tok20000
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| Nordost Valhalla vs. Acoustic Zen Sorry but these cables are light years apart... as is their price differential.I am curious about what you have in your system that made the AZ Silver Reference sound better than the Nordost Quattro Fil. In my system the Nordost sounds much more n... | |
| Morisson ELAD just net-hyped? Interesting questions and points...I have owned a Morrison ELAD for over 2 years.If you can find one for $400, BUT IT! That is a steal.It is very difficult to find preamplification that is more neutral for less than (retail) $1500 or even $2500. W... | |
| It's October I want to hear horror stories about equipment. I once bought a $5000 amplifier [the brand will remain nameless] that blew up (smoked) when I turned it on the first time. Luckily the warranty covered the repairs.I also had an amp that (when I first hooked it up) osilated, and it ended up blowin... | |
| Does anyone know of anyone/place that can reterminate cables Nordost indicated to me that they are the only ones who can terminate their cable and have the final cables be up Nordost specifications.Anyway, I would not consider splicing a cable less than 1M. Cables less than 1M are very difficult to sell if ... | |
| Very good Balanced XLR cable, suggestions? Nordost Quattro Fil XLR will make the Acoustic Zen innerconnect sound colored. The Quattro Fil is the best IC I have ever heard.Peace.Keith | |
| DACs with volume controls The Camelot Uther v2 m3 is a great DAC and used it is in your price range. The only problem is it is hard to find used. To get better than the Uther, you need to move into d/c/s gear for DAC/preamplifiers (around $10k).Peace.Keith | |
| Does anyone know of anyone/place that can reterminate cables I have inquired about this with Nordost.They told me it would cost $100 PER SINGLE TERMINATION (this was dor XLR input though).They also said that they were the only one who could do it to their standards.Peace.Keith | |
| Can someone explain db sensitivity? These responses have helped me out in my quest to understand db and speakers.Thanks,Keith | |
| Should I buy the Sim Audio Attraction 7? If money is no object, this Sim Audio processor may be the way to go.If you want to get 2 channel sound very close to it for a lot less money, I would go with the Bryston Surround Sound Processor.Both the Bryston and Sim Audio surround sound proce... | |
| Why aren't these on the "recommended list?" I must admit that the few reviews in Stereophile have bothered me for a while. However, I want to play devil's advocate.A Defense of StereophileA line must be drawn by anyone doing the reviewing of almost anything. Magazines (that review products)... | |
| Cabling throughout system Brands of cable I would consider that I have experience with:Cardas, Acoustic Zen, NordostInnerconnectCardas - Try the Neutral ReferenceAcoustic Zen - Try the Matrix ReferenceNordost - Try the Red Dawn I or IIAll of these innerconnects run about $... | |
| How could surround sound be used in an audiophile system? Problem 1Most audiophile music is recorded in 2 channel and was not recorded to be played back in surround.Problem 2Even if multi-channel audio evolves (i.e. multi channel SACD or DVD-A) folks are still going to need to run obscene amounts of spea... | |
| Maggies + Rogue: Cable ideas? I do not think you can go wrone with Acoustic Zen Satori speaker cable. I use it with Maggie 3.6's and it works very well. You may want to use SS with those Maggeies one day (I recommend high powered SS amps with all Maggies); however, the 1.6's a... | |
| Best Used tube Preamp 1700-- 2500: advice needed Try Sonic Frontiers SF2 or SF2SE or SF3 or SF3SE. All but maybe the SF3SE can be found used in that price range. I have the SF3SE and it is amazing. See mys system listed in the virtual systems here at Audiogn. Peace. Keith | |
| Best PreAmp with HT pass-thru? Sonic Frontiers SF3SE & SF2SE preamps have HT pass throughs. Used you can find a 2SE in your range.Peace. Keith |