karelfd
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| Wireless Speakers? Do they make such thing? If one likes the sound of Canton (in the past I found Canton speakers not engaging enough but I'm being told that has changed; first grade build quality, that much is sure), the new Canton CD3500 might be the thing for a room that requires a not t... | |
| Your last speaker? Back in 2003, Rosemary and I decided to set out on a quest for our definitive speakers. In 2005 we had found them in the guise of the Tidal Contrivas. I continue to assert these are the last ones. Only ... meanwhile there is a new standard versi... | |
| Best interconnect between Ayre AX-7 and CX-7 At some point one just has to cut the knot, I suppose. I couldn't acquire some of the cables mentioned above within the budget I had set. Also, I read a few more reserved comments on the character of Cardas and, sadly, no reply from the German Ayr... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Black Bowmore 1964; I drank and still treasure the rest of my 1995 bottled edition which was supposed to be the final ons but I have read Bowmore bottled a few hundred bottles more in November 2007. | |
| what's the difference? clearaudio basic/basic plus Hi, a bit more difficult to give cartridge recommendations. When I had the Basic in my system, Ive been using it with Clearaudio Delta Improved, Clearaudio Victory H and, lastly, Transfiguration Spirit Mk3. So thats two high output MCs and one ... | |
| Integrated Amp Bargains with good balanced sound? To be sure: the phono stage is optional in the plain Unico, so make sure it has that option should you contemplate any offers! (It comes customarily in the "P" though) | |
| Integrated Amp Bargains with good balanced sound? Couldnt agree more with the Audio Refinement Complete. However, since you mention a Rega P3 as part of your system, as far as I know, the Complete does not have a phono stage (or am I mistaken guys?). A good match with your Sonus loudspeakers wou... | |
| Avalon Indra vs Sonus Faber Cremona M That seems like a strange suggestion to me. Whereas the Indra would probably better the Cremona M, you have wonderfully musical gear (admittedly, I havent heard it together in one system) and, since it is the M, probably still fairly new on top... | |
| bi-wire cables on single binding post, sonic loss? Gulp ..., the Truth about cable sound has been revealed. Talk about skin effect and stuff, whilst all the time it's really the Bananas romping through our systems, chuting down the silver cable cores :-oApart from which, thanks for all your input ... | |
| Has anyone used Viablue speaker cables? My brother has recently substituted ViaBlue SC4 (in single wire configuration + SC4 bi-wire jumpers) for the Kimber 8PR he had between T+A A1520 amp and Klipsch RB81 speakers. The cable was used so whether it required burn-in we don't know. The ef... | |
| what's the difference? clearaudio basic/basic plus Hi, to me the Basic has always been a milestone, one of those hard to beat quality/price overachievers. Plug and play, easy to use. A unit that has been extremely well designed and built, has everything the regular analogue listener who just wants... | |
| Synergistic Integrated and CDP under 5k Gooddomino, don't worry, the combo is a winner with rca interconnects as well. I presently use AMR IC-77 (the ICs that come with the CD-77; need to update my systems page), but as I keep reading about the gear being even better with balanced ICs I... | |
| Synergistic Integrated and CDP under 5k From a purely musical perspective, the Ayre combo will be very tough to beat (I own the AX-7e integrated with the earlier CX-7 myself). Make sure to have heard it before you decide!Your choice may however be influenced by other considerations as w... | |
| what's the difference? clearaudio basic/basic plus I don't know about the changes in detail but the main difference is that SMD technology is deployed in the Basic+ resulting in shorter paths, probably also a tighter selection of parts. I have been using the Basic for a couple of years but had alr... | |
| bi-wire cables on single binding post, sonic loss? Thanks for the responses. Just to clarify a few things that led to confusion:The pair of cables I have in mind has 2 spades on one end (amp) and 4 spades on the other (speaker). I will double up the tweeter and woofer + spades to connect them with... |