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Avantgarde Duo upgrades
Contact Jim Smith with Avantgarde. Jim is the importer for the speakers and has been working on an upgrade package. I believe he is shipping it now. You can find his number at www.avantgardeusa.com and at this site you can find his info on the upg... 
Cable Suggestions for my system?
Wow, I want to sincerely thank those of you who have offered your suggestions - several cables here I had not heard of and will look into.Any further suggestions are appreciated!Thanks,Jack/Tao 
Cable elevators
A very inexpensive way to see if there is an improvement - take the white styrofoam cups you can buy at the grocery store for under a buck and place them under the cables. Then have a listen. 
replacing Dunlavy SC-IV's
My prior system was a full Cello system driving the B&W 800's. Nice sound.I was on a mission to improve on that sound so I was looking at the Dunlavy VI's in contrast to the 800's. Well, during my quest for better sound I came across the Avant... 
Headphone I can stand for more than 1 hour
Stax Lamba Pro - I can sit with them on my head indefinately - which is a problem! LOL. 
TACT RCS 2.0 Users Group
Drubin,Let me address a few of the questions you raised based on my experience to date with the Tact:Your questions 1 & 2; First, as to the Tact supplied target curves - my experience was to throw all of them away except the Near Field (NF) cu... 
Stealth VARIDIG Digital Interconnect
When I started this tread, I noted that I was just starting to audition the Stealth M-7 Signature and the Stealth PGS cables. Reporting back, I now have over 350 hours on the cables. In my system, the clear sonic winner is the M-7 Signature. Steal... 
30 runs of balanced interconnect
I have been using Jeff Smith's Silversmith interconnects and they will take a 30 foot run without any problems. His site is http://www.silversmithaudio.com/ 
Speaker Placement
My speakers are the Avantgarde Duo's with the latest 225 Subwoofer. Rest of system is Sony SCD1 to TACT 2.0 RCS to Art Audio Jota (a wonderful amp!)Speaker placement has been a real experiment that I have put many hours into trying to optimize. Ha... 
TACT RCS 2.0 Users Group
To those who have the Sigtech and have directly compared it to the TACT, particularly Pls1, would you please give us a little more detail on what you sonically hear as an improvement in the Sigtech over the TACT? I'd appreciate it. Also, do you ow... 
TACT RCS 2.0 Users Group
To [email protected],If the placement of the bookshelf speakers have a restricted area you can be experimenting with placement, and I assume you are restricted, then I would be cautious about expecting too much.At this point in my "Tact ... 
Avantgarde Duos -speaker cables
I have the Duo's with the 225 Subs. My system is Sony SCD 1 to Cello Audio Palette (currently trying to define a tube preamp to replace the Cello and I am also currently evaluating the TACT as a RCS/preamp with the Duos) to the Art Audio Jota (jus... 
New Age, Neo-Celtic, World Beat Music
I'm a avid listener of most of what's listed above. Wanted to add a few more for your review, listed in order of being a favorite, but all are great to my ear. I have most of the albums issued by each group below but have listed just my favorite o... 
Perpetual P-3A vs Bel Canto DAC-1 vs MSB
Found this site which is has some data on the units in this discussion:http://www.hometheatertalk.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20010220-10-000134.html Worth reading.I personally have the P3A with the power supply upgrade. First, the upgrad... 
News on Cello Music Film Systems?
To my understanding, Mark Levinson. lost control of Cello to Rick Adams - it was not a pretty sight. Adams sold off the company and all inventory last fall. Cello sold to Matthew James, Inc., phone # 203.867.4008. I've been told they are now offer...