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| Bookshelf speakers for Peachtree Nova125 I that price range, I really like Monitor Audio. They're just great speakers all around. If you will consider a small floor-stander, a pair of Vandersteen Model 1's would be a great choice. They give you adjustments on the back of the xover to hel... | |
| ...On to a more important "Home Theater" thread... Will your trusty meter be able to calibrate such a magnificent piece of work, or will you have to get a better one? | |
| Quick hdmi question. Why would you use an hdmi cable on those components? As far as I know, there's no video. Maybe there's something better about the SQ with an hdmi cable? Just curious. | |
| Peachtree Nova 125 or Musical Fidelity M3i? I had a MF 3.5 and didn't like it at all. I know the 3i is a bit newer but the 3.5 is more expensive and appears to be close enough in appearance to make some general comments. I would say that if you can't demo the unit first, pass and go with so... | |
| Can we talk? "I sold my beloved Mirage M3's back in the late 90's."Did you have the originals or the si (2nd generation)? | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? "This is because a true balanced line connection has that much immunity to interconnect cable artifact. So no worries!"Are you talking about just tone arm cables, or all balanced cables? On fully balanced components and IC's, I can definitely here... | |
| Transparent Cables and Bi-wiring to Vandersteens "Has anyone tried Transparent's bulk cable? I know they have a 14-4-conductor to do bi-wiring, but I think they also have a solid-strand 12 gauge that I could use for two separate runs."Just use AQ. It's the most popular brand for Vandersteen and ... | |
| emotiva mono block amps any good? "The main reason people tend to mention when buying Emotiva is price, and there is nothing wrong with that, but it won't help someone trying to get the last 5% out of their system."How do you come up with 5%? How do you know that there's not 10% o... | |
| Can we talk? Its not the bad component that does the most damage. The real money is spent on trying to get the bad component to sound good. For me, it was a pair of B&W 802 Matrix S3's. I think they were about $4500. When it was all done, I probably spent ... | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? Pbnaudio is right in that you should be able to swap out the junction boxes. You should be able to use the Nordost you already have in the tonearm. Looking at your system, you show a Sim phono stage. Its fully balanced, of course, so it does make ... | |
| Need a good easy to use music manager for PC Try putting the cover art in the same folder as the music files. Jriver should pick it up. | |
| Will power cables improve a VPI Classic 3 tt? Use the stock cord. It just powers the motor and has nothing to do with sound quality. A better option would be to get the VPI speed control. Those make a nice difference. | |
| Hales transcendence 8 tweeters "But what are the options with no original tweeters anywhere? Myself and others have looked for a few years."You're right, you have to do something. I just didn't think it would be as easy as putting some new tweeter in, and that's it. I figured t... | |
| music server setup questions "Your DAC has AES/EBU, RCA and Toslink inputs. The simplest way, depending on the outputs of your computer, is to use the RCA or Toslink directly, or a USB-to-S/PDIF Converter to connect the USB to the RCA."I haven't seen one of those in a while, ... | |
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