coralkong
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| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube @langelo68 I watch Tarun more often than not when his videos come out. I’m not into everything he auditions, but I do like his calm, decaffeinated demeanor, lol. I like Thomas, too. Zero Fidelity reviewed what I consider to be a "Holy Grail" piece... | |
| Used gear prices and the state of the hobby. @dadork , I hadn't thought about it like that, but I do see your point. @hilde45 , I regularly use this site, hifishark, usaudiomart, etc....I do have my eye out for a specific piece of gear, and the price is all over the place. To all, thank... | |
| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube FWIW, I just checked out his Cheap Watch Guy channel. LOL. JC, and I thought some of the stuff he reviewed on his audio channel was junk. Just...wow. More power to you, Randy, but again, not for me. | |
| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube @mr_m , Interesting you brought that up (the cheap watch channel). I'm also "fairly" into watches (and you think audio can be expensive, lol). I saw his watch channel come up in my feed, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. If it's abo... | |
| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube I’ve seen some of his videos. If you’ve never heard, nor owned quality equipment, or are just starting your audio journey, he’s worth a watch. Unfortunately, I’m sort of "way beyond" most of the garbage he seems to peddle/advocate/review. (I’m n... | |
| Component placement for open baffles? I don't know. My OB's are a couple of feet out into the room. My rack is between them, but situated BEHIND the speakers. Seems to work well for me. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @Rodman99999, That's some good stuff right there. "You don't know what you don't know." :) | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? I bought a Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD/CD player a couple of months ago. | |
| Change of sound with Deoxit G100 It will settle down, but I'd expect to have to do some tweaking to your system (levels, perhaps adjusting the sub output a bit, a dash of tone adjustment, that sort of thing). If you think about it, it's not really surprising. You cleaned off ox... | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? I like the 10% guideline @ghdprentice listed above. I think pretty much any component with a $5k price tag (-ish) MSRP or above is probably going to benefit from a decent power cable and interconnects. It's up to you to find the synergy and wha... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables If you need more high-end sparkle and sizzle, silver cables can be the way to go. I’ve tried silver cables, but prefer copper in my system. I can’t really recommend a "cheap" silver cable, but I would point you to usedcable . com and take a look... | |
| Disservice: XLR interconnects Amazing what your ears can tell you. You've just had an epiphany. And now that you know, you can't ever go back. And I agree......next up: Try a new power cord. :) Maybe even try a fuse. :) | |
| SQ difference XLR vs RCA ? Wow. So much crap on here. Yes, if the equipment is designed to run (preferably) with XLR connections, you should use them. Wonder how many of the responders on this thread actually HAVE equipment with balanced/XLR connections and have tried th... | |
| How Important Are System Cable Upgrades and Where to Start? "System Cable Upgrades" can be extremely important, so long as your equipment is up to snuff and you’re happy with it. They’re not going to make a bad system sound good, but rather make a good system sound better. Honestly, I think it depends on... | |
| OK...here's another tweak that really works "And it's a CD for fu*&^'s sake! Buying to try it won't ruin anyone's financial life" Not that my financial life is of anyone's business, despite what most of the naysayers out there seem to think. Gotta save me from myself, right? LOL. :) ... |