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Audio cables ,and power cords the most forgotton- part of an Audio system.
Bac 2 vinyl get with the program.The electricity coming in is  one thing you have magnetic fields and RF noise.on a Untreated wire. If a factory is near house can be picked up.Dedicated cables work to better the signal, the aftermarket cables for ... 
Does a tube need the break-in hours?
I have found and mfg state 100 hours to fully runin . The new metals need to season or settle in as in any metals they sound a bit bright the first 50 hours or so. Power tubes get hotter faster and tend to settle down quicker. Some specialty brand... 
Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back?
One thing I can say knowing well about precision, parts quality And accuracy, and cross over parts .the Sopra is night and day better built  noticsbly better low level detail especially if you have top notch electronics.  On decent electronics pro... 
Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option
Hello Lefson  my brother bought a psir from one if his friends in the UKFrom what he said the Path Audio are just a shade warmer, in some systems they may prefer your brand, nothing in Audio is Finite. 
Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option
Radiohead99 , I want to ask you a question .You switchedto the horns ,do you have the Leonitus crossover  ? That is without question the purist available one resistor,one capacitor Xover frequency350hz on up. From your horn or Voxativ. essential i... 
Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option
Hello Doug , have you reviewed the Field coil unit ? I would buy the $8k field coil ,as s demo or under $5k  with a good 12v Linear Power supply. Radiohead99,the horn looks very nice .depending on amplifiers some said they preferred the smooth ref... 
Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option
My brother has used yhe ultra Lefson resisyors he likes Path aufio the best .I have not heard them and they are big. Path Audio are a little warm sounding but very detailed but take about 200 hours to fully open up .This is directly from Path Audi... 
Pure Audio Project Loudspeaker with Voxativ driver option
Hello James I had the Spatial,-4 with modified Xover, that were top notch.As well as modded Maggi1.6,3.6with mye stands, YG Acoustic Carmels,Sonus Faber Olympia-3, and Marten Logan expression 11-A. All very good But,The Pure Audio Project Trio15Ne... 
Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K)
I have sold the new ML 11-A Speakers and am totally enamored with my new speaker.after hearing these at a friends for around $8k  plus capacitor upgrade which anyone can do with a screwdriver.where it allowed me to Taylor the voicing via capacitor... 
The midrange is the most important driver.
From 500 Hz to 2000hz is the actual heart  of the Miidrange .Low midbass from 250hz, upper midrange - treble all  the way to 4000 kHz. The Midband without Any doubt is the most Critical part of all music Getting this right should be paramount, tha... 
Top resistors
For small under 1watt the Vishay naked, are the most detail refined resistors.  ThePath Audio resistors in the 10 Watt range are top dog a slightly warm balance detail the best out there . Myself and others have measured them on average under 3/4 ... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Personally  I would not seek old capaciyors they dry out and leak especially speaking of spending hundreds if dollars West cap was huge in the 60sA Japanese team from 2007 to 2014 improved upon these classic caps to Today's standard  the Arizona R... 
Coupling caps
A killer combination Jupiter Copper foil Bees wax capAnd 30% Arizona  Blue paper Mylar oil capacitor Very close in some way better then  Duelund Cast capacitors.Jupiter condenser  carries both. If you have yo use a Big value Say 30uf  then buy the... 
What is your favorite budget audio component?
The Lumin D1 digital player with Linear Tube Audio linear power supplyIt is very analog sounding and total under $2500 and bests Many at several times this price. 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
I have used Mundorf a lot in the past no more after a lot of research and comparing plastic  is not organic sounding and foil is night and day better thenmetal sprayed on paper .2 minuses ,also a natural damping .my solution to myself and others t...