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| New speaker consideration - De Capo MM To my ears, the be tweeter is way too forward, very fatiguing and bright. This may be the reason why a lot of owners use them with tubes in an attempt to tame the brightness. I much preferred the previous generation with the silk dome tweeter. ... | |
| Wholesale prices I assume you are referring to the Kef Blade which has a msrp of $32k, therefore, $14k would appear to be a good deal. The Kef Blade 2 has a retail of $24k and is a smaller version of the original Blade. | |
| Seller ants my credit card info How were you planning on paying? | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander MC, before you put the xovers into the cabinet, could you post a couple of pictures of the modified xovers on your system page? Looks to be a fun project. | |
| PASS LABS X 250.8 or VTL MB 185 SERIES II The answer will partly depend on the speakers | |
| Best 845 tube out there? LinLai are a New Company, which is reported to have a proportion of a Human Resource that were used in other more common known Valve Production Facilities.More simply put......LINLAI is a trademark belong to a NEW tube factory in China – formed by... | |
| Insuring Your Vinyl Collection and Equipment The time to ask all insurance questions is when you are purchasing coverage, not when you have a claim. Most home insurance policies will consider albums as contents but if you have some very rare out of print albums, you might have to specify th... | |
| What Makes your System Special? Fully paid for..... | |
| Packing VPI TNT 3.0 The TNT is typically shipped in three boxes. You need to break it down into plinth/footers, motor pod, platter/bearing, tonearm and pack them separately. | |
| Power cable education needed Cables are used to fine tune your system to your personal preference. The same rational as why butchers do not season the meat they sell, they leave it up to the customer. | |
| Cables, just as important as a hi end component? Cables are no different then the rest of your system. If they make an audible difference, then spend the money, if they don't, don't spend the money. Trust your own ears and experience...in the end, you are the only person that need convincing. | |
| Raidho TD4.2 I’ve never listened to the TD4.2 but I have spent time with the TD3.2, very nice and detailed speaker. If you go the Raidho route, just don’t look at the resale prices, it will make you cry. | |
| Typical lifespan for a 5 channel power amp? With multi channel HT amplifiers the technology becomes obsolete before the operational lifespan. | |
| Narrowed it down to two Monitors, Dyn Heritage Special, or Wilson Tune Tot You must do yourself a favour and listen to the Dynaudio Heritage Special. Outstanding speaker. Sorry, no experience with the Tune Dot. | |
| All things being equal (hypothetical) which do you prefer, XLR or RCA? In most posts, people are describing their preference between a dual differential balanced circuit and a single end circuit. If you compare a xlr cable with pin 1 and 3 tied together with a rca cable of the same make in a single ended circuit, the... |