whart
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| Quad ESL 57 - Which to buy Buy both pairs. Stack 'em. Bliss!:)(I still have my old pair, in desperate need of restoration, as well as a later Crosby 63. I find the original to be unmatched in coherence). | |
| Speaker cables: $3000 or $380. What do you get?? Here's my experience, without singling out preferred brands for you to try:years ago (I mean, like around 1987 or 1988), I sat in my listening room all weekend with a pile of speaker cable and my pair of old Quads, hooked up to a good small ARC tu... | |
| fair price for Avant Garde Duo 2.2 Sounds like you are committed to selling so I won't try to talk you down from the cliff, but I am curious (since I own a pair of Duos of slightly later vintage and after a lot of fiddling with placement, settings and associated equipment, really l... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Yes, thank you Jea. I did look at the code before I talked with the inspector; I will make sure I dot the 'i's'; the building will not be used as a habitable structure, but for business office/listening room. That said, I will be working with appr... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I used a Steelhead for a long while, and agree with Lacee that it sounds better from the fixed outputs. Am presently using the Allnic H3000 with very musical results. For years, during the late 80's and into the 90's, I hung on to my ARC SP-10 mki... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Ptss- Based on an initial phone discussion with the inspector there, using the big Equi=Tech wall cabinet should not pose a problem, particularly if I am setting it up in an outbuilding separate from the residence. (It also doesn't seem to be a bi... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Mental, perhaps i have used the wrong electricians in the past, but none seemed to understand looking for the quieter leg, any notion of keeping the polarity consistent, the use of additional grounding, potential grounding differences among differ... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Willie- thanks for your clarification. I will know more once I dig into the E=T set up. It is easy enough to have the cables reworked by the manufacturer if needed. I also don't know how this corresponds with US electrical 'code' requirements, whi... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Willie- I haven't really fooled around with the interconnect pin configuration or wiring- I run XLR from phono stage to line stage, and xlr from line stage into Lamm ML2 amps, but the latter is not a true balanced input. I have floated grounds on ... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Willie- as i recall, all same phase, and the quietest leg. I actually received a fair amount of good input from this forum when I was doing the lines. I am in the process of relocating, and have the big Equi=Tech wall cabinet which I hope to insta... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? I was able to eliminate power conditioners from my system after having dedicated lines installed, but the latter will not guarantee elimination of noise from the power line, or interference from appliances or lighting on other lines. But, it is th... | |
| Allnic family I'll add my vote to the David Beetles fan club. He helped me sort through some tube noise/replacement issues in my Allnic phono stage and was refreshingly direct in his communications, prompt in his responses, and followed through on his commitmen... | |
| Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000 I was very tempted to buy the Coincident when I was looking for a new line stage, but the killer was not being able to audition it in my system. (I appreciate that it is a bargain at the price and I probably could have re-sold it easily). Part of ... | |
| Remastered White Album on vinyl I came out where you did, PhillyB, bought the blue box (found a minty one from the first series) and stopped searching for early UK pressings. The new box release did stimulate me to go find a good blue box and be done with it. | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- you rule out certain homes, while house-hunting, purely on the basis that they can't accommodate the needs of your system. (Non-Fiction). |