audioman58
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| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio As my Audiophile friend electrician stated ,and Proved that a 4 wire , dual ground is very important one common ,the other a insulated isolated ground and preferred awg 11 or 10 li have awg10 Copper , even lower resistance and I use Pangea to... | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation The latestWireworld Eclipse 8 use 7-9s Purecopper , their patented dielectric better then even Teflon, Silver over ofc copper connectors for under $450 retail check out Perrotta consultants nice guy very good pricing , excellent cables ,I b... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling The best Ethernet cable should be the one going into the streamer , the uptone has on the output only 1 Ethernet port and benifits most going into the Zenith, and at least buy decent Ethernet cables the $200 Wireworld starlight is Avery notic... | |
| Fleetwood deville impressions -Mixed bag vs the competition The sound labs are excellent the issue is room I cannot put them more then 2 feet from the back wall, the MBL 120, or 126 sounded incredible , with my subs a full range monster, also for less money, Marten Oscar duo make a excellent sounding moni... | |
| World's Best Speakers For 2021 ? Having heard the grand avant- guard a nice speaker but ,a very similar but much better build and more resolving speaker at $20k the Wilson Sabrina-2 is a more refined Loudspeaker with a large variety of Music ,the Wilson is worth the extra $... | |
| World's Best Speakers For 2021 ? Depending on budget, the MBL 101 is a classic ,their ultimate better still World Class .if you have the room and the $$ it is Great by any standard we are speaking in the $100k+ range the Vandersteen gershman are good speakers but Waay low... | |
| Class A amplifier alternative? You may also want to check out underwood Wally ,and his new GAN amp under $2500, or new Anthem Bipolor amp $2500 | |
| Class A amplifier alternative? Used quality amps are something to consider but beware once you start getting over 15 years or so the capacitors start drying out ,especially output caps , rebuilding too can give you are great amp like the Older Threshold Stasis class A amps for... | |
| Magico A5 or Sonus faber SERAFINO TRADITION or Harbeth 40.3 XD Consider Wilson Sabrina 2 , Used Rockport, YG Acoustics all are excellent . Sabrina new $20 k , the YG,and Rockport get a $50 k speaker for in your price range Don't overlook big monitors like Marten,or MBL outstanding just buy a pair of Svs... | |
| Belles Aria Signature and other Int Amp recommendation The coda CSIB the best integrated at its price class under $7 k and even above belles not on the same level.I was considering this in the spring,low quality $20 alps volume pot, very small transformer, compare 🍎 to apples 🍎 which totally Alps v... | |
| AGON screening to filter out crap new posts has regressed back to the pits.. Sadly at times reminds me of scummy Twitter when topics are removed such as mention of a new fuse ,or comment about a specific dealer , That I would call censorship . | |
| If a " system " cannot do this, I move on........ I have owned most every type of speaker and MBL true Omni directional speakers and truth as a real instrument 🎻 sounds. expensive yes but excellent ,even the smaller 126 stand mounts with a sub Is a great performance. | |
| Adding a “safe haven” forum for discussion of tweaks? I totally agree ,my motto if you don't have extensive experience With the product ,then you speak out of pure ignorance !! | |
| If a " system " cannot do this, I move on........ I find most horns too forward even if smooth like Fleetwood deville a great example way over priced for a nice cabinet. smooth sound But after awhile I find the row 2-3 perspective a bit stressful after awhile ,some people love it you can tame... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC ? Thst makes no sense you need to spend $ 5-6 k like the Bricasti M3 dac- streamer $6500:retail would be perfect and night and day better ,for I owned Krell and latest dac not even close and the Freda is in the beginners class of audio in comp... |