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I have been using a 1055 as pre pro to a 1075 for about 6 months now to drive Paradigm Studio 60s and a servo 15 sub. My source for 2 channel is a Cambridge audio D300 CD Player and for movies is a HTPC.
The HTPC is kinda hopeless I guess and I think most PCs are inferior in sound to the best dvd players. Not really a problem for me since my critical listening is always 2 channel red book cd for now.
Anyhow I have been quite happy with the 2 channel sound but always looking for improvement. On the verge of buying an Arcam Alpha 9 or Musical Fidelity A3CD player I decieded to upgrade some of my cabling first.
My old speaker cable was anchient monster cable. Real heavy but really just glorified lamp cord. The interconnects were Kimber PBJ.
First upgrade was the speaker cable. I had felt that my sys was lacking a little detail so the local hi-fi shop recommended I try some Totem silver speaker cable since I need 2X25 foot runs and these were fairly cheap. These cables are light gauge and I was skeptical but they were loaning them to me so what did I have to lose. So in they went and voila. After break in a huge improvement in detail but I felt the sound became a little too bright. Back to the shop and a recommendation I change out my PBJs for some Heros. Again a huge improvement to the point I am almost there. (dont think I'll ever really get there but that is the fun) The sound was real good but I felt the bass was a little muddled amd lacking depth. Just for fun i tried swapping out my sub cable with another cable I had on hand that is very old but at the time I felt was real good. Jackpot. Bass is great now. The depth and slam has really improved and it has lost that muddled tinge. I hate to assess a number to it but I would say these cable changes have made at least a 15% improvement in sound.
The problem now is that my obsession is spinning outa control and I find myself looking at used Gamut cd players and its piers. Please help me. LOL
Anyhow I really wanted to get the point across that this Rotel equipment is NOT living up to its potential if you go bargain basement on cables both speaker and interconnect. Used cables can be had at a fraction of new and they are already burned in.
Many people believe that a cable is a cable but I am telling you this is not true. Maybe spending huge bucks on cabling is stupid but do yourself a favor and try to borrow some decent mid line cables and give it a try. The local hi-fi shop here in WPG will lend out almost any cable cause they know the difference can be huge and are confident they will not be returned.
Now they want me to try an exotic powercord. Oh Noooooooooo
Steve
The Future of HT lies in FP SPREAD THE WORD
The HTPC is kinda hopeless I guess and I think most PCs are inferior in sound to the best dvd players. Not really a problem for me since my critical listening is always 2 channel red book cd for now.
Anyhow I have been quite happy with the 2 channel sound but always looking for improvement. On the verge of buying an Arcam Alpha 9 or Musical Fidelity A3CD player I decieded to upgrade some of my cabling first.
My old speaker cable was anchient monster cable. Real heavy but really just glorified lamp cord. The interconnects were Kimber PBJ.
First upgrade was the speaker cable. I had felt that my sys was lacking a little detail so the local hi-fi shop recommended I try some Totem silver speaker cable since I need 2X25 foot runs and these were fairly cheap. These cables are light gauge and I was skeptical but they were loaning them to me so what did I have to lose. So in they went and voila. After break in a huge improvement in detail but I felt the sound became a little too bright. Back to the shop and a recommendation I change out my PBJs for some Heros. Again a huge improvement to the point I am almost there. (dont think I'll ever really get there but that is the fun) The sound was real good but I felt the bass was a little muddled amd lacking depth. Just for fun i tried swapping out my sub cable with another cable I had on hand that is very old but at the time I felt was real good. Jackpot. Bass is great now. The depth and slam has really improved and it has lost that muddled tinge. I hate to assess a number to it but I would say these cable changes have made at least a 15% improvement in sound.
The problem now is that my obsession is spinning outa control and I find myself looking at used Gamut cd players and its piers. Please help me. LOL
Anyhow I really wanted to get the point across that this Rotel equipment is NOT living up to its potential if you go bargain basement on cables both speaker and interconnect. Used cables can be had at a fraction of new and they are already burned in.
Many people believe that a cable is a cable but I am telling you this is not true. Maybe spending huge bucks on cabling is stupid but do yourself a favor and try to borrow some decent mid line cables and give it a try. The local hi-fi shop here in WPG will lend out almost any cable cause they know the difference can be huge and are confident they will not be returned.
Now they want me to try an exotic powercord. Oh Noooooooooo
Steve
The Future of HT lies in FP SPREAD THE WORD
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