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| vibration isolation bearings Check out Promethean Springs from Machina Dynamica. They are GREAT! | |
| Good budget cables? Clear Day Speaker Cables are a must. He advertises hereMorrow makes really good ICs and power cords. He also advertises here | |
| Best 6922 tubes for Conrad-Johnson CT6 preamp I just ordered some rare cryoed Russian NOS from ATSI Tubeman | |
| What does more power do for Magnepans? Go to Audio Asylum and locate the planar speaker forum. | |
| used pre Not only is remote essential but a remote that adjusts for L/R balance and polarity control (phase). Also consider a fully balanced preamp design- they also have unbalanced I/Os, but rework your system to fully balanced components for greater magi... | |
| Room Issues I feel your pain. Getting my room to work with a minimum of treatment has been quite a challenge! Mine is 18 X 31 with open beam ceiling (12' peak), spanish tile floors, front wall 80% floor to ceiling glass, back wall is all glass. After a revolv... | |
| CD Player to replace my granite 657 I am blown away by my Raysonic 168 with cryoed NOS tubes from ASITubeman. It's less than $3K. See Underwood HiFi ad pn Agon. FYI my previous player was a Bluenote Stibbert Mk II ($5K)! | |
| Anyone know of good active crossovers? YES! Behringer CDX 3410. Google Musicians Friend <$200 | |
| Bel Canto Ref 1000s vs. BAT VK6200 If your HT is multichannel consider the Wyred 4 Sound amps which can be ordered any way you want. See Underwood HiFi ads here. Wally is very knowledgeable, and helpful | |
| PRE_AMP for ATC- actives?? Tube pres have a reputation regarding bloom which is no longer their exclusive domain. SS pres CAN provide better flexibility. For instance, at a much lower price you CAN get remote control of volume, balance, input selection AND polarity control.... | |
| Suggestion on interconnects Classical especially if large orchestra is taxing to most equipment. Cables too. PS Audio Transcendant Silver Series is warm sounding. Also Clear Day Speaker Cables- silver shotgun- will give the space and warmth | |
| Horizontal bi-amping for 3a Signatures If by horizontal bi-amping you mean one amp for the tweeters and the other amp for the mids/bass then you're good to a point. You also need an active XO to adjust for volume and maybe even cross over point. See Behringer CX3410 or more complex DCX... | |
| Which CD or SACD Player Get a Raysonic 168 (search here), add NOS cryoed tubes A(got mine from ATSI- tubeman) and forget about SACD. But if you want it get an Oppo. You can use it for videos too. | |
| New Speaker Cables Run, don't walk to Clear Day Cables. He advertises here on AGon | |
| Power Cord Upgrade for Jolida 202 It's a trail and error thing. A lot depneds on the quality of electricity and duplex you are using. FYI, I have 2 PS Audio xStream PCs for sale. They work great with amps, power conditioners, |