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| What tuner would sound better These two prior posts nailed it.What is the rest of your system? Have you actually auditioned the two units either at a dealer or at a buddy's place? better still, have you auditioned either or both of the units with your particular system? (i) wi... | |
| What kind of power cord comes with expensive gear " ....it makes sense to provide an inexpensive power cord with any component. audiophiles like to tune their systems with after-market power cords...."Not Always ....REGA, LFD, and NAIM are among the few that provide (and recommend) their own high... | |
| Need Simple AV System there is an ARCAM SOLO MOVIE 2.1 AND an ARCAM SOLO MOVIE 5.1 unibox (2 versions) and each is a cracking good kit.Google them for details and reviews.These have been discontinued but still availasble as demos in some shops and also come up from tim... | |
| What is your take on Mapleshade products I've bought and used their products as follows:(i) The Mapleshafe Samson audio equipment rack/stand along with their brass footers. It/they worked relatively well, particularly for the CDP. I sold it cuz a dealer recommended custom made audio stan... | |
| What kind of power cord comes with expensive gear Quality power chords are required.Ibought the REGA ISIS valve cdp and REGA OSIRIS integrated amp this past year. Each came bundled with a high-end power chord custom made for REGA by hi-end mfg. Klotz in Germany.With the REGA kit, these bundled po... | |
| suggestion for replacing Totem Arro QUOTE: Akg_ca, do the tannoy's or the rega's perform well with a wall close behind them?REGA R1s/ RS1s: wallmount / bookshelf / stand mountThe REGAs are designed to work close to back walls if required. In fact, the R1s/RS1s have accessory wall-mo... | |
| bi wire or not to bi wire My experienceAs highlighted in these threads, the benefits can be varied and are your kit-specific. I had quality bi-wires from two different name manufacturers: both worked "okay". (2 to 4 configuration)Then I upgraded to NORDOST FREYs in a singl... | |
| bi wire or not to bi wire FYI re comments directly fom a couple of heavyweights in upper range cables in the industry: CHORD and NORDOSTCHORD (from their website)Bye Bye Bi-wire?We have taken the decision to discontinue our range of dedicated bi-wire cables. The reason bei... | |
| suggestion for replacing Totem Arro It is intuitive that ALL speaker recomendations in this forum have a bias injected by the writer.I also had ARROs and Forests in a prior system so I know them very well.That in mind, may I recommend STEREOTIMES review of REGA R1 bookshelves (I als... | |
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| Where to invest agreed with SAMHARmove up to a new integrated amp better matched to your quality speakers | |
| Speaker cables or interconnects?? You may wish to checkout the REGA QUATTRO bi-wire as a "flat" speaker cable.(They work even better with the REGA COUPLE ICs) Both are made to REGA specs by KLOTZ in Germany.The Quattro speaker cable is used as the internal wiring in their R9 speak... | |
| I don't like the sound of my system. Help please. agreed with the focus on speaker and IC cabling AND power cords.the key points: (1) review and assess ALL three cable types together. The wrong cables in your system can be fatal.(2) one size does NOT fit all. Certain cables (speaker/ICs/power) --... | |
| Power cable for Arcam receiver? ecosse or chord | |
| Best bookshelf speakers??? 12-31-12: Jburidan: "...I second the thought of Tpreaves. MP3 isn't hi-fi quality..."Jburidan and all the others nailed it! MP3 quality recordings simply fail to measure up by a not-so-subtle degree. Stepping up to new hardware in an attempt to im... |