bdebonis
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| AC line conditioner +dedicated outlet You seem to be making an assumption that your wall faceplate is a dedicated circuit. Unless you required your electrician to install it this way, it most likely is not and is shared by other faceplates in your home (the number depends on local cod... | |
| Amp for Magnapan MGIIIA's Regarding Ramstl's comment about Bryston: I used a previous generation 4B amp and found the results to be good. But Bryston electronics (amps and preamps) can be a bit bright and hard although their control, bass and dynamics are great. I moved to... | |
| Willl you spend over $5000.00 for speakers? I spent $10K on Magnepan 20s. I did it because I am passionate about music and for what it does for me. Some say we buy this shit to impress people; This of course is not true. It actually does the opposite. | |
| Best Electrostatic loudspeaker? Had both Magnepans and Martin Logans. Sorry, I like the Maggies much better. They are more musical and I enjoy them more, although, MLs seem to beat the maggies in all respects: detail, dynamics, and range. But I just enjoy music more through magg... | |
| AC Wire Help!! As Ranger noted, this is defined by code. However, there is a different spec for 15 (typical for home) or 20 amp service, and/or if you want isolation grounding (has extra ground wire). If you are putting in a dedicated circuit for your AV stuff, ... | |
| AC Line Problems Good luck! Regardless of a dedicated line, you may be subject to voltage sags and could use some filtration. Use a Radio Shack multi-meter and measure the voltages asap after some noise. I live in Philadelphia and had sags down to 95 volts which c... | |
| AC Polarity Wiring is speced by our National Electric Code. However, you have some options. I recommend a dedicated 20 amp isolated ground circuit to a quad (double duplex) outlet. Dedicated means that there are no other faceplates on that circuit breaker (it... | |
| Magnepan or Martin Logan I owned Maggie 2.5Rs, then moved to ML QuestZs (now up for sale at $2,000), now Maggie MG20s. Having lived with both brands, Maggies are more musical by far (and throw a bigger sound stage). MLs were more efficient and dynamic, more detailed, and ... | |
| Bi Wiring - Any Good I view all of this as suspect and voodoo. But, after listening to a bunch of cables, I selected a bi-wire with one one of those "mystery matrix" thingees in them. Oh well, trust your ears. | |
| Bi Wiring - Any Good I view all of this as suspect and voodoo. But, after listening to a bunch of cables, I selected a bi-wire with one one of those "mystery matrix" thingees in them. Oh well, trust your ears. | |
| Which is the best cable for Martin-Logan? I originally had Monster PowerLine 2s with my QuestZs and the sound was very hard. Tried a bunch, all sounded way way better than the Monsters. Others all sounded pretty close; settled on Transparent bi-wire (about $600). Dump the monsters, they r... | |
| Best speakercables for ML reQuests I have older QuestZs powered by a pair of VTL deluxe 300s. Tried a bunch of cables including Monster, Cardas, and others. Settled on Transparent bi-wire (about $600). MLs can be very forward, the Transparent made the speakers more listenable/music... |