tom2015
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| recommended speaker cables and interconnects @ghdprentice Thanks for the input. The company has been around for 30 years, but seems rarely mentioned. | |
| recommended speaker cables and interconnects Are there other Straightwire users here? I visited one of the DC area dealers that carried the brand, which I was not familiar with, and spoke highly of them. Pricing even for the highest end Crescendo seems rather reasonable vs the Transparent wh... | |
| Considering buying a used Gryphon Diablo 250 Actually $1000 to ship 2 monos to Europe and back is quite cheap looking at todays rates. Jay must have had some discount. My Esoteric player had to go to Tap in CA for repair from VA. That alone cost $600 in shipping charges. The buy American arg... | |
| Systems over $100k Close if you bought everything new and yes, there is always something better on the horizon. | |
| Where should the vocal image be? All good presentations I have heard have an image on or behind the speaker plane. With my system most recording appear 5-10ft behind the speakers to simulate depth of the soundstage. | |
| Quadratic Diffusers Music Direct. They have occasionally the 10% off accessories sale in addition. | |
| Is advice from a constant upgrader to be avoided Looking at it from a different side. Without the people that swap gear frequently you would never be able to get the common questions "how does this vs this sound" answered. Also this hobby has many facets. Some people just enjoy listening to musi... | |
| Capital Audio Fest Notes Top 3 for me.1) Anne Bisson singing live with the Acora acoustics system providing the background instruments. I ended up buying 2 signed LPs. Front row seat 6 feet away from her.2) For me the Joseph Audio pearl room with the $150k EMM electronics... | |
| Anybody own a component that sounds better with the cover off? With small kids at home I will never find out. | |
| Comparing Two Pairs of Mono's I had the Karthago and later Kismet monos. I bought the monos after I heard KEF driving their Muons at CAF with them. They are good sounding amps for the price and come with a 20 year warranty. Klaus’s systems generally sound excellent at audio sh... | |
| Best sub for music, Interesting feedback reading over this and general agreement which does not often happen here.So 2+ subs are preferred for music and essentially any high quality brand will work well.I confirm this by mixing 2 Scansonic driver based subs with a Ma... | |
| Nordost users....time to upgrade! Some products are made for marketing to catch attention. Clearly they got yours.Also there are more people than you think globally that are financially at a point where money is no longer thought of as a limited resource. Once you hit $20M whats 2... | |
| Using step up / down transformers? I am using ACUPWR step up transformers to run 230v subs /CD/DAC. Heavy duty build quality. Sounds identical to native 230v when the components were used in Europe. | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? I can’t help it, but streaming always felt like fast food to me. Easy access and convenience are nice, but skipping from song to song, playing something half with already the next song in mind takes something away from the experience. I do enjoy i... | |
| What happened here? It was connected to the amp. |