wadia150

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So Many Choices - PCords for Digital Sources?
Power cords are the last thing you should ever worry about.Especially for home theater have you tried room treatments,speaker placement,getting cables of the ground.I have a very expensive system and bought into the power cord thing not really any... 
Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment
listen to oregon i own the sevens and a cat ultimate, sme10 and the new marantz sacd player, sonus faber cremonas pre.solid state is for home theater 
Distortion on piano recordings? Advice appreciated
its the recording! 
Sonus Faber Amati Homage Plugs
you never use a plug in a midrange /tweeter port 
Problem with subwoofer and Arcam ARV 300
line level is the way to use a sub.who ever told you to use speaker level is an idiot speaker level cannot even possible come close to the perfomance of a line level signal.maybe the amp in the sub is fried or a blown fuse.or you dont have the out... 
CAT Ultimate/Tube rolling
old tubes are old tubes and cannot compete with new tubes.use electoharmonix and your cat will come alive 6922 electo and 12ax7 use the gold elites made in yugoslovia.i dont understand people that use 40 year old tubes and say they sound better th... 
Bypass preamp, better sound, yet fatiguing?
the preamps in cd player are up to the job as seperates would be 
Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh?
there is so many other products out ther better than mac it is funny.mac is like bose they been around for ever so people think it is the best.i would compare mac to adcom,rotel etc... 
Classe vs Krell
if you want loose bass get the krell if you want tight bass and beautiful pitch and control get the cams 
CAT SL-1 iterations
not being balanced dosnt matter.ken stevens dosnt use balanced because you use more parts in the signal path.yes teh is a huge difference between sl mk111 to the ultimate the ultimate does eveything better 
Please explain
nothing 
8 ohms amp drives 4 ohms speakers
lose of dynamic range or severe compression 
What would you change?
loose the benchmark it is not up to snuff with the rest of your gear 
BAT VK-50 SE vs VK-31 SE - differences
the 51 se is a porche turbo and the 31 is impala 
What is the quietest preamp you've used?
cat ultimate