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Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 12:38
AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Digital
Interconnect Review
There you go - if you ever get the chance to repeat the test with
the
Siltech do try it - I'll swear that the female vocals on "Carry on up the
Charts" by The Beautiful South sound much clearer with the Siltech HF6
(£150)
versus the Supra EFF-I (£45). You might also want to try it using a
"proper"
CD transport rather than a DVD player. While my Arcam DV-88 works as well
as
my Audiolab 8000CD when used as a transport (it isn't as good as a straight
CD
player - and in fact the late Bob Tomalski compared it to the Meridian
508 when used as a pure CD transport), my old Panasonic DVD A350 was pants
in
comparison. I'm not saying that your results are invalid - just suggesting
a
way that you *may* be able to hear the same difference that I *think* I
heard.
There are those (not me) that say bi-wiring makes no difference so
it
really is whatever works for you. If you ever get the chance to borrow a
second 10P try bi-amping. If you think that bi-wiring makes a significant
improvement, bi-amping will knock your socks off. The best way to do it is
use
one stereo amp for the left speaker and one for the right speaker - that
way
you avoid any possibility of cross-talk between channels. It also means
that
you can use long interconnects and short speaker cables. I bi-amp my centre
speaker in exactly that fashion. Somewhere I've got a picture of my Home
Cinema setup which shows the power amp stacks behind my speakers, I'll post
it
somewhere when I find it. My main speakers are bi-amped using four
mono-blocks
which I managed to secure for half price when Tag Mclaren were getting rid
of
their stocks of Audiolab 8000MXs. It made a massive improvement over the
single 8000PX I had been using - and again I got to put the power amps
right
behind the speakers using short 1m lengths of speaker
cable.