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Review: Zu Cable Druid Speaker
Jeff, would you please mention what music was played...styles and selections, if you recall them.Did you bring any music of your own which you are familiar hearing in your own system? If so, what was it?Thanks. 
what are your views regarding reviewing styles ?
Mrtennis, you contradict yourself in your threads.You ask in this thread for a rich 6922 tube. Please define the word rich without injecting opinion. You are asking for opinion, and yet you now reject opinion as useless for your purposes.In this ... 
Looking For High Quality Drum Music.
Sorry, Warrenh. Misunderstood. It's all cool, brotha.I'd suggest Tool "Lateralus". It'll blow da windows outa yo crib.:) 
Looking For High Quality Drum Music.
04-24-06: WarrenhTvad, if you could only recommend one? thanks, warren :)Kevine is asking for recommendations. Plural. And you've offered...what? None.Golf Foxtrot Yankee, Warren.:) 
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Take a plane to Vancouver or Montreal or Toronto and hear the Von Schweikerts.Otherwise, buy the Zu Definitions and be done. 
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there is a relation between VAC and VSA for sure from what i hear.i guess the bad part is you have to buy new....you can't find these usedHave you really not done any homework? There is a used pair of VSA DB-99 available right now on Audiogon, unl... 
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VAC/Von Schweikert is a classic combination...run together at many audio shows for years.I know, you live in God's country where you can't audition the Von Schweikerts, but isn't the cost of airfare and a hotel for one night a worthwhile investmen... 
Looking For High Quality Drum Music.
Mickey Hart "Planet Drum" (percussion/World Music), Christopher Hardy "Touch" (innovative percussion), Larry Carlton "Sapphire Blue" (blues/jazz with really nice drumming and sound), Tool "Lateralus" (Oh My God)...All these have stellar musiciansh... 
Power Cord Flavors
04-24-06: BabybearHi Tvad,Can you tell us what version of the DOminus power cords you use and with what component you are using them.I use Dominus Ferrox on my Hydra 2, Dominus Ferrox on my amp and a Dominus Fluid on my digital source. A Volex 176... 
what are your views regarding reviewing styles ?
If I had a friend who reported his restaurant experience by stating the ingredients of his meal, the temperature of the food, and the time it took for the waiter to take his order and for the kitchen to deliver his food to the table, I not only wo... 
Power Cord Flavors
I thought I'd update this thread with one thought. I have heard many power cords in my system in all applications and configurations. No power cord has consistently performed with the excellence of Purist Audio Dominus...whether it's a Ferrox or F... 
55 Foot Speaker Cable Run
Larger gauge is better. As an alternative to two conductor Home Depot wire, if you use Canare 4S11 four conductor wire, and twist together the opposite conductors, you end up with 11 gauge wire with the benefits of starquad geometry that helps to ... 
Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier
Sherod, with all respect, considering every element of your system is new, how can you separate out and evaluate the performance of one component...any component...in your entirely new system? 
i want a dull, caramel colored cd player any ideas
04-22-06: DriverBTW, it took me about three yrs and ~75 cable changes to get where I am today. You mean without a system at all?From your VR4 Gen III HSE review:I didn't just sell the VR's-I sold the entire system save the cabling. I'm just beyond... 
Review: Linn Schulte Modified CD12 CD Player
Thanks, Earflappin. Yes, I post over there occassionally.