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| furman elite 20 power conditioner I still use a Furman ITRef20i for all my audio equipment and an Elite 15PF for my HDTV DLP, Lumagen Scaler, HDTV Receiver, etc....both units are permanent part of my system now as their effects are both widespread and excellent on the quality of t... | |
| Best Retailer Youve Done Business With? Music Direct in Chicago IL.: Mark, Jim, Jason, Rocko, Michael, Neely, Bes and Roger are wonderful to deal with and have done much to take care of my needs...AudioETC in Orange CT.: Sam, Gary, Ed and Josh are wonderful to deal with... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Give a listen to Classe CAM-400 mono-blocks. Depending uponyour tastes in music, they pair very well with the B&W'sin listening I've done. My personal favorites are Edgeamps. As you go up the line, they just keep getting betterin every conceiv... | |
| Master Clock Experience with Esoteric GO-s? Glad to hear you went for it! I did experience a need to break it in similar to other components. At least 100 hours seems to be necessary.What are you using for clock-sync cables?You're right; it is truly amazing what that does for the sound and ... | |
| Best digital cable $300 or under new or used? You may wish to add Audioquest Eagle Eye (75ohm) for digi-coax and AQ Raven for AES/EBU to your list. They both do a tremendous job in all the areas you are looking for.When I added Eagle Eye for DD 5.1 and DTS from my transportto surround pre/pro... | |
| Master Clock Experience with Esoteric GO-s? You are very welcome....let me know if you need my assistance offline (email/phone), I'm not a dealer or associated with one but am always glad to help! | |
| Master Clock Experience with Esoteric GO-s? My experience adding the G-0s clock to the P-03U/D-03 combo is that everything quite simply got much better; imaging, instrument placement, musicality, achievement of 'truth AND beauty', etc.....I was not really aware of how much of a difference i... | |
| Legacy Focus HDs Glad to see you took the plunge. If you are impressed now, wait until you burn them in about 300 hours. You'll be amazed at how they mature and how everything gets even better. They are an entirely different speaker in terms of bass attack and dec... | |
| Best short-lived band? Northern Pikes (Canada) alot of fun live back in the mid-80's.Great bar band (did a very few CDs) and new how to keep a crowd dancing for hours. | |
| Speakers to hang on the wall You may wish to consider Legacy Harmony even though they don't, strictly speaking conform exactly to your request; they look gorgeous have great range, etc....while they are to be built into the wall as opposed to simply hanging on it, you might w... | |
| Cable elevators Absolutely,...that at least as I understand it is the goal. Many of us would love also to get to a place where we have the mono-blocks of sufficient quality near enough to each speaker on all channels to make that happen! | |
| Down-firing Sub makes floor rattle I had the same arrangement with my mains and sub alignment and began at 0 degrees phase. After much testing and test relocating of the sub, I found the original position was the best (to remove a room mode or two) with 180 degrees yielding the bes... | |
| Best subwoofer? Take a listen to the REL Britannia B1 sub; it has the extra punch needed for great LFE effects for home theater with the finesse of the traditional REL subs and ability to blend off your main amp terminals for 2-channel.I also utilize a Velodyne S... | |
| Cable elevators I don't have any knowledge in this area, perhaps others have good advice. Potentially though, if you don't use them and cables, powersnakes, etc....then are very close to each other, you could be impacted by EM field interference.Using them as an ... | |
| Need cdp power cord recommendations. For good digital playback gear, the Shunyata Python Helix VX is a serious step up from their previous Alpha lines. The VX (with proprietary Fesi1000 compound) is necessary for any digital gear to deal with (eliminate) the noise, etc...that every p... |