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| One of the best HDMI cable? Irrespective of HDMI cable I’ve used over the past few years, what’s taken my Samsung F8000 HDTV’s picture to a much higher level of sharpness, color presentation, etc., and gotten many compliments, including from the cable guys, is the Jensen VRD... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? @ haolunfan - Something not mentioned here is that all electronics (and cables) need burn in, typically 400-500 hours, i.e., about three weeks. If you are experienced and have good ears, you can tell a lot about a unit after about 24 hours, but s... | |
| XLR, RCA and adapters: Working with active speakers and subs Thanks! ATC said no problem with adapters. The engineer at JL Audio thought I might need to use an active adapter, but the tech I was talking to agreed with Drew Baird of Moon Audio that there shouldn't be a problem with short runs. What I mention... | |
| Power Cords ricred1, I appreciate the quandry about money vs. time. I just went through it with two five-cord looms. My repeated experience is that many developers claim that their cables are burned in wholly or in part before sending them out, usually on tha... | |
| Power Cords ricred1, I just don’t think you can know what you’re listening to without sufficient burnin of all the cables. It’s one thing to get a general sense of a cable 2 to 24-36 hours in, which I’m able to do (HP also used to say something similar), but ... | |
| The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses .... I'm looking forward to the comparison between the SR Blue and Audio Magic Super Beeswax, since the common opinion was that the latter was overall better than the Black (as good as the latter is). | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... For anyone interested, I have an 1.25A SR Black Fuse that I never used and now no longer need. If you want to know more, message me. | |
| MG Audio Design AG2 Interconnects I can now answer my own question: Series II has a shrink wrap bulge near the end that is meant to control highs better. Can be retrofitted. | |
| Might changing cables require repositioning of speakers? To clarify. The speakers were positioned a week or two before swapping the power cords mentioned (the previous ones are still around if I want to go back, which is not yet out of the question). It took two hours and a good wad of cash for two of t... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Just installed a pair of Blacks today in Quad 12L actives, replacing Furutech fuses. Noticed some pleasant differences straight out of the box in a few senses. Look forward to what shows after burn in. Of course, the thing about checking directi... | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions Depends on what your trying to accomplish. | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions Spikes in carpet are a pita to deal with. Isoacoustics has new products, including screw-in GAIA speaker isolation cones, but they are relatively expensive. | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions My question about the Auralex sub platforms is how they would handle a floor stander. Subs are s more distributed load. | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions Thanks shadorne. Given what you said, do you think I should just skip the spikes? They’re hell to move around. I put a set in one speaker and am going to take them out, at least until I spot the final locations. Troy, good choice in taking on ATC,... | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions Thanks, good ideas. What about the Auralex subwoofer platforms, which are 15x15x1.75? They go on Amazon for about $60 each. There's another called the Pyle PSI15, similar dimensions with 2.25" height, but they seem cheaper not just in price. |