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| What speaker cables can complete with Audience 24e or 24e SE for less $$ Plenty of great suggestions above. I have tried lots of speaker cable, albeit modestly priced, and the Blue Jeans Belden cable is excellent. I current have Mogami 3103 cable which is wonderful and affordable for the 25' runs need. I recently aud... | |
| What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz? My take is that Noble100 (Tim) is the "smartest man in the village" with educated insight. I look to see more of his posts. If the penchant of the OP is excellent bass response in a small speaker, I will offer two alternatives: Joseph Audio Pu... | |
| Shunyata Venom IC's review As I see the hundreds and hundreds of pricey IC's and speaker cables for sale on AG and Audio Mart, I guess it must be the case that as one follows the cost curve upward with respect to cabling, additional artifacts of music can be revealed. I am... | |
| Class D Technology I had a Bel Canto Class D amp a few years ago and it was awful. However, I heard the Channel Islands Audio Class D mono block amps a while ago at an audio show and judged them to be outstanding. Class D amp technology has progressed and I don't d... | |
| Oppo CD/ Channel Islands DAC connectivity issue A follow-up post now that the CIA DAC is operable. Spending an afternoon yesterday and the morning today comparing the Oppo straight into my preamp vs. through the CIA DAC, I conclusively conclude that there is no sonic benefits to the DAC. Mayb... | |
| What do audiophiles want from a cable? This is an interesting and argumentative thread which often develops when the OP asks such an oblique question. I haven't seen much of GK posting, but he can be relied upon for contributing nothing but nonsense to the discussion. I will say that ... | |
| Shunyata Venom IC's review I have been swapping my current power cord for the new Shunyata Venom power cord ($120) and by gosh do sense lots noise, a darker background, and a more lively presentation to the music with the Shunyata's. I will continue the swapping, but so fa... | |
| Oppo CD/ Channel Islands DAC connectivity issue Erik,I changed the setting on the Oppo from Bitstream to 192k LPCM and the optical output now works. Thanks a million for the help. | |
| What drugs do you use to enhance your listening experience? The question raised by the OP strikes me as absurd as the answer can be found through self-discovery and the views of others is largely irrelevant. Don't rule out a battery-powered b#tt plug to add to your listening experience, but I suppose ever... | |
| Oppo CD/ Channel Islands DAC connectivity issue I checked the Oppo manual and am I right in assuming that I have to hook up the Oppo to a television to get to this Settings Menu? My TV is on the fritz.... | |
| Oppo CD/ Channel Islands DAC connectivity issue Thanks Eric, I reckon you are on to the solution. | |
| Oppo CD/ Channel Islands DAC connectivity issue Gents,Thanks for weighing in. Per CIA's suggestion, I swapped the Belden digital cable for a regular IC and still see no signal on the CIA DAC. Erik, can you expand on your post as i think you might be getting me on the right track. Thanks guys. | |
| Don Sachs 3 octal tube preamp... latest version Permit me to make a clarification to the final paragraph of my post above. Don's KT88-based amp is just that, not a preamp as I incorrectly stated Don informed me that he makes no assertion that his amp is a significant improvement over an fully... | |
| How long will tubes last in a pre-amp? I ran the tubes in my CJ PV8 for over a decade with no problem or noise. However, when I upgraded them, WOW, it was like a whole new amp, a huge improvement. As the poster above, noted, you might rolling some different tubes through the unit, ... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Great post, Mike, happy listening! |