mt10425
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| What power cord would you recommend? I second Semwin1 on some points. There is a lot of homemade junk around. Understanding that if you take your outlet out of the wall and connect all of the wires together w/o cutting the circuit at the breaker box, something electrically bad will h... | |
| What power cord would you recommend? Sugarbrie, Is your recommendation based on synergy with Arcam? I'm asking because I'm expecting my DV-89 to arrive in a couple of days and I've been looking for the right P/C for it. I realize that amplifiers and front end digital have different P... | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Marco, did you keep some albums back? Was Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang one of them? Damn! | |
| Pics with ads? I agree Marco. I mentioned in my first post that pics are only useful if they are of the actual item. I stand by that and may even hedge buying from someone who uses website pics for the very reason you mention. As far as how difficult is it to pr... | |
| Pics with ads? Mitch, I said "almost". There are exceptions. To me the bottom line is that buying used gear on Audiogon is a Crapshoot. There is no guarantee that a picture provides any assurance of of any kind of performance. I find pics to be a matter of convi... | |
| Pics with ads? All of the above info is valid. However, just a hint of the other side of the coin. I've done all of the above in my ads and still have people email with questions already answered in the ad. Also, to me, pics are only useful if it is of the actua... | |
| What is the best DVD/CD player under $1000? Arcam DV-78 | |
| How to evaluate speakers? Two sugggestions:Pay particular attention to the piano passages on the music you've chosen. I believe piano tones (decay etc) is very difficult to reproduce accurately.Listen to on set of speakers for an extended period of time (maybe 4-5 straight... | |
| Sell or keep my Turntable Don't sell! I just had my Phillips GA 312 fixed after 12 years. I forgot how much I missed it. Although I have a complete HT, I will often retreat back to the bedroom and play one of the few LP's I still own through the Mission 70's I also kept. K... | |
| Nordost Blue Heven vs Nordost Red Dawn? Mitch, no cables are completely uncolored but many accentuate certain frequencies. You notice it most in cables that present vocals very forward or what some people call "in your face" and cables where the cymbals "shimmer" for an extra 10 seconds... | |
| Nordost Blue Heven vs Nordost Red Dawn? Why aren't you looking for cables that aren't bright, thin and blatantly colored? | |
| What happen to finishing speakers like furniture? The best finish I've seen on reasonably priced speakers are the new Meadowlark lines. Beautiful. | |
| Your opinion on cable spending Cabling is about synergy. This does not mean necessarily using all one brand. It means making connections which bring out the best in each component individually to get the most cohesive sonic presentation. Try out as many as your patience will al... | |
| Martin Logan Depth vs Rel vs Ruark I compared the Depth and some RELs, but the Ruark. I bought an Art of Sound. It incorporates the same connection options as the REL (might even be the same amp). Both sounded less localized than the Depth. The Art of Sound subs deserve your consid... | |
| Does an aftermarket power cord matters for Amp? If you are happy with the Synergistic AC Master Coupler you are using on your front end, you might want to just step up a notch. I use the Active AC Master Coupler (w/mpc) on my B&K receiver with very good results. This last weekend I tried a ... |