jeffcantor
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| Question for Hyperion 968 owners I made up my own cables - 14 gauge flat braided copper for the mid/treble module and 12 gauge round braided copper for the base (bass) modules. Banana plugs (gold plated) from Monster. All bought at RadioShack! Works great. 968's driven by Aragon ... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I have a pair of Hyperion HPS-968 speakers (from Hyperion Sound Design, not Rockport). Jim Hannon of TAS is absolutely correct. These are magnificant speakers. Hyperion Sound Design is having a sale. All "A" stock is 35% off; "B" stock is 50% off!... | |
| Best Budget Sub? Hsu Research VTF-2. I've heard it. Two of my friends have it. I have the VELODYNE HGS-15 (list $2500 - I paid $1800), and it sounds almost as good; definitely not only 1/5 or even 1/3 as good. If I had bought it first, I probably would be happy. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I've had PSB Stratus Golds since 1996 or 97, and I have yet to hear anything that I've wanted to replace them with. (I use a SONY DVD-S7700 (as a transport only) input to a SONY TAE-E9000ES pre/pro (w/ver. 2.01 upgrade) through an ARAGON 8008BB). ... | |
| Best Kept Speaker Secret? PSB Gold (or Goldi) in combination with ARAGON 8008BB.(I also use a VELODYNE HGS-15 for the lowest octave; i.e. 20 - 40 Hz, electronically crossed-over in the SONY TAE-E9000ES pre/pro w/Version 2.01 upgrade, but the Golds'are flat down to 35 Hz [-... | |
| Weird Thing after I lift my ground. Follow-up to what I wrote previously:This past weekend I bought and installed the MAGIC Box and the aforementioned hum disappeared. So the MAGIC works in my particular installation. | |
| Weird Thing after I lift my ground. If a cable tv input is part of your system, then the ground loop is usually caused by the ground of the cable system being at a different potential than the electrical ground (see page 115 of the current issue of Stereophile [June?]).Remove the ca... | |
| Hovland-Pre,anyone heard it ? I believe Michael Fremer has reviewed this pre-amp in a recent issue of Stereophile, although I cannot remember specifically which month. I remember that he really liked it, but check it out before you buy. |