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| Purist audio Neptune cables That's quite a list of demands for a pair of cables. You're probably better off matching components that are more to your liking, and then buy some neutral sounding cables. Either way, Cable Company does have Purist to lend out. That's your best o... | |
| Sonus Faber Liuto Or Vienna Acoustics Mozart Gran After listening to both speakers, what did you like and dislike about them? | |
| Recent experience with Gershman Avant Garde I was just kidding. Czarivey is a BMW tech and thinks they're the best cars. I just couldn't resist. "if not a BMW, which other auto brand would you consider not "dull & flat"? Curious minds would like to know. thanks."It's just like audio. It... | |
| Better 2-channel music "06-15-15: PhilkoanIf I replace my current Marantz SR7007 by the AV8801, will the AV8801 deliver quality stereo? Should I put a DAC such as the Oppo HA-1 between the AV8801 and a pair Emotiva XPA-1s?"There's too many variables in the equation to g... | |
| upgrade DAC/Amp for Peachtree Decco65? You're questions are valid, but difficult to answer. They're too general. Most of what you're asking, you really can only get from experience. If you said something like this: "I have DAC A and I'm looking to improve on (whatever quality). Its a m... | |
| Need some thoughts how to arrange the speakers That has to be a huge improvement. As long as you can deal with all the glass using some type shades, and read all that stuff in Russian on your blueprints, the system should sound pretty good. | |
| Recent experience with Gershman Avant Garde Just like a BMW. | |
| NAD M51 DAC high-pitched ringing? Here's a few things you can try, but keep in mind, I'm just guessing as to what can be wrong. Try moving your computer further away from your other components.Turn off anything in the system that is not being used with you play music. If something... | |
| I just returned my second defective Manley Chinook If he gets the QS, he probably won't be able to use it without an SUT. Also, since his Rowland gear is fully balanced, I would probably get a phono pre that's balanced as well. Wouldn't rule out something SS either. For a low output cart, you need... | |
| 300 budget NAD should be just as good as anything else in that price range. Also, I'm assuming you don't have a phono preamp. | |
| opinions I'm just curious as to why the vintage gear? I've done some experimenting with vintage pieces myself, and the only type of components I thought worth buying were tube amps. Didn't care for anything solid state or even tube preamps. To be fair, I h... | |
| Recent experience with Gershman Avant Garde I think they're a good sounding speaker, but they are unique. If you can't listen to them first, I would pass. | |
| New garage speaker placement? Your best bet is to go to a music store, like Guitar Center. They have brands like KRK, JBL, Tannoy, Adam, Mackie, M Audio, and probably some others I'm forgetting. To be clear, I'm not saying these type of speakers will be as good, or better than... | |
| New garage speaker placement? If this a system to listen to while you work, maybe some powered monitors would be the best way to go. They can be placed on a shelf or mounted to a wall. No need to fool around with an external amp. You would just need a source with a volume cont... | |
| Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers? "I can see how they could make things smaller, but the speaker is the final arbitrator. The sound is being squeezed through those drivers the same no matter what signal they are fed. If a speaker sounds "small", nothing upstream can change that ch... |