mcondon
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| Power cable for Pass x150, x150.5 or INT-150 I liked the Fusion Audio Enchanter with the X150.5, which I bought used. The price for a new cord is quite high and above your budget, but you may be able to find one used. Another good cord closer to your lowest price point is the Audio Arts Clas... | |
| Need HDMI Cable Recommendations ? For audio purposes, like between a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC and Transport, HDMI cables have very limited impact on sound, far less than is the case with power cords, interconnects, and S/PDIF digital cables. For A/V purposes, you are asking in th... | |
| XLR or RCA? I used to own the McIntosh MC275 amp. Even though it is not fully balanced, I tried both RCA and XLR cables (Crimson Music Links) between it and my preamp at the time, an Aesthetix Calypso. I preferred the sound with the XLR cables -- I thought my... | |
| Need advice on rich sounding cables If you are going to demo cables, I would add Fusion Audio cables to your list, which are known for their midrange "liquidity". I found their Enchanter power cord to add some warmth to my Pass Labs amp, while preserving frequency extension. Cheaper... | |
| Need advice on rich sounding cables Spending $4K on speaker cables to make an $18K pair of speakers sound better seems a bit lopsided. Why not trade up to a better speaker or a tube amp or preamp before spending that kind of money on 16 feet of wire? | |
| After market headphone cables If you want a "budget" option, I have been pleased with the Headphones Lounge cables. They sound very good vs. stock and are less expensive than Moon Audio and Cardas. However, I don't think they offer a 30-day trial period.Also, instead of spendi... | |
| Clear Day w Solid State, any users and impressions I agree. Clear Day cables are great sounding speaker cables and are not bright. I have used mine with plenty of solid state gear. They do not sound stereotypically like silver (edgy, bright, etc.) so they work equally well with both tubes and soli... | |
| Coincident Pure Reference Extreme I heard the Coincident room at the New York Audio Show and thought it was the second best room there. (The LessLoss room with Kaiser Kawero speakers was the best room, but the speakers were impractically big and a lot more expensive.) Coincident P... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Hi Steve, thanks for the offer to hear the Crescendos in your system. There is a small chance I will be in your area in the next month or so (around the holidays). If so, I will send you a PM to see if we can set something up. Thanks again. | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo Just curious -- do the Crescendos need to be in a big room? A number of comments in this thread have indicated that the Crescendos are big speakers, although their physical measurements don't seem out of line with other floorstanders. (I am thinki... | |
| Bricasti M1 USB Smatsui, can you say more about the comparison of the Bricasti vs. the. PWD? What do you like better about the Bricasti? | |
| Weiss is so underrated Dweinstein, I have heard the VAC Statement 450 (driving some large Raidho floorstanders) and thought it sounded lousy, as did a lot of other people who heard the system. (It was the Sound By Singer room at the New York Audio Show.) And I have owne... | |
| Are the Crimson cables as good as they say The cable you want is Crimson, not Clarus Crimson. Austin Hifi is the US distributor, and they offer a free trial, I believe 30- or 60-days. I compared them to WyWires, Gabriel Gold, Cardas, and PAD Acqueous Anniversary when I was in the market an... | |
| Weiss is so underrated Dweinstein, glad you are happy with your DAC. As your posts make clear, it couldn't have happened to a nicer person. But a $100K system really is not "state of the art". Report back when you have $250K invested in it and we will all be suitably im... | |
| Crimson Speaker Cables? I use Crimson Music Link ICs. They are phenomenal. I demo'd Crimson speaker cables for about a month. I ultimately thought Clear Day Double Shotguns were significantly better. Both have great dynamics and soundstage, and the treble and mid-range a... |