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| Please help with system synergy and imaging I think there are too many electronics in the signal chain, including the cables, which have all kinds of things going on in them (inductors, etc). Do you have any other cables around? Also try running the CD player into the amp directly (use a re... | |
| I need your expert advise I think Natalie's advice is good, if by "good source" s/he means good recordings. Good recordings sound good even on cheap CD players these days, expensive CD players never make bad recordings sound good and will barely scrape anything new out of ... | |
| music, colors and psychic abilities Just tried it, the fact was, I preferred the 'natural' colors basically and didn't really go for the artificial colors until the natural ones were taken. I can see how they interpreted that in the profile.I was taken with the written profile, but ... | |
| I need your expert advise Why are you sure you are missing something by using the Monster? Have you tried other cables and found the Monster wanting? The reason I ask is that one can have a vague feeling that something is wrong ONLY because a component doesn't cost all tha... | |
| Where do I find USED Manley products online. www.gttaudio.compill parish carries manley, might have something. | |
| Adcom - A Good Value?? Auctions risky?? Look, in a way you can't have it all. 200 watts, good to 4 ohms, under $800, warranty.....(however you did not mention your other equipment, sound preferences, etc).if you're buying used, there's nothing wrong with Adcom in general. obviously a ba... | |
| What amp/pre-amp for my Klipschorns? try out decware's 8 watt integrated amplifierwww.decware.comthis amp has a very pure signal path and just tells you what's on the recording. 30 day guarantee. it'll take a few weeeks to build and ship.tom | |
| Musical Fidelity A300 or VTL IT 85 for Mag 1.6QR 85 watts is plenty, unless you have a huge room or something, also you could always add another VTL to biamp later. keep in mind that 85 tube watts may sound subjectively louder than the same rating from a ss amp.i would think both would be very g... | |
| Isolation Sand Boxes it sounds quieter because you're so chuffed with yourself for building them, that the sound just had to be better!on a more serious note, maybe your cd player sounds quieter because you blew out your hearing using the power saw cutting all that md... | |
| Best 1,000 complete system for girlfriend ideas how about the NAD all in one CD tuner amp, with a pair of paradigm atoms?the crestas are good too. she'll thank you, you da man!tomwww.qaudio.com has good used and reconditioned stuff at good prices (cambridge, ma but also sell over the net) | |
| Need help with analog system choices Taz,There's definitely no need to get neurotic. You can drop $1k or so on a Rega P3 and a decent Rega cartridge and will get a vast amoung of satisfaction with this setup with no trouble whatsoever, then later, you can worry about changing cartrid... | |
| Another 'hum' thread... i don't suppose plugging in the preamp will ground it and rid the hum...? | |
| Power cords Power cords act as antenna to RFI and EMI. The ones that are specifically designed to reduce those influences, through cable geometry and shielding, can improve the sound over cords that don't pay attention to it. That's why the 'last six feet' of... | |
| Help with new speakers Check out the Morel line. They have no dealers outside of Boston, MA (actually Allston) but their speakers sound great and they're reasonably priced. I owned Renaissance Prelude and the midrange was dead-on, good bass performance as well. Morel dr... | |
| Triangle Celius vs PSB Goldi, ParadmRf100 w/Arcam If you like the B&Ws you will also like their newer line, for example, CDM9NT, a lot of the nautilus technology for less and more bass performance than the N805s (more drivers). They are excellent speakers, at about $2k. |