thomastrouble
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| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… Apparently it’s important to use quality speaker cables - I was a bit skeptical about this and thought it was all sales BS until I read a thread on the “cables” forum where everybody was in agreement that quality speaker cables are very important…... | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… Hi Erik, the amp I’ll just walk to turn it off, the preamp I can just reach over from the sofa or use the remote. Still ugly thick cables from the amp to the preamp is something I guess I’ll be stuck with. im completely clueless with cables - can... | |
| Cheapest but good cables…. Oh, and I’m looking for flexible cables that will lay kind of flat under a carpet. I had an old Naim preamp that could only be used with Naim cables and these were like trying to lay plastic water pipes - stiff and looping - I want to avoid that. | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… Thanks so far guys - I’ll have to check my Benchmark amp and preamp to see what kind of connections are on there as I’m sure I have some balanced cables laying around. | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. All in all I’ll be needing the system and headphones - the headphones for when I’m out and the system when I’m home. I understand these will be different experiences. Since my system isn’t properly set up yet I’m simply curious as to what to expec... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Just to add in case anybody chimes in on cans and portable amp - the most important thing for me is a wide soundstage but I sacrifice this by using closed back because of the bass - can I find both? Not sure how much an amp affects this, but I lik... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Re my headphones - too many to mention, all quality, some cheap but great for my sound preference, “good” bass. My cheap DT770s at $130 gets me 95% of the way of my favorites right now but at over $2000 with a good cable - Fostex TH 900 (for bass)... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Thanks guys, wow, a lot to read here! I thought I was done with my quest for great headphone and headphone amp combo but…. I should have mentioned my Benchmark amp and preamp will be used in a small room as I’m now in an apartment. I used to ... | |
| Difference between connecting five pin or RCA to CD player… Thanks spacialking. Maybe it’s my ears, maybe it’s my room or whatever but in the past I’ve bought expensive cables, interconnects etc and honestly I’ve not noticed a difference and I started believing this whole cable thing could be a bit of a pl... | |
| Trying to hook up Totem 1 Bookshelf’s ….. Thanks for that decooney that’s what I was expecting based on another reply here. However, my new listening room sounds horrible as it’s barely treated yet and honestly it would be impossible to hear the difference until I’ve taken care of treatin... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Agree with all that mlisstl im still in the addictive phase with headphones and I have one final pair to test out - the Audeze LCD 2 planners. After that I’m finished exploring and experimenting more. Agree on recordings, in fact on a nice syste... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Thanks guys Headphones I tried were DT770s (80 ohm) - liked them a lot for the price and bass response, DT990s, nice but I missed the bass response. Tried others but I was on a quest for “good” bass, soundstage etc etc. Had to sacrifice soundstag... | |
| Trying to hook up Totem 1 Bookshelf’s ….. Thanks for that Simao, yes the Totems do have the jumpers…..any reason for connecting to the lower set of connectors? Curious also why each speaker has two pairs of connectors. | |
| Amp vs powered speaker confusion…. Yes, I have a pair of decent but never used Totem One speakers overseas where I live these days and have settled on a Benchmark system to drive them but I’ll have to wait a month to bring the amp etc over there. I’ve just came across a pair of po... | |
| Room correction room system vs ears…. Holmz, I wish I could answer that but I’m pretty clueless - I don’t know what both concepts mean. I’m far from savvy on these things and saw a room correction ruin as something of a magic wand that “just fixed things”. Regarding using the subwoofe... |