dragon1952
Responses from dragon1952
| Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good? Not sure why these don't get more press. Both the Rapture and Reflection IC's are exceptional. At their auction prices they are ridiculous bargains. | |
| Amp recommendation 4 MBQuart Vera VS05 bookshelves Parasound A23 in the classifieds here for $400 shipped if you don't mind cosmetics. That's a $1000 amp new. 125wpc x 2 @ 8ohms, 200wpc x 2 @ 4ohms....It'll drive those buggers. | |
| Ching Cheng Power Cords quoting Nonoise "I believe practically all manufacturers of high end gear, including Nelson Pass, put a basic power cord that meets all minimum safety requirements. It doesn't mean it's good enough."Exactly true. And the argument that a hi-end man... | |
| Ching Cheng Power Cords "Also, for your reading pleasure: www.audioholics"Yep, you can find an article on the internet to back up just about any viewpoint you want on any subject you can think of. Just because it appears in print doesn't really mean much other than it's ... | |
| Please help a rookie –used amps for magnepan 3.7? I'd suggest a Parasound Halo A21 before you spend a lot more money. They are in your budget new and can can found for $1600 used. 250wpc @ 8 and 400wpc @4 ohms. | |
| Upgrading interconnects In that price range you should seriously consider bidding on one of the Gabriel Gold Reflection auctions here on Audiogon. | |
| Has anyone tried Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 RCA IC? I used the LC-1's for several years. I recently bought a pair of the Gabriel Gold Reflections and compared the two. The LC1's really made my toe tap and sounded very nice but when I put the Reflections in the sound stage opened up so much in every... | |
| Shunyata venom digital power cord I've tried the Venom's and Venom 3S's on various components. They are OK at best. Near their price point I liked some of the Pangea's as well or better (AC14SE and especially the new AC14XL) or the PS Audio AC3. | |
| Help on Optimizing Dedicated PC as Music Server So by reading up on this, I'm not sure whether jPlay is a viable option when streaming over ethernet to the PerfectWave bridge? | |
| Digital Lens on Bridge of PerfectWave Dac I -MK II Matthewlevy QUESTIONS:"1)So does that mean, since I only use the bridge input, my MKI is as good as the MKII?2)Is there any reason to upgrade to the MKII (assuming I can find someone to sell me their unneeded upgrade kit as they upgrade to the Dir... | |
| pc computer used under $500.00 for music only Asus EEE Box with the Atom processor. About the size of a router and no fan. Strip down the software to minimum and install Fidelizer. | |
| Need Help with Speaker Cable ID. What are they? Did you mean the link didn't work or that the pic doesn't help?Here's the link and I did test it but you have to cut and paste it of course.http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?118952-Speaker-cable&highlight=audioquest+midnight | |
| Need Help with Speaker Cable ID. What are they? Zd542"Its not Midnight. The OP's picture has 4 internal multi-strand conductors. 2 red and 2 black. The origional AQ Midnight looked similar but it wasn't the same. All of the solid core conductors, while smaller than typical, each had their own j... | |
| Schiit Gungnir DAC - anyone have one of these? I've owned both and examined the build quality on both. Like or dislike is subjective, and if you wish to claim way better build quality or parts that's up to you. I wouldn't call the transformers "huge" and dual DAC's is meaningless as far as bui... | |
| Need Help with Speaker Cable ID. What are they? .....Meaning they weren't wafer thin strands. The original Midnight had strands exactly like his pic. Maybe the later + and hyperlitz versions didn't. |