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| Which Magnepans 3.5 or 1.6? If your room can accomdate them I much prefer the 3.5's. | |
| buying new/used vinyl in NYC? Bleeker Bob's for rock records. Innovative Audio, Lyric HIFI and Stereo Exchange for gear. I haven't been in any of these shops in a while. Last time I was in Stereo Exchange it was painfully obvious that audio is a distant second to video these d... | |
| To Dac or not to Dac That Arcam is a pretty damn good sounding unit. You may find that it will take a pretty expensive DAC to get meaningfull improvement. Then of couse you'll need a cable. Then you might have issues with jitter and might decide uou need another devic... | |
| Oldie, but A'gon newbie, seeks your advice Northwoods_, I agree with Timrhu. I'm a bit concerned about your room with its 8' H X 16' L X 30' W dimensions. Standard Hi Def broadcasts are still a few years away. A media format war is pending with out a clear winner or convergence foreseeable... | |
| Alpha-core advise? Rabelais, thank you very much. You have confirmed what I suspected about "characterisic impedance". Knowing is so much better! With regard to "bulk discount" it actually appears to be inverted; as you go up the line you pay a HIGHER rate! Very odd... | |
| Alpha-core advise? Thanks Sean. I was hoping you might respond. The MI 2's were an improvement with the 2 different amps and 2 different speakers I tried them with. Interestingly the greatest improvement was with the smaller less expensive amp and to the smaller les... | |
| Alpha-core advise? Thank you for all the replies. I did use supplied external Zoebels when I tried these cables. Oldears, the techs (I was told they were engineers) actually did conflict. The first one said by using 2 pairs of MI 2's I would be doubling the "charact... | |
| single driver with bass...???? I can't attest to this personally, but, a respected Audiogoner (Sean) has suggested that the original Ohm's with authentic Walsh drivers might be the most sucessfull attempt to date. I suggest you check the archives for his posts on the subject. | |
| Vintage systems- anyone else? How old must an item be to be considered "vintage"? | |
| How far apart are your speakers? 3 meters. Yes. | |
| Rowland "house sound"? Since Jeff's "move" to switching amps I wonder if the "house" sounds different? | |
| The Clever Little Sharp Vibrapods are good, but, what "The Clever Little Sharp" really needs is a Siltech Ruby Mountain Signature G6 for the battery recharger. A serious power conditioner, dedicated rack, Poly Crystal cable towers, Shun Mook Diamond Resonators, Shakti EM... | |
| THE LATEST---Gold plated fuses? Sean, welcome back! | |
| Cheap DVD Player and Quality DAC Future formats may require a very different transport as they will probably use different laser technology. Very few players allow you to out-put SACD and DVD Audio uncorrupted, if at all. That said, I think its still a decent idea. Don't complete... | |
| Which Threshold s are best? The original was made in the USA. The re-issue is made in China. |