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| Speaker Placement - When it's perfect! Some speakers are more demanding than others.I recall setting up some Spica Angelus - they were capable of pin point localization but needed to be positioned exactly right to get that. Helps to have someone to help you - if you can just sit there... | |
| Switching from solid state to tubes I ran my home theatre for awhile with my main system tube amp (CJ Premier 11a, 70 wpc) and it runs my 4 ohm 92 dB efficient speakers with no problem, but I eventually decided that I didn't want to use up hard to replace tubes with video so added a... | |
| What 2 channel Amp would you Buy for $6k? If you can have anything, I'd definitely opt for Classe DR3 VHC. They only made around 180 of them and they're hard to find, but usually go for c. $3K unserviced and $5K serviced.They will run absolutely any speaker ever made, including 1 ohm spe... | |
| Benefits of an external DAC I have become convinced that all of the difference in sound between DACs is usually a result of differences in the analogue domain after the D/A conversion takes place.We did a comparison awhile ago in my main system, which is very good for analyt... | |
| Power Cords Power cords need to do two thing - supply enough current to th component and not pick up any noise/hash while doing that.I've always thought that the component that shows the most effect from different power cords is the power amp, and that how mu... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - what arms work? Urushi here (original Sugano Sr.) and the SME V seems made for it. | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? I don't get the concept of building 'around' a specific component..We all have some sort of starting system that usually is assembled by a combination of what we can afford at the time, what advice we get from friends and magazines and what we hap... | |
| How to start streaming If you are happy with CD resolution you might consider a Sonos system. I use a paired network hard drive to store files and can play them using my computer, iphone or iPad wirelessly to either Sonos speakers, or using a Connect unit to input the... | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? I'm around 30 years with some Vandersteen 4As (now in third system) and almost as long with a VPI TNT (now upgraded to 6 and holding). Similar history with a couple of SME V arms, a Koestu Urushi, some big Classe power amps......guess I have trou... | |
| Is this an ugly speaker? TAS cover 10/2017 Love it when they come out with something like that.Raises the WAF of my Maxx 2s about three steps! | |
| Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range? I'm running a Conrad Johnson Premier 11A and with the right tubes I am very happy with it! | |
| Best Budget RCA cables You can get good results with lower end Audioquest or with bulk Canare (e.g. Starquad) and good ends that you can make up yourself. | |
| Why do better MC cartridges cost a fortune? Miura or early Countach? Actually, earlier - Islero S, one of 100 made. Same engine as the Miura but in line rather than transverse (and in the case of the Miura with an integral gearbox housing).Synchronizing 12 Weber throats was enough to dri... | |
| Why do better MC cartridges cost a fortune? Yes - very expensive exercise to buy, audition and then sell the ones you didn't like at a discount.I tend to settle on favourites and hope never to have to replace them. I am running only two systems now and never want to replace my Koetsu Urush... | |
| Why do better MC cartridges cost a fortune? Big deal is that the increasing number of audiophiles cannot afford anything real good new and like second rate citizens have to chase things on a 'flea' market. Same in just about any consumer good in a free market economy - sellers charge w... |