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What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009?
In the same fashion people may wonder how I could have been so disappointed in the Bel Canto Room, I must admit that I am shocked someone could be disappointed with the "Audio Note" room. When I was in the Audio Note room I heard Holographic image... 
What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009?
Josephaud: Those happen to be the speakers I use for home theater. I have 2 systems listed if you notice and I have been using different gear for Redbook and different gear for home theater. I have been trying various speakers out for Redbook over... 
What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009?
I went on Friday and Sunday. Open-to-Close. I went to the Bel Canto room on Sunday about 1PM. I wanted to hear Bel Canto's "Class D" as Rowland did it so well in their gear.This was the super large suit at the end of the hall. All Bel Canto gear l... 
What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009?
My Favorite cost-no-object: Focal Grand Utopia/MBLMy Favorite Budget system: Focal+Micromega system at $8500Audio Note Room: Wonderfully organic! But $51,000 for those little "Harbeth looking" speakers shocked me.. oh my..The Luxman/DevilSound roo... 
Questions about RCA 5751tubes
A note to all, I sent the tubes back the very next dayand got my full refund in the mail yesterday. It allworked out in the end..Tom 
Questions about RCA 5751tubes
Mechans:I love the humility.. And I think we are all jackass'sfor being so nuts about musical reproduction. So much more in life to do and we get all crazy about audio.. 
Questions about RCA 5751tubes
Thanks so far. There were 2 more labels that fell offthe tubes which were in the tube boxes:Label 1: 1300/1350Label 2: 1640/1740Does this affect matching or it this the life left?So is "1.5/1.5" an average tube value and not all thatoutstanding? 
What's the best interconnect for my Meridian G08?
I have a G98AH which is a G08 + video.The powercord made the biggest differencein my system. It went from boring to dynamic! 
Homegrown Audio HGA
I tried there silver lace in 2000.It was horrible sounding with top Classe gear.I had to push to get the owner to take the cableback under the 30 day home trial..Analysis Plus is my favorite brand.. Very musical! 
Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance
Tvad is right on with his statements. And in my experiencereplacing the stock powercord makes a bigger differencethen interconnects or speaker cables. The trick is tofind the right one for each piece. I have a Krell anda Unico Int amp and the powe... 
Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance
You are 100% correct. Makes a lot of sense.. 
Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance
From what I have researched these powercords seem to bea very good bang-for-the-buck:1. Audience Powerchord2. Shunyata Taipan (If you can stand the putrid lavender ends)3. Acoustic Zen Tsunami4. Analysis Plus Power Oval 10I ordered a Tsunami mysel... 
Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance
bump... I use krell too.. The 400xi & DVD showcase. 
Which Power Cords: I Need Some Informed Guidance
Power cords make a HUGE difference in sound.I would never have believed it if I hadn'tjust tried them. I keep trying different power cords. I ordered an Acoustic Zen Tsunami to try out. Don't have it yetbut read it's a great powercord for the pric... 
Acoustic Zen Satori VS Analysis Plus Oval 9
My system is a Krell 400xi & Krell DVD showcase.I also have a Meridian G98AH but like the Krell DVD showcasemore so for all the detail it pulls out of a disk.. Since I haveKrell, I need some warm cables.. That's why I went for theOval 9 first ...