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| Advice from vinyl types on a good CD player AMR CD-77 ended my quest (my analogue front-end is the Well Tempered Reference). There are a number of threads on this one-box player.On last week's HighEnd in Munich it was on demo in a room where the analogue front consisted of Garrard 501 with ... | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? Don't even try. He will just not let you. When asked, I will tell people what I hear, that's it. If they're genuinely interested, they are invited to sit down and listen to what happens in my system. Some will only ask to start an argument though.... | |
| Best interconnect between Ayre AX-7 and CX-7 Redkiwi, thank you very much for your comments. You will most certainly never hear me say that some manufacturers apply XLR plugs to unbalanced cables and then claim they are balanced designs. However, I have read several times (including older A'... | |
| Best interconnect between Ayre AX-7 and CX-7 Hi Beerdraft,Thanks for the interesting lead. The Altairs look indeed a bargain. Would you happen to know whether the XLR Altairs are a true balanced design, as Nrenter pointed out?Karel | |
| Are upgraded power cables really worth the money? Imperative upgrade imho. I recall the day a few years ago when I first introduced a decent power-bar (appr. $ 150) and 2 after-market cords (each appr. $ 100) in my system. The dealer had lent the gear to me over the weekend and I never returned i... | |
| Zu Druid Mk IV owners, what speaker cable to use? Thanks guys, I decided to go for Libtec and will hook them up this weekend. | |
| Stand out phono stages Hi again,Here's another 2-box set that should be high up the list:AudioNet PAM V2 + EPS (together EUR 4.8k)www.audionet.de/main/komponenten/page.html?L=en | |
| What is a $500- $700 power cord for subwoofer Hi Brother-In-Arms, I have the PS Premier at the heart of my system, that makes me even more relaxed to recommend VooDoo. Great match (in my system).Karel | |
| What is a $500- $700 power cord for subwoofer Hi, I'd recommend to have a chat with Bruce at VooDoo Cable. They don't quote prices on their webpage anymore, but from the top of my head (and, of course, depending on the length you require) the "Mojo" (10 AWG) or "Mirage" (8 AWG) might be what ... | |
| first tube rolling: expert advice needed - take 2 Hi everyone. Thanks for your input! Unfortunately, I can't put some of your advice to the test as I sold the amp meanwhile (see my posting of 04.04 above). Still, very grateful for any further thoughts you may have (I now own a fully tubed integra... | |
| Best affordable SACD player that does superb CD's That would rule out the Arcam multi-format, but also the Marantz SA 15 S1. Unless you'd go for a used machine. A quick check will tell you, one recently changed hands for USD 1k on Audiogon. And this side of the ocean, only today I saw a machine -... | |
| Best affordable SACD player that does superb CD's Recommendations based on observations I made at the dealer's, I do not own any of these machines myself.Would Marantz SA 15 S1 (2 ch SACD + CD) fit your budget? Otherwise at around half the price of the SA 15: Marantz SA 7001 (also 2 ch SACD + CD)... | |
| Hybrid - Tube / SS amp capable of sub 1 Ohm loads? Another ultimatively stable ss: Tidal Impacthttp://tidal-audio.de/english/startprodukteverstaerker1.htm | |
| first tube rolling: expert advice needed - take 2 I guess the question on the Unico was actually addressed to me. I have been swapping cables, experimenting with isolation bases and moving the unit to different places in the apartment but never succeeded to get rid of the noise. Hooking up differ... | |
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