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| Cambridge Audio products unreliable/unsupported? Not at allMy CA 650R AV receiver suddenly failed in its audio board and cooked some capacitors with other failed pieces. The unit was 12 months old with very very little use on it. The product was made in China and the risks with buying Chi-Fi are... | |
| Best cables for Simaudio Moon system?? I will second the NORDOST suggestion (from personal experience with my speakers)Before you make your final decision, you may first find out just what does THIEL showcase their kit with.Does this factor also matter in achieving "best" synergies? Yo... | |
| Cable Recommendations NORDOST FREYUpgraded to a Shot-gunned NORDOST FREY speaker cable set ; with shot-gunned HEIMDALL jumpers, and matched to FREY XLR ICs.RESULT: The improvements in all aspects were huge. These were a great extension to my REGA ISIS valve cdp, REGA O... | |
| Nordost Norse 2 Speaker Cables + Interconnects * Upgraded to the NORDOST FREY shotgunned speaker cables with matched Heimdall shotgunned jumpers; * balanced XLR FREY ICs; * married up to REGA OSIRIS amp/REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/REGA R9 speakersTHE RESULT: a quantum leap step-up improvement in every... | |
| using a jumper cable - connect which set of post? This is journey with a trial and error path. It may come down to that it depends on the speakers and the cables used. Go figger..For Me: MAIN SYSTEM: NORDOST FREY shotggunned cables and shotgunned jumpers on Rega R9 speakersUpon experimantation wh... | |
| REGA RS5... any owner? REGAs do bass very well; EXTRAORDINARILY WELL IMO. Paired with the "right" kit, they are superb.I've got an "A" SYSTEM with the REGA R9s and I grudgingly sold my "B" system R1s when the WAF changed with the remodellingOTHER REVIEWS:http://www.audi... | |
| Worst CD player 09-19-12: Tmsorosk QUOTE: " ...but one thing I have learned in thirty five years of upgrading, is that each upgrade I've done has been a true upgrade, not a step sideways and each upgrade has unfortunately been more costly than the previous one. I... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? QUOTE: "... Hmm, my experience is it is not all that complicated. Recipe: 1) good quality gear.."Mapman nailed it : Short & sweet. That "gear" includes the hardware, speakers and cables that actually "work" with each other to create that expan... | |
| New cables, help We all know that cable performance (ICs, speakers and powwer, jointly and severally) is largely system dependent: one man's cable system nirvana makes the next man's system sounding like crap.Well, the lengthy journey finally found its destination... | |
| Need speaker for a small space and close to wall REGA R1s/ RS1scheck out the AGON threads on these speakers = happy buyers with near identical circumstances. | |
| Low level noise from spkr when nothing is playing I had the similar issue with my AV receiver, except that it suddenly developed in my LF speaker.I ignored it for a while, but within a short time more audio problems developed.I ended upn shipping it back to the distributor for a warrnty repair - ... | |
| Nordost Heimdall XLR interconnect break-in time I have the NORDOST XLR FREYs with about 100 hours on them, and the cables are still not yet broken in.my guess: 300 hrs appears about right | |
| A reasonable step up from Rega Saturn CD player? Bryston, DENSEN or Sim Audio.....I bought the REGA ISIS Valve and all made my short list that I auditioned (my buddy has the BRYSTON in his kit) | |
| Best speaker for under 2gs here's a wildcard: TANNOYs with dual concentric drivers (pick your model)....buy them usedA below the radar kit that will stun you as much as it stunned me enough to buy them for my B system | |
| Which Integrated amps should I audition? 08-13-12: RyderIt would be wise to determine the new mini-monitors first then only the amp to match, AMEN .... perfect reply with an added caveat to also tailor/match the source |