redkiwi
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| Coincident interconnect opninions For some reason I stopped obsessing over interconnects when I finally ran the Coincident IC's in. I found them superior to everything else that I have tried, a list too long to mention yet again, but including Cardas Golden Cross and Wireworld Gol... | |
| 1 million dollar speaker made by Kharma I heard a great joke about Monica and Bill today, but I sense this is not the right time to tell it. | |
| directional cable? Yes Sugarbrie - it depends on where it is best to make the ground. Often it is best to make the ground at the preamp, but how do you then make an IC that is good between CD and pre, as well as good between pre and power - given conductor direction... | |
| Best Vanishing speakers I agree wityh Ferdinand - all speakers I have tried disappear if set up right - and would add that the set up of the electronics is equally influential. But perhaps I am being too literal and you mean which can throw the most realistic soundstage. | |
| Best Gunshots There is an "s" in Kitsch. | |
| Most Honest Audio Magazine? Honesty does not come into it. Altruism does not exist. They are all businesses or have an agenda. As a review mag you need to make some kind of trade-off between being credible so that you get read, and supporting your advertisers so that you can... | |
| 1 million dollar speaker made by Kharma Now, I could buy an underground room and share it with a large pair of speakers, or spend the million on buying an island in Fiji. It really is hard to take that choice seriously Lotuss4 - by the way, does this mean you own a series 4 Lotus? I use... | |
| Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes. Classicaudio - maybe the issue is just symantic - my kids reckon anything remotely good is "awesome" - just part of the language equivalent of inflation. | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Elizabeth - while current capability is an issue, one of the reasons why a dedicated feed works is that there are less connections on the line to pick up noise, and so one of the benefits of using the air conditioner's outlet is that it is the onl... | |
| directional cable? Many of the above indicate different reasons why cables are directional, but in reality there are multiple reasons - and I have had experience of each. The metallurgy answer is correct and this occurs as the copper is drawn. If the cable manufactu... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords Alberta_steve - I tried the Audio Prism Quietlines and found them to make no difference at all. I think their main action is to stop your in-wall power cable from acting as an antennae. In my case I have done a lot to provide a dedicated clean pow... | |
| Shelf Material Dekay, right now they are still suspended and I prefer them that way. Yes the Vibrapods are sandwiched between the Corian and the component. Ghthirteen, I have tried the Vibrapods with other shelves made of glass, marble, perspex and mdf and found... | |
| B&O, overpriced artistic piece of audio? Onhwy61 - the answer to your question is YES! In this case I bet Bemop would rapidly reduce his listening to music and therefore lose touch with his soul - much to big a risk to take IMO. Instead I would prescribe an upgrade to that front-end. All... | |
| Shelf Material OK - I know I have gone around in circles on this, but can now conclude my findings until some of the stuff I have ordered from the US arrives - probably two weeks time. Suspension - much less resonance than conventional supports, but need to use ... | |
| Shelf Material My understanding is that Corian is made of very dense acrylic polymer. It is a good deal heavier, harder and more rigid than perspex, and comes standard in 12mm thick sheets. I am spanning about 19 inches supporting a 40 lb CD Transport and there ... |