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| 15 pin RGB video connection Video connector? In a word....Silver (solid). Or at least silver plated copper. Then component, or RGB, whatever is handy. | |
| Budget balanced IC recommendations Neutral? Cardas Neutral Reference are famous for it. And Stereophile says they sound better than their twice the price Golden Reference. I have a 1m pair of NR XLR in like new condition listed on an audio web site, and Half.com, for $200 ($500 new... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System Amen to Muralman1. Dipole speakers are the path to audio Nirvana. To reslove the shortcomings (rigid setup, and poor bass integration) of electrostatics, check out open baffle dipole systems. www.linkwitzlabs.com The last speakers you will ever bu... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System The notion of cables being 'system dependant' is utter nonsense. As with all other components, its about distortion, or the lack of it. But the 'connoisseurs of coloration', like too many engineers and their million dolloar mixing toy, treat their... | |
| why are some cd's so bright sounding It can happen that if a system has beend designed to accomodate the more common low-fi recordings and one unexpectededly aquires an album of superior sonic qualities, it can appear to be too bright when it is just revealing substandard qualities o... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? I notice a couple of others 'dropped out' with their Quad speakers, and I myself accomplished all my audio goals with diplole speakers. I believe that is where 'true to the original' Nirvana is located.The Quads, Maggies, and MartinLogan, etc. how... | |
| Dark and laid back vs bright and forward It is not possilbe to reproduce a live musical performance exactly as performed in the auditorium or studio in your living room. However, getting as close as possible to 'true to the original' is the only valid goal for the audiophile --the 'conno... | |
| Musical amp/pre/integrated for Maggies 1.6Qr Go with the story about the BEL 1001...its the specs. I know, 'specs don't matter, its the sound'. That is what you say when your amp does not have the specs but you like the sound of the system. You are a 'connoisseur of coloration'. You want war... | |
| Which has a greater effect on music,int.amp or CD? You all are lost in audio dreamland. The very best a playback system can do is replicate what was recorded on the source material. Of course the speakers are the prime component for that purpose. Followed by room acoustics. Then the quality of the... | |
| HDCD vs. SACD vs. ?? They are actually two differnt things. HDCD is just another technology mofifying the CD format that generates much revenue for the lables ability to re sell their catalog --yet again.The future possibilty of attaining realistic sonic excellence li... | |
| B&W Signature 800 vs Watt/puppy 6 Before you spend that kind of money, and if you aspire to maximizing the realism of whatever is recorded on your source material, listen to good diplole, or better, open baffle speakers first.Otherwise, the infinite tweaking for unique sonic quali... | |
| Best CD player There is no 'best' anything. There are many well made and designed audiophile components, and even more cables. If you are unsatisifed with the sound you are getting, focus on the souce material, verify speaker placement and room conditions, then ... | |
| Marsh or McCormack B&W will give you a good sound, depending on placement, and room conditions. But no equipment can improve the source material.The gear, and especially tweaks, are of little consquence until that is maximized. The gear is way less significant, ... | |
| Argent Room Lenses? Assuming speakers have been selected to taste that are appropriate to individual room volume and budget, and one has gained sufficient self knowledge in the psycho-acoustic phenomenon in the process of exhausting speaker placement, and room acoust... | |
| Follow up to 10 x 10 room speaker dilemma.... I am curious. You changed amps, and eliminated sub-woofers in a 10' cube, and attribute an improvement to the amp. Why isn't getting rid of the sub responsible for the improvement.And, how did you determine that the room had no standing waves or n... |