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Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers?
You have excellent taste. You are on the right track. Check out the magnapan 1.7 for under $2000.00. It is about 5feet tall but has a small footprint of approximately 17" x 2". The sound benefits are real. You cannot get better sound for the money... 
DIY AC Cable advice
I also use the Acrolink 7 nines copper cord (as recommended by Keithtexas) with excellent results. I must confess that I have not heard the Elrod cable and so do not know the "Elrod type Sound". Moreover I not have a stand-alone DAC and so cannot ... 
"Audiophile" fuses. A comparison.
I replaced all the fuses in my CD player, preamp and power amp with Synergistic Research red fuses and the results werespectacular. Improvements were everywhere. Transparency, Bass power and extension, Soundstage depth and overall musicallywere al... 
who has the best recommended product reviews
Neil Gader and Jonathan Valin of the Absolute sound. Neil is especially helpfull when reviewing affordable products. See, for instance, his reviews of 13 power cords. Jonathan is usually associated with high end products but if finds a really good... 
Do Pangea PC's really outperform standard PC's
The Audience Powerchord is your best bet. It certainly is very quiet and music really do come out of a black background. Moreover it has excellent bass response. You will need to pay about $350 on Audiogon. It is, in my opinion, the best option at... 
Best High End Audio Manufacturer???
Magnapan. This revolutionary loudspeaker company has been around since about 1970. It was revolutionary because its speakers it did not use cones or electrostatics. Instead it uses a planar driver. Every model introduced over the years was afforda... 
Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere
Zd542The Shunyata Aries is stranded copper with locking connectors. I compared it to the Audience AU24 before purchase and preferred the shunyata. The Audioquest Cheetah is pure Silver with a 36V dc battery pack. It is a good cable, without any se... 
Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere
to: IcooperThank for for contributing. Did you listen to level-3 ?What other interconnects did you compare level 4 with.I have been using an Audioquest Chetah between source and preamp and Shunyata Aries between pre and power amps for about 5 year... 
Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere
ZD542 wrote "This product name is confusing. Their whole product line is confusing" This is a gross understatement. 
Audience PowerChord e or se
I have been enjoying the Audience AU24 SE (MP)power cable for about 3 months. They replaced an Audience powerchord "e" on my Sony 5400ES SACD player. This is a cable of reference quality, and very good value. I still use a powerchord "e" on my sub... 
Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere
Sbank,I am not connected to Synergistic research in any way. All I know is that they recently introduced 2 groups of cables under the name "Atmosphere Series Cables" consisting of Interconnects and Loudspeaker cables. There are 4 levels in each gr... 
Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere
I gave these level 2 cables 5 stars based on pricing. It is a 5 star cable relative to its price of $1000. Since my review I have decided to purchase one level 3 cable for $1495 (for use between source and preamp) as this is likely to be even bett... 
Audience PowerChord e or se
ValinarThank you for starting this conversation. I did not know the Audience AU24SE power cord was available in different versions. In addition to the standard and widely reviewed AU24 SE, The cable company lists 2 additional versions, with reduce... 
Audience PowerChord e or se
Wig. I would like to know to which component your powerchord "e" was connected. I have 2 powerchords "e" in my system. One is connected to my Sony SACD/CD player and the other to my REL B2 subwoofer. Based on your experience I will not upgrade the... 
Audience PowerChord e or se
Excellent question. I have 2 Audience Powerchords "e" and have been waiting for a review of the "se" version to help me decide whether to send them to Audience for upgrade(Expensive)or to upgrade the connectors myself at lower cost.