twoleftears
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| Considering A Hegel Amp. Need Experiences and Observations Hegel=made in China. Rumor has it that some at least based on similar models with Chinese brand names emerging from same factory at significantly lower prices. | |
| BE VERY CAREFUL OF YOUR DEALINGS ON AUDIO-ASYLUM let's wait and see how they're pack and what state they're in when they arrive...….. | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Auditory memory of sounds we're exposed too frequently over a long period of time is good: e.g. a parent's voice.Auditory memory of a sound experienced once over a fairly short period of time, e.g. an auditioning of a new audio component, is very ... | |
| Better SACD player than Oppo 205 AFAIK, this is your one option.https://www.amazon.com/DENON-Player-DCD-1600NE-Premium-Silver/dp/B01MA4SWDD | |
| Transaction When you buy used and "as is", you're taking on the risk of it breaking on day 2, and setting off that risk against the significant reduction of cost vs. a new unit with a long warranty (e.g. Bryston). At that point, it's the luck of the draw. S... | |
| What to do...What to do? Honestly, if the speakers are scoring exactly equally with you, then obviously go for the less expensive ones.But I can't believe that's what happening. I suspect you have a mild preference for the Gamuts, but are finding it hard to justify on th... | |
| It is hard enough buying new speakers, let alone older speakers to use as an upgrade @cd318 I strongly recommend a visit to Midland Audio X-change, in the fairly quaint village of Belbroughton, a little southwest of Birmingham. Fine listening space, and loads of hi-end speakers. You could easily spend the day. | |
| Bi-Wire Advice for ProAc Response D2 Some makes/models just use the same number of wires/strands inside the cable, and wire them differently. So with those, on the bi-wire model, half the number of strands is being used to transmit treble and half for the bass. I don't know whether... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Yes, one final recommendation was going to be take plenty of detailed notes of your listening impressions. The sequential experience inevitably puts the ones you hear first at a disadvantage. After 6-8 auditions, what you heard with #1 will star... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? This thread has veered so far off course that I'm sure it will be impossible to bring it back, but consider this.Burn-in on wires is, by definition, a process that takes place over time, quite a long time (even with cable cookers and the like).Sub... | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need If you braid 12 x Duelund 12-gauge wires together, you get an effective gauge of 1 awg.I may hire a specialized hair stylist to do the job. | |
| Another New Member Looking for Advice (preamp and speaker setup) Rotel and B&W share the same distributor, and dealers have been known to, errr, enthusiastically promote their synergy. Your proposed plan of action will have good results; you can probably do at least a little better, depending on how much t... | |
| Upgraditis? Again, I submit that scratching the itch does not soothe it but rather only serves to exacerbate it. After recently buying yet another Mahler 4 (Ivan Fischer this time) I found myself seriously contemplating rounding out the already substantial c... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers @skyscraper I've never been to Audio Art, but I exchanged emails a while back. He runs his operation out of his house, and I got the impression that, obviously, he could only stock a fairly limited number of items.Audio Exchange is the one real s... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers @skyscraper, if you're going to do Gifted Listener, Deja Vu, Evolution Audio and Command Performance, you'll definitely need to overnight somewhere in the area. With those four, you get Vienna Acoustics, Vandersteen, Magnepan, Linn, Audio Note, H... |