zlone
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| SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT What do you have in place for interconnects and speaker cables now? This might determine the best path forward. | |
| Considering a Hegel preamp I considering a Hegel preamp as well and am trolling for a used P30 or P30A. It would be paired with a Coda #8. I would be interested in hearing opinions on the Hegel preamps as well. | |
| Node 2i + DDC Upgrade to PulseMini? My experience has been that streamer upgrades make a big difference if you have the system to support it, and you do. The Pulse would likely be a step up, though I have not heard it. My strategy is to aim a little higher than the entry level, and ... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... I will second the Larsen and KEF suggestions. I have not heard the Larsens, but they are consistently reviewed well. And I have KEF Reference, the concentric design makes for a large sweet spot and very good imaging. | |
| Anybody have Experience with Alta Audio Alyssa Speaker I made a point of hearing the Alyssa's at AXPONA this year. I visited the room twice and unfortunately the demo music was always focused on their amazing bass reproduction, to a fault I thought. I would have liked to hear something a bit more bala... | |
| Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2 I second the Acoustic Zen cables, I am using the Absolute 75 SPDIF Digital Cable with good results. Unsolicited opinion, I recently tried some of the Analysis Plus interconnects and found them to be on the thin sounding side, throw some silver... | |
| Long run XLR cables I have been trying out some XLR upgrades recently and the differences are quite stark between brands. I am currently using some Wireworld Eclipse 8’s and these are excellent with a very full sound. On deck is a pair of Acoustic Zen Matrix II’s. I ... | |
| Buying Used Speakers I posted a similar question a few months back and received good advice. I ended up buying some used speakers from TMR and the results were very good. You can lower your risk by purchasing only from dealers or Audiogon type entities as opposed to i... | |
| diffusion at first reflective points + what ive learned about room treatments Interesting, thanks for sharing. | |
| first & last system +1 @travelinjack | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing I agree that ABX testing sounds good on the surface but is not very practical. Thanks in part to @soix , I followed a similar path, starting with Zen speaker cables. My system is now at a level where I can hear the difference in a new cable immedi... | |
| Resolving Hum with Battery Back-up (EcoFlow) vs Power Conditioners: success vs failure @carlsbad2 Thanks for the follow up. Agreed that the Sunday night thing could all be in our heads, but it is such a universal phenomena it is worth looking for both physical and mental causes. | |
| RSX technologies Benchmark AC cable I am not disputing your results, but I looked at the site and saw nothing that distinguished these cords. Several trademark terms with no immediate explanation as to what they mean raises some flags with me. Is there more detail somewhere that exp... | |
| Resolving Hum with Battery Back-up (EcoFlow) vs Power Conditioners: success vs failure @carlsbad2 interesting graph, thanks for posting. Guessing that flat top is the bogeyman for a lot equipment. Question, how does that graph look on Sunday night at 10:30? Does it ever clean up? | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! I have a Coda #8 and it definitely responds to different interconnects. I have tried cheapos, Analysis Plus and am now trying Wireworld with Acoustic Zen on deck. AP was a bit lean, Wireworld has a good full sound, AZ is TBD. |