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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited October 2008
    I would hold off on IC's till you get the gear you will be keeping. IC's that sound good on one system may not on another.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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    Ben
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  • Braddles
    Braddles Posts: 228
    edited October 2008
    maybe i should just get some from you ben?
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited October 2008
    Upgrade speakers, then amp, then preamp, then source, then cables, then acoustic treatment, then power conditioning, then isolation . . .
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited October 2008
    Braddles wrote: »
    maybe i should just get some from you ben?

    I only have one problem with that. I never sell my cables from any sort of a cable debate thread. If you were looking for cables, had heard differences in different cables, and were looking to upgrade I would be fine with that. If I sold you cables at this point then that devalues my opinions on cables, I look like a cable pimp, and I am not actually looking out for the OP's best interest. This is why I recommend other brands than my own in these situations. Now if you find out you can hear a difference in cables, and want to try mine that would be great. For now I suggest you continue with your Pre/amp hunt. I hope you understand.
    Thanks
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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    Ben
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  • jm1
    jm1 Posts: 618
    edited October 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Upgrade speakers, then amp, then preamp, then source, then cables, then acoustic treatment, then power conditioning, then isolation . . .

    What he said but acoustic treatment should have a higher priority than everything else so you can hear what the components actually sound like in your room.
    All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed and third, it is accepted as self evident.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited October 2008
    jm1 wrote: »
    What he said but acoustic treatment should have a higher priority than everything else so you can hear what the components actually sound like in your room.

    I listed it lower to allow for the fact hat you won't know what treatment you need until the system is together. This is the most cost effective route.
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited October 2008
    jm1 wrote: »
    What he said but acoustic treatment should have a higher priority than everything else so you can hear what the components actually sound like in your room.

    No truer words were ever spoken. I wish I had started down the "room is a component" thought earlier than I did. I think some very fine speakers and electronics were traded or sold by me before they had a chance to show what they were actually capable of.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2008
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I never sell my cables from any sort of a cable debate thread. Now if you find out you can hear a difference in cables, and want to try mine that would be great. Thanks
    Ben

    wow.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited October 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Upgrade speakers, then amp, then preamp, then source, then cables, then acoustic treatment, then power conditioning, then isolation . . .

    That's one good way of spending a ton of money & still not being happy. Until you realize that the room is a componet of "extreme importance" (more towards the top of the list)...you're just spinning your wheels. If the room isn't right, good stuff can sound lousy & you're still sitting there scratching your head wondering why.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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