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Your favourite Rush albums?
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Is Pre-Amp needed
The timing of the discussion couldn't be better for me ,I've been using a Goldpoint passive preamp for years , 2 inputs one for my Carver SD/A 490t CD player and one for my phono preamp .The CD player sounds FANTASTIC with the passive pa , it was ... 
Help with speaker cable recommendations please
Blue Jean Cables sound great  ,I was using them before I moved to Cardas .You made a great choice that is very cost efficient . 
Help with speaker cable recommendations please
2 suggestions ,if you can shorten the cable run your choice of used cables go up ,and the cost go down .If you like the sound of the AudioQuest cables then stick with them and move up their hierarchy , larger gauge and shorter runs will increase y... 
Tube cd player
correction , my Carver uses 6dj8 tubes . 
Tube cd player
I have a Carver SD/A490t CD player , it uses two 6922 tubes on the output , sounds great with Gold Lion tubes . 
Where to go in Portland...
Echo Audio , great neighborhood , 2 blocks from Powell's books and great food carts , Voodoo donuts and Don and Louis Oysters .Fred's house of Music has a couple of listening rooms ,also great neighborhood . 
Skeptic or just plain hard headed
barnettkGreat post and reading , may I suggest the Ayre CD calledIrrational, but Efficacious ! for " burning in " .400 hours for cables ?  I do believe when burning something in that turning the power on for a few or more hours and off is just as ... 
Is it all in my head??
Happy New Year AllNormally I wouldn't knock a manufacture but since one keeps being mentioned as being good I have to disagree .Pangea did not sound good to myself or a friend ( who rebuilds guitar tube amps ) , that includes both the power cords ... 
Is it all in my head??
waltertexasIf you like the Kimber cable sound and improvement then maybe you should stay with using Kimber cables and move up to a higher grade that they make .Synergy can be an elusive find , so changing cable manufactures could prove positive or... 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
Nobody is trying to convince anybody ,a question was asked and yet people answering seem to not be able to read , just troll.It's about POWER CORDS and it is a legitimate question that I don't think that can be answered by anything other than list... 
Why Power Cables Affect Sound
I can't believe that insulting those who have heard differences between power cords orby saying that it's our imagination because we spent money therefore it must be better makes for intelligent conversation ."If you don’t think power cables matte... 
Thiel Owners
Thank You T.T.But I was doing this for shits and giggles , before the conversations turned to upgrading / rebuilding crossovers there was a lot of talk about sitting height and the value of time coherence as well as a lot of conversation about spe... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Vince Guaraldi TrioA Boy Named Charlie Brown 
Thiel Owners
Wow , I must have missed something censorship ! trolls !One of the best things about this tread is the intelligence of the conversations and advise ( not like power cords or outlet treads ).I remembered  a post about 40 pages ago where the convers...