afranta
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| interconnect upgrade Question I'd look at Blue Jeans Cable. Very well made, and they do the job. But I'm not much for cables. | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. Once, especially the studio sequence. | |
| Naim 5i: How important are Naim NACA Cables? Unlike earlier Naits, the 5i doesn't require NACA5. If you check the Naim forum, though, you will be told that NACA5 is essential for the best performance. A few dissenters might recommend Chord Odyssey 2. I ran mine with each (although I used the... | |
| Am I in the minority? I tried computer audio for awhile, and still really like streaming internet radio, but in the end I missed the ritual. And my 8-year-old just mastered the cd player, so it seems like the wrong time to make the switch! That said, I think my current... | |
| Best Bang 4 the $ Intergrated Amp I ran Silverline Minuets with an old HK receiver and an even older Rega Brio. They sounded great with both. I bet a newer Brio with the Preludes would be excellent. The NAD C326BEE is another very good budget integrated. For under $500 (used for t... | |
| amp for snell k I had K/IIs, now have J/IIs, and have looked around a lot for amp recommendations for Snells. There are at least four schools of thought:(1) a big, powerful amp (Stereophile used VTL tube monoblocks and Krell and Threshold power amps, all over 200... | |
| Match for Naim UnitQute under $3,000 I read a lot of good things about Guru QM-10s with the Qute on the Naim forum not long ago. I haven't heard them, but what people had to say about them made me want to. On the other hand, some of the claims (especially about full-range sound from ... | |
| Complete 2.0 System for Under $3k? Sorry for the typo above. The Rega RP1 is $640 with the "performance pack." Not sure how big a difference it makes, but that's how I heard it. | |
| Complete 2.0 System for Under $3k? For starters, you could do worse than an all-Rega setup:RP1 $460Brio-R $895RS3 $1295Just heard one, and I could live with it! | |
| AR3 speakers what is best finish walnut or blonde? Since you're refinishing, darker (walnut) might turn out better than lighter. | |
| Great sounding CDs out there... Beck, Mutations also sounds great. | |
| Removing power conditioner... Naim recommends the Wiremold L10320. No surge protection, no filters, no lights. Allied Electronics used to sell them for around 35 bucks -- just checked and they're now $86! | |
| The downward spiral..... I read through the whole thread -- very interesting -- and then scrolled back up to Onemug's comment about the law of diminishing returns. A lot depends on how much you value incremental improvements (even, IME, with a modest system like mine). An... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 So far, my favorite is PJ Harvey's Shake England Shake. But it's early days ... | |
| DAC or CD player I go back and forth on this question. On the one hand, it seems silly to sink money into a cd player now. On the other, there are screaming deals to be had on excellent used players. And it's not like DACs are going to stand still, either. Prices ... |