trelja
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| Recommendations: poor college kid; NAD? I looked at the reviews @ AudioReview.com. If there is one adjective to describe the people's feelings on NAD, it would be "glowing". I looked at many a model, and saw VERY little in the way of negativity. I saw only one person with a problem, and... | |
| Bi-amping...help appreciated You're in luck! Both of the pieces are NAD. There is extensive documentation from NAD on doing this. It is discussed in their sales literature, but not in detail. They do recommend it as the logical upgrade path. While I do have an NAD amp, I've n... | |
| Recommendations: poor college kid; NAD? I don't think you can go wrong with NAD. My first "real" high end amp was an NAD. I too, was a poor college kid at that time. I STILL have it 13 years later, in my 3rd system. The sound is very good, much closer to the real good stuff than it is t... | |
| Bi-Amping power amps Assuming your amps are the same: Bridge them to mono. Then one for left, the other for right. You'll really see an increase in power, bass, and slam. If the amps are not the same: Use the lower current or sweeter amp for the mid/treble. Use the hi... | |
| Golden Tube si50mk2/Musical Fidelity A3 They're VERY different! I assume you are in the market. If you are, the fact that you're even curious would make me tell you to go out and do some listening to find out what your tastes are. The A3 is very neutral, and the most "solid state" sound... | |
| Power cords at ridiculous prices? Carl, consider yourself lucky to have "only 12 gauge wire" in your wall. I have no idea as to the construction of your house. Standard household wiring since the '70s(which is better than it was previous to that) would be 14 ga for most applicatio... | |
| Power cords at ridiculous prices? I, too was afraid of laying down big money on a power cord. I laughed at a guy who told me he was using $3000 power cords. Then when I was in the market for a tube amp, I went to Audioreview.com. I read the reviews on one amp. It was very reasonab... | |
| Two cable questions You can buy 99.999% pure, teflon coated, 22 gauge solid core silver wire VERY cheaply(even cheaper for 50+ feet, $1.80/foot) at HomeGrown Audio. I will be using their version of Kimber KCAG interconnect. Only 2 differences: Kimber is stranded, thi... | |
| Monitor Speakers - most sensitive I can personally recommend excellent products for your applications made by two companies. The first company is Coincident Loudspeaker Technology, in Canada. Look at their Triumph model. It has the sensitivity you are looking for, but more importa... | |
| Built your own speakers ? I have. OK, my opinion(and that's all it is): Simpler is better, quality of sound goes down as the crossover order goes up. So 1st order is best, but you need drivers that can operate with first order crossovers(not all are good for this). 2nd ord... | |
| Two cable questions This is to quantify the conductivity differences of silver and copper. Silver: 62.9, Copper: 60.7, Gold, 48.8. So, silver is actually 3.62% more conductive. Source is MIT's website. | |
| Two cable questions One thing to remember regarding the silver versus copper conductivity debate. Silver oxide is conductive, copper oxide is not. Thus, as these conductors age, the disparity between them becomes greater. Silver is best(AC or DC), followed closely by... | |
| Who has built their own speaker systems I have. OK, my opinion: Simpler is better, quality of sound goes down as the crossover order goes up. So 1st order is best, but you need drivers that can operate with first order crossovers(not all are good for this). 2nd order would also be a goo... | |
| Whats a good tube preamp? I haven't heard the new, high end CJ preamps. But, in my opinion Greysquirrel hit the nail on the head. ARC for neutrality, C-J for more tube sound. Tube amp w/ML speakers? They need a lot of current(low impedence) to come alive... I'm a certified... | |
| Built your own speakers ? I have built my own speakers. Started with kits, then moved on to my own designs. There is a lot of room in the hobby for everyone, no matter what your skill level. I think it's a great thing for someone to build their own speakers. You can get gr... |