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| Need Perfect Speakers for Acoustically Hostile Placement Here’s what I did in my hostile environment (not my main system but to provide sound for a tv). In this case putting two speakers inside a Salamander cabinet with a shelf designed for a sound bar. I have a 2.1 system for television sound, driven b... | |
| Streamers - Cambridge Audio CXN (V2) or Blue Node 2i No experience with bluesound. I have the Cambridge 851n which is similar to the CXN. I listen to internet radio through the Cambridge, and I can also listen to the same internet radio through my Marantz AV8802a. The Cambridge, with its upsampl... | |
| SACD Player--Do you use it and feel you'd replace it if it broke? Had all my CDs ripped to flac (about 400 including 40 SACDs) and thought I’d no longer listen to the discs. Sold my Marantz Player. But I have a Cambridge universal disc player: DSD output to my Marantz AV 8802a that I use as preamp. I find the... | |
| best way to connect tidal HIFI to Cambridge audio azur 851n streamer I have the Cambridge 851n and there is a firmware update to stream Tidal directly. Just wanted to put that out there in case you didn’t know. | |
| Interconnect recomendations, ~$500 new or used, RCA... I’ve tried many lower end (hero, diamondback, etc) and never heard much improvement until I moved to Nordost. I’ve used Heimdall 1s and Heimdalls 2s and Frey 1s. For my money, I’ve stayed with used Frey 1s for all my ICs. Pretty much equal to Heim... | |
| This on usb cables Just yesterday I replaced the stock cable with an AQ Carbon 3 meter to connect my 10TB external hard drive to my Cambridge 851N network player. I was mainly motivated by the need for a longer cable, but I’d been surprised in the past so I thought ... | |
| Your favourite music movie? Master and Commander. One of the last CDs I bought before going all downloads and ripped files. | |
| Reasonable high end interconnects: without breaking the bank I would add three points:1. It ain’t just the cost and the sound, it’s the stiffness too. I’’m a big fan of Acoustic Zen—reasonably priced used and well made. But in my system (housed in a Salamander cabinet) they were just too stiff to make the b... | |
| What’s the best SACD you’ve ever heard? Hands down: Heifetz and Reiner, Brahms/Tchaikovsky. Living Stereo 82876-67896-2jazz—Ben Webster/“Sweets” Edison | |
| Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Diamonds and Pearls. But only if the parlor had a decent system! | |
| McIntosh MX122 or Cambridge CXN v2 for Spotify streaming I have the Cambridge 851n streaming Spotify thru a Marantz AV8802a to Brl Canto monoblocks. I can also stream directly to the Marantz. Both sound good, but the is a subtle but definite advantage to the Cambridge. Trumpets sound more real, for exam... | |
| I have three speakers avaiable to me?? I only have def tech experience but I am a big fan, especially if bass is your thing. I also suspect they are the least expensive of your choices. I sloughs ST 8040s about six or seven years ago and have since sold anthem to a friend who runs them... | |
| Nordost fans I didn’t start with Sartori —found a good deal on the Holograms and jumped in. I did try some Acoustic Zen interconnects—the matrix reference I believe—but they were so stiff they just didn’t work from a physical sense. My equipment is in a salam... | |
| Nordost fans I’m a big fan, but my ladder climbing was pretty modest: I started with Heimdall 1 interconnects (RCA) and upgraded to Frey XLRs. Both series 1. I tried a Heimdal 2 but it was so close to the Frey that I kept the Frey and sold the H 2. I noticed a... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? End of January in Pittsburgh: The Bad Plus. Great show, great seats. |