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Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000
For a supposedly high tech company, Acrolink’s website is absolutely horrible and offers nothing but meandering bloviation regarding Japanese tech leadership and metal purity circa 1999…hilarious!  I read some of the cable construction pages 😳 Ho... 
Sound Stage and Imaging
JBL  
***Seasons Greetings A'goners***Are You Getting Any New Gear For Christmas***
Merry Christmas’Agoners!  Sold my drum kit which frees up our sitting room for a makeover, so why not put a second system in there.  Going Bang for the Buck with a pair of JBL 4429’s, a Yamaha A-S2200, sources are a Denon DCD 1700 ne CD/SACD playe... 
Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000
The funniest thing is that the “Box” cables like Transparent and MIT are frequently bashed as being snake oil.  Those are precisely the only cables that actually offer a musically significant increase in performance.  Otherwise, I agree with fact ... 
Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000
I know the 2nd law of thermodynamics but it doesn’t help explain why the Transparent cables and MIT CABLES sound so much better than just plain wire.  
Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000
I might add, that the most musically revealing cable I have heard for the least amount of money is Anticables speaker cables and power cords…mixed results with IC’s!  
Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000
Used many…only heard really musical differences from Transparent and MIT…diminishing returns past a certain point however.  Up to 12k per meter as I recall :)  
Equalizer in a Hi Fi system
I’ve been saturating since 1962 👌🏻. I use a dbx 32 band EQ…sounds wonderful!  Transparent Gen 6 cabling and power cord doesn’t hurt of course !  
Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers
Cornwall IV…it’s in the name!  
Describe the "new HiFi sound"?
😳  
Describe the "new HiFi sound"?
Audiophile goes to a concert and says it’s too loud and punchy, overly dynamic and way more bass than is natural. Music lover goes to the same concert and is totally immersed…later decides to get a great stereo system with JBL speakers to re crea... 
Describe the "new HiFi sound"?
Steve Guttenberg just experienced Atmos…it sucked!    
The best speaker cables you’ve had
Your own Personal  Cables …something you can hold in your hands relieves all your cares!   - Depeche Mode Audio Cables Redux       
Interesting Power Cable Experience
Obviously stock power cords, but they are competitive with my Transparent Reference and MIT EVO Reference pc’s.  
the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data?
Klipsch Heritage line are the only ones to consider.  A ton of choices!