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| Power cable Advice... "$1500 per cable gets you midfi cables. You a are better off putting that money into a 4500 pair of speaker cables." The above is just the sort of statement that gives audiophiles a bad reputation | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear OP is asking us for opinions about a brand, not a product. This is a marketing issue, not an audio issue. Yes, he asks about "sound quality", but from my experience, every component, McIntosh included, sounds different from other products of the s... | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? labpro is correct that sidewall reflections affect image depth...all other things being equal, by moving speakers closer together you can increase soundstage depth but at some point it's at the expense of sounstage width. It's an iterative process... | |
| New Speaker advice Agree with those advising home audition. You never know how a speaker will drive (or fail to drive) your room until you try it; and what sounded good at your dealer's room may not work at all in your real life living space. | |
| Turntables I had one and thought it was great and the best TT at the price. The only problems I had with it were (1) as mijostyn points out, it was susceptible to footfalls in my vintage home with springy floors, and (2) the dust cover was rather flimsy. I s... | |
| Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet As a Stereophile subscriber, I am glad to hear this. The magazine needs to feature younger reviewers with fresher perspectives and better ears. I myself am close to the age of MF and strongly suspect his hearing has diminished significantly over t... | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? To me, a great system is one that makes most recordings sound good and good recordings sound great. Too many audiophile systems sound good only when playing audiophile records. If you have a system like that, there's something wrong. | |
| I'm trusting FedEx/ UPS less by the day 68pete is right. Items must be packed to withstand a fall from a second story. I learned this one day when I watched UPS trying to deliver a 40 year old Gibson guitar. The box had a big hole and the headstock was hanging out by the strings and foa... | |
| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers The speaker-room interface is the single most important factor in putting together an audio system. Once you find the speakers that drive your room, you then find an amp to drive the speakers, and work back from there. Don't ask other audiophiles ... | |
| Kevin's Tannoy priced as a Single speaker?? I, for one, would like to have a second all-mono system with just one speaker...just sayin... | |
| Looking for a tube Preamp new or used for under $2000... I agree with speakermaster. Tube preamps are often designed for tube power amps with input impedances of 100K or higher. Your Parasound amp has a a 33K input impedance (or 66K balanced). | |
| Any Linn LP12 owners in So Cal get the Karousel bearing upgrade? I upgraded to the Karousel bearing and the Kore subchassis and highly recommend the combination. Unfortunately, I did both at the same time so can't comment on the relative merits of each, but the combination gave me a turntable that resolves much... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. Single most important factor is your room. It's not just speaker placement or room treatments, some speakers will never work well in your room no matter where you put them or how many magic panels you put up. You have to find a speaker that works ... | |
| Speakers good for close to wall placement Among current makers, look at Larsen (all models) and Klipsch (certain models). Vintage speakers that were designed to go against the wall include Sonab-Carlsson, Allison, and certain models by Snell, and Linn (the Kan, I believe). I have not hea... | |
| Looking for a good system for my apartment. Any advise? The most important factor is your room/speaker interface. Get a pair of speakers that drive your room and fit in the space you have. Borrow or beg anything that might work. Try everything. Don't overlook used or vintage or unusual, like small Magg... |