mitch2
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| cables vs wire? What is the length of speaker cables that you need? Since your speakers have bi-wire terminals, are you considering bi-wiring them or a single run of speaker cables with jumpers?Are you using the factory jumpers or something else? Also, is there a... | |
| Who uses home brew cables? Wire, materials, geometry and connectors are four things DIY cables have in common with manufactured cables. After making cables for my own use for the past 15 years, and comparing with pretty good and somewhat expensive manufactured cables, I bel... | |
| "Holographic" presentation It is all in the quality of the implementation. I have had some excellent monoblocks through here, including Lamm M1.1s, Clayton M300s and M200s, and Acoustic Imagery Atsahs, and my current stereo amp is equal to the best of those and better than ... | |
| State of the Source: Server, computer....or what? Surprising to me not a single poster has yet weighed in on their experience with digital sources. Back 5 or more years ago, when we were mostly spinning silver discs, the discussions on disc players seemed almost endless, yet now when probably abo... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The best scenario is to move to the basement, give my wife back the office, and get my OWN room. I need to start hinting to the boss a win/win solution...I suspect you would like a move to your own room. I found a concrete floor much better for me... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? Sunnyjim, some folks our age become nostalgic for the past thrills of walking into a well stocked audio shop to see unbefore heard of gear, or back when the internet opened new doors allowing us an avenue to explore a wealth of equipment we never ... | |
| Amp improvement since 1994? To head off confusion as to why John's reply came before my post, before he posted I made a small change and the formatting on the preview ended up weird so I copied the text, deleted the post and reposted with the revision, but by then John's rep... | |
| Amp improvement since 1994? Since 1994, I would point to;1. an increase in differentially balanced designs, where two identical halves are bridged for significantly higher power and lower noise in balanced mode,2. the use of input transformers for isolation, balanced convers... | |
| Wyred4sound, Lampizator 4 Here is another consideration, PS audio PerfectWave MkII's are going as low as $1,500 right now and offer a direct future upgrade path to their DirectStream DAC.Good sound, solid American company, good price, and an easy upgrade option to their fl... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I find the mac mini issue interesting, particularly since Matt's source is a Core Audio Modified Mac Mini with a linear power supply and I assume other modifications/optimizations. Since switching to a Mojo optimized mini with a linear PS, outboar... | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days Johnny Cash At Folsom PrisonActually recorded late 60's but received a lot of play at college in the 70's | |
| Cleaning lady and vacuum Sound Anchor Cradle Base Stands - see picture. Improves stability by increasing the footprint area and mass, and lowering the center of gravity, plus foils aggressive cleaning ladies. | |
| Class D Ncore Atsah in the house I agree with your observation Electroslacker, which is likely a result of the logarithmic rate of advancement of the technology. The other issue with these amps that some may have a hard time overcoming psychologically, is that the sum of the part... | |
| Class D Ncore Atsah in the house I'm having a hard time understanding the phenomenal increase in cost. Obviously more robust power supplies, upgraded switching modules, I/O sections, and even stupidly exotic casework, will increase costs. But is it really a 10k improvement?Your o... | |
| Class D Ncore Atsah in the house Anything new on these....?There was a lot of initial noise, and some good reviews, but other than an occasional mention of Merrill, I haven't seen much on the Hypex Ncore NC1200 amps lately, from new or existing owners, reviewers, Hypex, or amp ma... |