in nicely for under $700. I am running in my home office, the big brother to the AR Complete, the YBA Integre DT (50 watts) to a pair of original CDM-1. 50 watts is fine, if it ... | |
| Horrific Confession And Puzzling Questions Viridian: Disco-philes are too busy dancing !!! |