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| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please You know, I was joking with a friend yesterday that high-end audio was a great hobby for people who love music and gadgets and have obsessive personalities. :-)I'm afraid I'm a poster boy for the "obsessive" part. I've got all this great new equip... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Mapman, Knownothing,Well, this is very interesting. I finally got to replace the old Monster Cable interconnects between the CD player and Amp with the new Audioquest Coral CQ cables, and there's quite a difference. Most of the harshness disappear... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Mapman,Hey, thanks for responding!The current IC is just some old Monster Cable IC with gold plated RCA terminations. The CD player is a new Music Hall CD 25.2. (I finally heard from SOTA, by the way, and should have my refurbished and slightly up... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Guys,Well, I got the Audioquest GBC speaker cables and Coral interconnects the other day, and finally got to plug just the speaker cables into the system and listen today.While the new speaker cables sound more powerful and full in the bass notes,... | |
| "Budget" cable advice, please I ended up buying the Audioquest GBC speaker cables (on sale at hcmaudio.com) and Audioquest Coral interconnects (also on sale) from them, too. They just arrived and I'll let you all know how they're working out as they break in. | |
| Integrated amp with phono section for Totem Arro Hieule5,As mentioned above, I managed to score a Unison Unico here on Audiogon. It sounds very nice with the Arro and will drive them to SPL's that I'd never listen to because I value what's left of my middle-aged hearing apparatus. ;-) I'm still ... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Audioangel,Yes, I'd heard the Audience 42's at a local dealer. Since Dynaudio seems to be discontinuing the Audience line, they were discounted... under $1000, IIRC. I liked them... very good imaging, nice soundstage. But as I gravitated toward a ... | |
| Best budget phono preamp for Unison Unico? No, the Clearaudio hasn't been mentioned up until now. Good reputation? | |
| speaker recommendation 2500 or less small room Gsxr750ccs,For what it's worth, have a look at this humongous thread on "budget," small-room speaker recommendations that I started a couple of months ago. There's quite an education to be had there! :-)Good luck!http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/... | |
| Best budget phono preamp for Unison Unico? Hmmm... the plot thickens. I wrote to Unison's US distributor and asked if the Unico could be retrofitted with the phono section PCB. He said "yes, but" it's a matter of getting the part. Unsion's on vacation now but somebody's supposed to be gett... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Knownothing,Thanks, and I will report back. I have to say that I'm impressed with HCM so far... I ordered this morning and already have a tracking number from them. :-) | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Well, I went with the Audioquest Coral interconnect for the CD player and the Audioquest GBC speaker cable, all from HCM. The price is right (under $180, shipping included, for both) and it's gotta beat the old Monster Cable I'm using now. :-) I'l... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please I contacted Usedcable.com for a recommendation and they offered JPS Labs Ultra Conductor for $105 for a 6 ft pair, and XLO HT Pro HTP1 (RCA) $ 75 for interconnects. Thoughts? | |
| Best budget phono preamp for Unison Unico? Neway317,I asked that question already! According to Walter of Underwood HiFi (who sells a lot here on Audiogon and carries Unison stuff) the Unicos without the phono card cannot be retrofitted with one. Doesn't quite make sense to me, but that's ... | |
| Best budget phono preamp for Unison Unico? Knownothing,Check that... it's the OBH-15 that HCM has on sale. |