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Power Cord Recommendation for Bryston 4B SST2
I used to use an array of heavy gauge 20 amp Belden power cords that I made up myself from a 100m drum that I managed to get via a client. It's the same stuff that Krell supply (or used to supply) with their amplifiers (none of which I ever owned ... 
XLR cable for basic beginner
For what my opinion may be worth, as someone who's been system building for 35 years and, as most of us seem to, has tried out all sorts of different cables along the way, most of them rather expensive but ultimately unsatisfactory, I don't think ... 
Speaker with most dynamic PUNCH?
No one, not even reviewers, can possibly have heard every combination of speakers and amplification, so any answers to a question such as this will necessarily be based on limited experience.However, given that PMC Loudspeakers import and distribu... 
Speakers for Bryston
Here in the UK, Bryston amplifiers (and everything else that Bryston make) are imported and distributed by PMC Loudspeakers. At shows, you won't hear one without the other. Accordingly, PMC speakers are designed primarily using Bryston amplificati... 
Biggest Baddest Audio Cables
The only expensive i/c cable I've ever bought is Kimber KCAG 18 years ago (and compared with the prices of some these days, they're not wildly costly). Despite a few detours since, I've still not heard anything I prefer.When I bought Bryston amp's... 
Opinions on TacT RCS Room Correction System
After seven years of frustration and interminable fiddling about, I finally sold my 2.2XP to the same guy who bought my S2150. Using it in pure digital mode, he's delighted with it but, for me, although there were spells when I felt I was getting ... 
BPT CPC vs PS Audio UPC-200 power conditioner
My interest in a power regenerator stemmed primarily from day to day inconsistency of the way the system sounded overall, rather than consistent clicks, grunge, hash and all the rest of it. At weekends, the system would sound (mostly) great, but o... 
For a boomy room, what panels will reduce mid-bass
I too have an acoustically wayward room and for decades suffered from boomy bass which no amount of messing about with speaker positioning seemed top fix. And I love deep, tight, articulate bass.I'd read of bass traps, but the problem lies in borr... 
TACT RCS 2.0 Users Group
I don't know how many TacT RCS units were sold in the UK before TacT's original UK distributor threw in his lot with Lyngdorf in the wake of Peter Lyngdorf's acrimonious split from Boz. Since then, UK distribution of TacT products has been patchy ... 
TACT & Lyngdorf user satisfaction?
And more. Some have described the TacT RCS as great hi-fi but have questioned its musicality. Once you've finally ironed out all the things about its performance that you don't like (the first and biggest challenge), the next step is to fine tune ... 
TACT & Lyngdorf user satisfaction?
And more. Some have described the TacT RCS as great hi-fi but have questioned its musicality. Once you've finally ironed out all the things about its performance that you don't like (the first and biggest challenge), the next step is to fine tune ... 
Opinions on TacT RCS Room Correction System
To answer the question in the original post "Is this an easy unit to use or do you need to be a rocket scientist to figure it out?" (which so far nobody else seems to have done):-You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to use it,... 
Tact 2.2 XP: which configuration to get?
Horacio,Ah, I see ~ but how would you vary the analogue output from an outboard D:AC to feed your power amplifier/s? How many D:AC's are designed to drive power amplifiers directly? It's my understanding (but I may be wrong) that the digital outpu... 
Tact 2.2 XP: which configuration to get?
Horacio,Ah, I see ~ but how would you vary the analogue output from an outboard D:AC to feed your power amplifier/s? How many D:AC's are designed to drive power amplifiers directly? It's my understanding (but I may be wrong) that the digital outpu... 
Tact 2.2 XP: which configuration to get?
Using an external D:AC with the TacT 2.2XP going into one of its analogue inputs seems an odd choice, given that all incoming signals are processed in the digital domain for the purposes of RC. I tried it with an old (but still very good) Trichord...