zd542
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| Buying equipment By the looks of it, you may have missed my first post. There's an excellent dealer in Ft. Collins called Audio Alternative. I'm not sure how far away you, but its definitely worth the drive. I've done business with him in the past, and he's really... | |
| esoteric products "The 1.9% mentioned was IN COMPARISON to they're most recent group of acquired brands as a percentage of return...NOT a good number!Azjake"Again, I say not necessarily. Percentage of return is one thing, profit is something else entirely. Esoteric... | |
| Has anyone noticed... "03-13-15: Wolf_garciaThere were Martin Logans on "Friends" also."Correct. I don't know how the OP missed that one. | |
| Counterfeit Audioquest Cables "You would think a company of that size would have serialized cables, especially at the higher end, but then that might help the second hand market, which is not in AQ's interest."Its just the opposite. Having a good used market has a huge effect ... | |
| Counterfeit Audioquest Cables "The sum total of that marketing strategy is intended to bewilder the consumer, such that they only thing left to do is assume that their cable which they charge X for is better than a competing cable which is lesser in price. Cable companies are ... | |
| Electrical Ground to Water Pipe, No Earth Ground "The electrician told me that the system is electrically safe with a ground only to the water pipe, but if a car were to hit a nearby utility pole we could end up without electricity to our home. He said that if we had an earth ground, if a car we... | |
| esoteric products "With a consolidation of Onkyo, among others, they have been quoted as saying that Esoteric accounted for only 1.9% of the audio division of TEAC!!"Actually, that's a lot. | |
| Room treatment "Acording to my research, 50% of SQ is the room, costs of $4000-$5000 are common"There's no way something like that is accurate. Each system is different, as well as each listener, and each room. Better off to focus on your system's needs and do w... | |
| Cullen Crossover Power Cables I would just use The Cable Company. They'll send you some demo cables to try first to see if you like them. I wouldn't rely on any comments or reviews in that the same cable can sound very different from one system to the next. | |
| Has anyone noticed... The Aerius. | |
| Turntable sibilance "Crown Studio Reference 1"I don't know for sure, but your amp may have something to do with your problem. Using pro gear is a mixed bag. You're passive line stage is a really smart move in that it allows you to get around using an inexpensive acti... | |
| XLR Interconnect as digital cable Sometimes you just get lucky and something works better than expected. | |
| Dunlavy SC IV extra tweeter felt? "03-12-15: RleffZd542 if that is the case then my scIII's had the felt only surrounding the driver and not actually attached to any part of it."My comments were just to try and make sense of the OP's speakers. I thought that since Dunlavy was no l... | |
| What makes a better phono cable ? "03-12-15: FranklapdogJmcgrogan2Your comment is so true but somewhere in my past travels,I heard that solid core silver with low capacitance makes for a better phono cable because of the very low signal transfer.Is this not correct?"Not necessaril... | |
| Dual Headed USB hookup? "What I want to know is do I have to put both the data line and the power line of the Gemini cable into the iUSB power supply"This is the first time I've seen anything like this. By the looks of it, yes. But upon looking for some info on this thin... |