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Speaker cable vibration?
11-30-11: Highend4meGo see a doctor seriously. Read your post again, obsessed with your equipment rather than just listening and enjoying music. Highend4me (Answers | This Thread)Posted to an audiophile forum in a site that sells nothing but audio... 
New preamp: need to change speaker placement?
Rrog, I don't trust anyone else's ears but my own, as mine are the only ones that I can hear with. My initial question was more of a blanket statement -- does equipment change affect speaker placement? I honestly wasn't sure since my particular sp... 
BEST TUBE PREAMP FOR NUFORCE 9 V2 SE ??
Along the lines of devilboys comment and for your knowledge, I tried a Shindo Aurieges L w my Ref 8s. The Shindo has a pretty high output impedance; the pairing was not optimal. 
Any advantages to bi-wiring speakers vs. single
Tpreaves, that makes no sense to me. Why would a customer want to do something the speaker designer recommends against? The sales drop in my mind would only be for people who have biwire cable already and want to stick with it.I read the downloada... 
Any advantages to bi-wiring speakers vs. single
10-29-11: Wolf_garciaBiwiring must depend on the speaker brand...Alan Yun told me NOT to biwire my Silverline Preludes that he designedI've read this about Silverlines. I'm curious why the speaker maker would make his speakers biwireable but recom... 
Ever have a CD avalanche like losing at Jenga?
Thanks for the work-day laugh. Sorry, nothing personal of course. But the imagery of jenga and your writing style was funny. Not to mention the random post. Cheers 
Speaker cable vibration?
Capt369 - spades vs bananas, is your comment directly related to the vibration issue or just in general? I am not debating your feedback, but would like to hear if spades have been said to ameliorate vibration over bananas 
Importance of Power cords feeding Conditioners
I'm not saying that the PC to the conditioner is not important; I'm saying IME it's not the MOST important. 
Importance of Power cords feeding Conditioners
I disagree that the PC to the conditioner is most important. The most significant I've found is PC to source. I have noticed differences w PCs to conditioner, true. But not nearly as dramatic as PC to source. 
Speaker cable vibration?
Capt369, did you notice a difference with the Herbies in place? 
Power Cords--Your Preference?
A vote for Mojo audio cables -- their specials going on ebay right now and I believe on their website for the WE nos pure copper @ $179. Replaced significantly more expensive PS Audio cables. Warmth, and detail. I have gone all Mojo and am happy. ... 
Review: Acoustic Revive RR-77 Tweak
Hi Dnobel,Thanks for your direct reply. I still have and use the unit and feel I do now understand its effects -- to sum up there is an ease about the music and it also seems more dimensional. Results have varied depending on placement, including ... 
Power Cord for Power Conditioner
To answer the OP's question, I thought the same thing but in two instances using power cords from the same company as the power conditioner actually sounded worse than a cord from a diff manufacturer. I think there are other variables involved 
Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations?
Specifically for ceiling corners, I use and can recommend Cathedral Sound panels . You can buy them at Cable Co. Sometimes they come up used here, though rarely. 
New Zu Mission cable
I'd be interested in the above question as well, though for my part I was not terribly impressed with the Missions when I had them.