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| preamp for berning/merlin/audio aero system Kjo - I would look at a VAC Renaissance as being a wonderful mix with your system - should add pinpoint imaging and give you depth to your soundstage that the Merlins will be make good use of. With balanced and single ended inputs and outputs, cin... | |
| Cable Burn-In Question Interconnect & Speaker Hi Oak3x - obviously Riffer is just trying to be helpful in his OWN way - otherwise why would he bother to comment???? We offer free cable burn in service with the purchase of any new cables, which helps out the guys with long runs and/or tube gea... | |
| Single, internal bi wire or internally? Hi Robert - I have to partially agree with Arthur (above) that you should forget the DH Labs cables . They are just not a good match for your speakers either with bi-wire or with jumpers. For far better performance in this setup at about the same ... | |
| Top ten tube preamps I cannot believe that I am the only one to list the VAC Renaissance as the all-round BEST SOUNDING tube pre I have ever used. Top that sound quality off with an included remote, cinema by-pass, dual RCA outputs AND XLR out, 100k Ohm input impedenc... | |
| Cables for B&W 805S Classical- The AU24 single with jumpers is a good choice for your speakers as is Elizabeth's suggestion for 8TC. The new Synergistic Research cables will also be a good performer for 805 speakers and Classe amp. My suggestion is to try a few of th... | |
| Speaker cables from same brand as interconnects? Hey guys - ease UP a bit on the critique! I said BASIC RULE OF THUMB it's best not to mix silver and copper conductors in the same system. Of course there are exceptions - I use Siltech (silver and gold) along with Nirvana interconnects and PAD sp... | |
| Speaker cables from same brand as interconnects? Chazzbo - your idea has very little merit. Cable shootouts only produce valuable results IF:- you happen to have the same components as the reviewer(s)- you happen to share the same listening preferences (acoustical presentation) as the reviewer(s... | |
| Speaker Cable for BW N802 and JC1 I have to agree with JPPenn - the PAD Aqueous Anniversary cables in a bi-wire configuration ( Purist ADDS conductors to make their bi-wire) should be a great cable for you - one that has you enjoying the music and has your toes tapping to it. Keep... | |
| Power Cord suggestions I use the 303/300 in my system and have tried a lot of different power cords with it before deciding on the best ( IMO) cord for it - the Nirvana Source AC power cord, which is not insanely priced ($595/1.5M), but gets the very best from the 303/3... | |
| power cable recommendation for dartzeel amplifier JUst to give you another low(er) cost option, I have a very good customer with two Dart amps and the pre-amp is on the way. He can afford to get any power cord he wanted, but chose the ESP Essence Reference as being the best sonic match with his s... | |
| Audio Magic cables? I have used Audio Magic cables in my system for quite a while with terrific results. Their Trinium XL interconnect is a unique cable ( ribbon conductors with copper, silver, and gold), which I use as well as the Trinium power cord feeding my (exce... | |
| Is the Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun warm?? Tbooe - well - you got me on the first post, BUT the AA speaker cables are still the way to go. Even better/cheaper now because you already OWN them. FAR better than the AZ Satori's with your setup, and I would not be "pining away" for the Venusta... | |
| Power Cord Suggestion for Audio Aero Capitole Rooze - I've recommended the JPS power cord to many, many customers, but in this case I don't think you would like the results with the Capitole. Try to come up with a used ESP Essence power cord for this setup - my customers with the Capitole and... | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 TBooe - I would have to say Purist as well, BUT - the Aqueous Anniversary speaker cables fit this system perfectly and are a much better sonic match than the Venustas. The Au24's are going to be too wamr and soft in the lower frequencies, which is... | |
| Best Power Cord for Mark Levinson 390S CD PLayer Operatoo- the PAD, Elrod Sig 2, and the Aluminata are ALL very good choices for oyur application - and all are also very expensive. I you want to try a moderately priced cable that you might like as well on the Levinson, I would also try the ESP E... |