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| Speakers for a small room I have a similar size room.... McIntosh amplification...try some Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor M's. A sleeper in the Audiophile community and perform way over their price point. I shocked a lot of my audiophile buds with mine. $3500 - $4k with st... | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... I have Mac 601 monoblocks with a C-2300 tube preamp driving Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolutions. All high end SR cabling. In a search for "detail" I went to the Rollerblock isolation technology and my system got so bright it was almost unlistenable.... | |
| Have you ever reversed your opinion on a piece of gear? Every new cable I've ever installed before it burns in....always freaks me out how congested and edgy they sound until 200 - 300 hour mark..I ALWAYS think it was a mistake until they burn in :) | |
| WHAT WAS THE BEST SYSTEM YOU EVER HEARD AND WHY WAS IT? Fun topic...two outstanding systems stand out in my mind as they both incorporated speakers that at audio shows and retail establishments that I always found to be overly "bright" and not very appealing regardless of their reputations. In both ca... | |
| Power cords folkfreak, Elizabeth & David PSorry for the delay....some travel and of course the long drawn out "burn in" process. My Galileo is driving the PowerCell 12SE with all the front end components and with that 32 amp connector no way to run it ... | |
| best preamps Absolutely love my McIntosh C-2300! Very tube rolling friendly but especially attached to 1950's European Long Plates, Mazda, Mullard and Amperex all very good! | |
| Power cords folkfreakI checked out your set up....very nice! Interesting but in my room the Black Box does what its supposed to,bass is not just more defined but cleans up mids and HF as well...more focused and defined. I had an extra 4" GIK absorption pane... | |
| Power cords Interesting....I will try that and yes, due to the near field set up I'm using, due to room constraints the rear wall is heavily treated with two GIK Full range Monster bass traps 24 x 48 each plus two Soffit bass traps. The Monster traps are cen... | |
| Power cords Thanks folkfreak,"The real skill of the Dragon is in this trick of unmasking. You may find at first listen that this feels "thin" but give yourself time to work out what is going on. "Your above quote I think puts it about where I'm at....not as... | |
| Power cords Thanks David,Perhaps I should clarify....I am in no way unhappy with the performance of SR cables. They are by far the best I've heard in my system....I'm still internally debating whether they lack body and weight or are just so good at filter... | |
| Power cords Thanks guys....Even when I had all high end AQ IC's and SC's their AC cords had a very poor rep. I had Audience pc's. Switched to SR and never looked back. Love what they do but they are not the last word in body & weight. I've read good t... | |
| Best used speakers under $10000 I listen to similar music and my goals have always been warm and musical yet I also wanted all the detail and basic audiophile checklist...great soundstage, separation, layering, imaging etc. My room is slightly smaller than yours and I'm using M... | |
| How do I find an audio advisor who does home consultations? There is also another setup guy in the Jim Smith category that is also known as a turntable Guru. Many top companies use him to set up their TT gear at shows. Unfortunately he's in Petaluma CA in NorCal wine country so about as far from you as i... | |
| "Bookshelf" speakers designed to be placed near the wall behind them? Maybe a bit late...but I just got home from THE SHOW in Irvine and it may be sacrilegious, but the ELAC Debut 2.0 front ported bookshelf speakers were excellent....shocking that they are $300.! I ordered a pair for a second system in the living ... | |
| "Bookshelf" speakers designed to be placed near the wall behind them? mbo, @ptrck887 here. I am now in Scottsdale but originally from San Jose. Heading that way next Sat after a visit to T.H.E. Show on Friday 6/1. Then driving on to Bay Area for a week of family and a little business. If interested in some sor... |