williewonka
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| Thorens TD 145 MK 1 ; How Many Tonearm Options Are There? @goofyfoot Regarding the P6...Having been down the Rega path and never really being happy (until I applied the tweaks below) I would opt for another brand like...- Clear Audio Concept - with arm $1600- Music Hall MMF 7.3 - with arm $1400-$1600- So... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! @grannyring - re: Sound quality is so very subjective and terms like closed in and dark are relative. It may be we like entirely different sound signatures. I suspect this is in part true. Yep - I believe that may be the case - different strokes... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! @grannyring - Have you tried the actual Beldon wire I used? https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/334-mil-spec-16-awg-silver-plated-copper-wire-green-cryo-trea... If you did try it - did you use it in a Helix geometry cable?I must admit I do not ... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! FYI - The signal conductors of my speaker cables is currently....https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/334-mil-spec-16-awg-silver-plated-copper-wire-green-cryo-trea...The neutral is... https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/1683-belden-9497-cryo-... | |
| Best Budget Phono Cartridge? @cheeg - in case you have not yet decided on a cartridge - here’s a vote for the Denon103 - why?Right of the bat - this is a very good cartridge, i.e. as long as it is compatible with your armNext - there are quite a few versions availableZu has a... | |
| Putting your components inbetween your speakers. @handymann - RE: I have tried many setups and have found I get the best sound with nothing in the "listening triangle." So an interpretation of that could be to have the equipment in between the speakers, but far enough back so they are not in the... | |
| dual headed usb cable @givin2u - are they worth it? - well that depends on your component that is being connected.If the component uses the USB power provided by the cable - then yes - they are worth it!Take a look athttps://www.ebay.com/itm/Power-supply-and-USB-cable-... | |
| Sound of cables breaking in? @tommylion - as others have posted what you have experienced is quite normal.I've had cables that required over 120 hours to start sounding good again and after that they got better, but sounded their best at around the 350 hour mark.It depends on... | |
| 2018 exactly what is ‘High End’ audio? @blindjim - you pose an interesting question. Is it based on Price?, Performance? Component Matching? etc...I’ve heard stories from people in the business about customers who had them install $200k+ system in a 12 x 12 room with no acoustic treatm... | |
| Tannoy Owners: Need help with Canterbury GR fine tuning. RE: my comment... Some Cardas cables have a pretty high capacitance and I know of two amps that they drove to destruction - from Ayre and Gryphon I forgot to add - the Cardas cables WILL NOT cause the same issue when used with tube amps. Regard... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! @grannyring - re: I have some coming in to test vs Neotech and bare wire. I will report back. Will be interesting. Would that be the Jumpers (which I have not tried) - or the Banana plugs - see my review here...https://forum.audiogon.com/discussio... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! @whitestix - after giving your posts more thought I think there are a couple of points that I feel I should address for other readers - so please do not think I am still trying to change your mind. RE:...I bought these connectors to pig back the w... | |
| Tannoy Owners: Need help with Canterbury GR fine tuning. @glai - BTW - Nice system - https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/775What speaker cables are you using? The reason I ask is - if they have a high capacitance they can cause oscilation in solid state amps having a high current design and the Luxman ... | |
| Tannoy Owners: Need help with Canterbury GR fine tuning. Do you have any soundstage wide issues using severe toe in? Not at all. I use the tannoys (as a stereo pair) on my A/V system and have often heard sounds from behind me - spooky.The A/V system is in our living room, which I have not applied tre... | |
| Tannoy Owners: Need help with Canterbury GR fine tuning. I know a Tannoy dealer and he recommends toe-in such that the axis of the center of the speakers crosses 8"-10" in front of the listening position.I have this setup on my AV systems and it sounds greate.g.SPK1 SPK2 \ / ... |