joncourage;144951 Wrote: > > 2. Cables. You'll need to choose interconnects (digital or analog) and > speaker cables. > > Lots and lots of argument on how much of a difference these make. > Personally, I've found both to make significant differences in clarity, > tonal balance, bass quality, and soundstage. > > Mostly this will depend on your budget. If you have a decent amount > budgeted, you can stretch it further by buying cables used at Audiogon, > Audiocircle, or usedcable.com. If your budget is limited, I'd try > either Blue Jeans cables, Signal Cables, or Cable Solutions. There are > other inexpensive options, for instance in the Audioquest line, but it > seems the consensus supports the aforementioned in the > bang-for-the-buck category. >
Another brand to consider is Kimber Kable; You can see from my signature that that's what I'm using. joncourage;144951 Wrote: > > > 3. Equipment vibration isolation. You'll want to get pretty much > everything up on some sort of vibration isolation. Lots of options > here, from cheap to ridiculous. Hunt around over at Audiogon to see > what's available in your price range. Do your speakers have isolation > spikes? If they're stand mounted speakers, invest in a good set of > stands - I've found this makes a huge, I mean enormous, difference for > stand-mounted speakers. Good stand will come with spikes (when I say > "good", I'm not talking about the stuff you get at Best Buy, I'm > talking about a set of steel, sand-fillable heavy duty stands). > > Agree. I have a set of steel heavy duty stands myself. They aren't pretty, but they definitely helps. If you have a wooden floor and don't want to use spikes (afriad of scratches), you have two options; One is to use Soundcare superspikes that have integrated cups (see: http://www.superspikes.com/ ); the other is to use foam insulating pads. I am currently using the latter, and they helps better than spikes I used before (less boomy bass). joncourage;144951 Wrote: > > > 5. Clean up / protect your power. Replace the stock SB power supply > with a linear one. Put everything on a decent power conditioner/surge > protector. Options here also range from reasonable ($150) to crazy > (several k$). Some good deals to be had on Monster 3500/3600 units. > Some people go so far as putting in dedicated electrical circuits and > high-grade outlets for audio equipment, but right now that would > probably be overkill for you and there are better ways to spend $. > This is the next twak I am considering (Can't afford a transporter this year:( ). -- tomsi42 SB3, Rotel RC-1070/RB-1070, dynaBel Exact, Kimber Kable 4TC and Timbre. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomsi42's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28529 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
