chayro
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| Help selecting a power cord. Big difference. A good power conditioner costs a few thousand dollars. Decent power cords go from a few hundred up. If you have the dough, I would personally buy a good power conditioner. IMO the cheap ones do more harm than good. If you don't... | |
| Speaker size and soundstage I think people have different definitions of soundstage. IMO, it means a speaker's ability to portray the musicians in the places they were put in the recording so instruments can be identified by location. Just know that few recordings have nat... | |
| Help selecting a power cord. What is your budget? Also, many powercords are stiff and bulky and you may not have room for them behind your equipment. If you are looking in the lower price ranges, say $300 and down and need something flexible, I think Cullen Cables make some... | |
| Audioquest Water XLR Interconnects So you’re going to change the speakers to fit your cable? If you liked the speakers with your other cables, it sounds like a not so great idea. Of course if you want new speakers, that’s another thing. But it’s your money and your ears so have at... | |
| A phenomenal new CD transport-Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport I don't know if anyone brought this up, but I would have an issue purchasing a relatively expensive transport without being able to purchase a spare laser or transport the way you can do with a Jays, or at least know that the company has set aside... | |
| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? When I heard in my own system that a $750 turntable in some ways sounded better than my 10K CD player. I knew then that I needed to reorient my thinking about my future upgrades. | |
| Audioquest Water XLR Interconnects You sound surprised that different cables would sound different. They do, and that's what you're hearing. You do need to let the cables break in for a while before making any final judgments. I usually mark my calendar for a month with new cable... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? How do expensive cables sound compared to cheap ones?I own 2 pairs of speakers. With one pair, my Blue Jeans 10 gauge sounds absolutely fine. With the other pair, they sound horrible compared to my Purist cables. The Purist cables sound great on... | |
| Stereo Times review on Audio Note UK DAC 3.1/II just went live I think it's a lesson to those who buy audio through specs. The highest sample rate, upsampling, the newest dac chip, ad nauseum. Nothing wrong with specs, but it always comes down to listening. As far as price, something is only overpriced if ... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? I recall when I had my Opera monitors, the brochure suggested running two pairs, one on the floor and one on stands. They showed how to wire them up, but I forgot how. Interesting thought, but I never considered trying it. | |
| TONE I think the difficult part of assessing the ability of your system to accurately reproduce musical tone, as is call it, is that relatively few recordings capture the true sound of the instrument. I spent many years in the recording business and I... | |
| SACD Transport Recommendations The new PS Audio for 6k plays SACD and DSD, but you would need a DAC capable of those formats, such as the PS Audio. I'm not familiar with all the capabilities of the Aries, but I'm pretty sure it will only play redbook if you go from the transpo... | |
| Question for "Vinyl Vac" users. You should check out Amazon or a crafts store for velvet ribbon, which you could attach with some double-sided tape or rubber cement. My Nitty Gritty uses velvet lips as well and they seem to last quite a long time. But I don't use it that often... | |
| The Absurdity of it All Well, we seem to put our faith in the elderly for quite a bit nowdays, so why not in audio? | |
| Wirewold Eclipse 8 - Burn in @filipedine - Since nobody seems to be answering specifically about WW, I will just tell you my experience with cable break in. For my Purist IC, Purist recommends 250 hours to reach full potential, although they did sound very good right out of ... |