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| Speaker match for Audio Research CA-50 I have been reading about the Triangle series. Very inexpensive and transparent as speakers get, within reason. I think the bookshelf model is $495, biwireable, great value from what I've read (Sam Tellig, Stereophile). Try Audiowaves in Californi... | |
| Speaker Cable : Low/Mid Priced Advice You'll be disappointed if you expect significant improvement with cables. Most of the time it takes extensive auditioning to figure out what's going on. I would save up not for better cables, but more music, or towards a turntable if you don't hav... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Janacek's Glagolitic Mass (Helps that I sang it once, so know the music); Mahler's 2nd (ditto); Britten's Spring Symphony (give it time); Philip Glass, Koyanisqaatsi (listen in the dark and be freaked out); Pink Floyd, The Wall (ditto); Beethoven,... | |
| Sensitive ears to speakers. Help!!! I have one word for you: analog. My turntable was out of the loop for a while, but I just put it back in, and it's amazing how quickly you can forget about what great sound analog rigs make, doesn't have to be fancy (mine: NAD 533 + AT cartridge a... | |
| Dream System. Spectral or Levinson. I have been obsessed with this hobby for four years now, and my first piece of advice is: don't do it!! Don't let the dealers for this expensive equipment set the agenda!! There is plenty of extremely enjoyable sound available out there without sp... | |
| Best matching speaker for Alepha 3. I heard a pair of Thiel 1.5 driven by the Aleph 3 once it sounded beautiful, crystal clear, dynamic, transients were perfect, everything. Good match. | |
| Help Transport + DAC Don't waste your money, go see a live band every day for the rest of your life instead! | |
| Opinions Needed!! try decware.com and audioc.com these are excellent sites (esp. decware) from guys with a lot of experience with subs. happy building! | |
| ARC LS5mkIII: Is it old sound! There are people who do mods for ARC preamps if you really want to upgrade this is much more economical. can't remember who, sorry, they're in canada somewhere, perhaps there are others as well. |