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| Power cord replacement suggestions I recently found great improvements in my system with the low end Silnote Posideon and Shunyata Venom 3 PC. Both are around $100 and offer a 30-day trial period. The Silver Ghost PC was also auditioned, but offered far less improvement in SC tha... | |
| Anyone hear this new Hafler amp? It is interesting to see a new Hafler amp on the market. The first mid-fi amp and preamp I ever had was from Hafler in the mid-80's. I had both upgraded by somebody, I forget now, but they were very good products. I sold them to a friend in the ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I put a SR Red fuse into my preamp yesterday and it blew immediately. I put the Radio Shack fuse back in the preamp and the preamp powers up fine. That was a $50 "butt dart". The notion of directionality of fuses, as so much of his thread revol... | |
| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions As mentioned above, I'd suggest a McCormack DNA .05 or 1.0 amp. I have the former and it is the most musical amp I have had in my system in 45 years. It is very powerful and musical. A few DNA .05's are available currently on the aftermarket an... | |
| 2017 may be the year for a new cartridge for my LP12 The Dynavector 20X2 is a fabulous cartridge if it is compatible with your tone arm. | |
| Recommendations for spade lugs for 14 ga conductor? Your first statement is correct. I only need three of the four conductors to hook up my powered REL sub. One conductor, one spade connector. | |
| Recommendations for spade lugs for 14 ga conductor? I am very happy with the AQ BFA connectors recommended above on my speaker cables... they provide a very secure fit. For my REL sub, I got the SL-1 Universal Spade Lugs from LAT International for $12/quad. They are copper and crimp style. Chea... | |
| Shunyata Venom IC's review Jjue,I am not sure how to send a PM on this forum, so please send me your asking price for the IC's and I will consider them. Thank you! | |
| Power cable recommendations under $1k I have never heard a wit's worth of difference with PC's until I got the Shunyata Venom 3 power. The improvement is very audible, with more separation of the instruments and a wider soundstage. Well worth the $120. They have a pricey version of... | |
| Source for Shrink Tubing? Thanks Matt, they have what I need. | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Todd,I see what you see on the AQ website, but it you Google the connectors, virtually all of them show the connectors with a little allen wrench, which indeed mine has. The literature on the box states the following: "Cold-Weld System for an id... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors Thumbs down on the inexpensive Dyson BFA's for my Von Damme cable, which is perhaps 10 ga. stranded wire. At $12, they are cheap enough. | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review I am a bit bi-polar about amps. I prefer certain aspects of the performance of SS amps, just as I do with tube amps. Neither completely satisfy me, but overall my preference these days for the Spatial Audio speakers is Don's tube preamp and a Mc... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review I ended up with a newer SS amp so I didn't take delivery of Don's new amp. | |
| Tube Power Amp Suggestions I would highly recommend you have a look at Don Sachs' custom KT88 amplifier, which at ~$2500 is SOTA and might only better bettered by spending 4X as much. It is a brilliant design, based on the many years that Don has spent upgrading HK Citatio... |