subaruguru
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| Which amplifier would you buy? I wouldn't worry about Nelson Pass' designs getting dated too soon. Lots of folks (like me) prefer the Aleph sound to the X, for example. The newest XA series is meant to combine both sets of attributes, but at $$$$ pricepoints! | |
| Pass Aleph P Feeding two amplifiers? I use the balanced to run a pair of Aleph 2 monos, but interestingly use the RCAs to directly run my Senn HD600 quite successfully. Ern | |
| How long for IC cables and Power Cords to break in Guys, it's more about the changing dielectric distortions with "exercising" the insulation, either by running lots of signal through the adjacent conductors, or "curing" it otherwise. I've developed such a "curing" process for Teflon insulations t... | |
| Power Cables - 15amp or 20amp Well, there's a LOT of mixing going on, as many manufacturers want to ensure that 20a PCs still can be used in customers' preexisting 15a 14AWG house lines!The difference between 15a and 20a best quality AC males is simply the geometry of one spad... | |
| Kimber Silver Streak vs. Nordost interconnects The Red Dawn will sound even more transparent in the top octaves than Blue Heaven, but POSSIBLY will exaggerate transients, resulting in a lighter perceived balance. That slight "clickiness" (also there with Pro-Silways and Siltech) disappeared wh... | |
| Verity Sarastro. I'm curious too, but size and life's priorities (inc WAF!) dictate that I'll be with my Encores throughout! | |
| How do amplifiers work? Nice posts, guys. Even simpler, think of an amp as a signal-modulated power supply for your speakers, properly hinting the importance of its power supply design and execution. | |
| Best Player or DAC: ceiling $3k I still really like the EMC-1 UP. | |
| Speaker Choice: Narrowed down, need final opinions I would continue to seek another pair of Revel F30. I believe Thorman IS kidding, but interestingly my demo of the N803, Revel F30 and (rear-firing woofer) Fidelios three years ago DID lead to my buying the Parsifal Encores!Speakers for life. Some... | |
| Trelja and friends in New York, 2004 Trelja, Thanks!Did Nelson Pass show up? I'm wondering what his speaker is all about. Ern | |
| Speakers along short or long wall Hmmm.... I'd start with the rule of thirds for both axes to get a good estimation of the total differences. Then maybe tighten up the long wall geometry to the same as the short wall one to further isolate just the ROOM difference...in other words... | |
| How do you get to listen to high end speakers? Sounds like this dealer will be retiring soon! There's only so much self foot-shooting a business can take.The few remaining dealers up around here in Boston are only to glad to provide high-rez system demos. Maybe this particular dealer has enoug... | |
| Material Specifications/Layout for AC line Nice job. The THHN will take a while to "burn in", so exercise it for a few months.... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Now that Ellen and I are restarting our diets, I played for dinner guests on our 18th anniversary yesterday the "TOO FAT POLKA" (1942, Ross Mac Lean & Arthur Richardson) from a piece of piano sheet music I received in an odd lot...."Here's a s... | |
| Nordost Blue Heaven to SPM Reference I agree that the RD sounds great, and still use it in the less fussy pre-to-monos XLRs. But the SPM simply removed the psychoacoustic transient "edge" that imparted a slight articiality to the presentation. The SPM simply sounds more natural (less... |