zspradlin
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| system upgrade suggestions Personally, I'd keep the McCormack amp. Cables are the way to go if you haven't already. I've found that some cable upgrades are as good as a component upgrade. Definitly do NOT forget to upgrade your power cables!!!! | |
| Reliablity of Jolida equipment I don't think that I would worry too much about the tubes. A friend of mine has the 502 that he has had to send back to Jolida twice, both times for a bad transformer. If I were you, I'd look to buy a used McCormack DNA 0.5 ss amp. They sound grea... | |
| Speaker placement tool?? If you have carpeted floors, try checking Home Depot or Lowe's for some furniture movers called EZ Moves. They are supposed make heavy item slide very easy on carpet. They generally run about $10 for a set of 4, there are sets of 12 on Ebay. I gon... | |
| Choice of Wire for Dedicated Line I was talking with a guy I know that owns a company that makes power cables about this subject and he recommened steel-shielded BX cable, or at least I think that is what he said he uses for his own lines. | |
| Newbie System Question sort of long, sorry Hi. I would recommend getting a book called "The Complete Guide to High-end Audio", I'm pretty sure that you can purchase it from Music Direct (www.amusicdirect.com). As far as a system weakness, take a good look at your cables. Cables are somethi... | |
| Need a Frank Sinatra recommendation One that I have, and was on the Stereophile recommended list, is the "Frank Sinatra Reprise". It's a pretty popular cd, so they are readily available. Also, I've bought some Sinatra cd's off Ebay and from Music Direct. I've bought quite a few Sina... | |
| Headphones-How to Connect? I use a pair of Sennheiser 600's with an Antique Sound Labs MG Head OTL amp. The amp really isn't too expensive and they sound surprising good together. Try visiting www.head-fi.org , pretty good site to help you figure out what you may want. | |
| Reccomended power cords for Cary gear I use Virtual Image "Pile Driver" cables on my Cal Audio CDP and my Cary pre-amp. Awesome cables. E-mail me if you would like some more info. Thanks. Zach | |
| Cardas Machined RCA Caps.??? JUST TWEAK IT!!!! That's my motto. See what you think... | |
| Power amp recommendations for 1000 and under I agree with the McCormack recommendation. What I would do though is buy a DNA-0.5 and put the rest back towards a revision A upgrade for the amp from SMC Audio. If you opt to go with the DNA-0.5, you can take the rest of the money and apply it to... | |
| PC/Conditioner question Unless your new PC is terminated with a 20 amp IEC, try it out on your CDP. When I started out buying PC's, that is where I got the most out of the cable upgrade. Also, I too have noticed that given an amount of time to burn-in, some do tend to so... | |
| My wife says yes Help what to upgrade next? What type of cables are you using?? Have you upgraded your power cables yet?? Sometimes, an upgrade in cables can be almost as good as a component upgrade, IMO. | |
| Headphone Amps I use a tubed headphone amp made by Antique Sound Labs called the MG Head. It is a VERY popular little amp. The company that sells them is Divergent Technologies, www.divertech.com . Also if you would like to find more info headphone equipment in ... | |
| What kind of amp? I use a McCormack DNA 0.5, which has not been upgraded by SMC Audio. I hear that the DNA revision A is excellent and is better than some amps at more than twice it's cost. I know that I sure do enjoy my standard DNA. Give them a try. I would then ... | |
| Best Dual purpose HT and Music speakers 10k I have only found one speaker that performs VERY well in both applications, that is the Roman Audio Centurions. They are an 8" two-way speaker that is very efficient (93db),so they don't require a ton of power. I use a set of these speakers in my ... |