New Finds

[dakatabg]

Poppa now find the Bozak 929 amplifier and you will be all set

[poppachubby]

Wha? Poppa, I thought you spun your own cables.

Right now I have the fidelity to justify a superb cable between my pre and amp. My specialty is speaker cables.

Any suggestions in the sub 100 range for a nice bright IC?

[JoeE SP9]

DH Labs BL-1 Series II. Silver plated (better highs) OFC copper. I use their Air Matrix IC's and their Q-10 Signature speaker cable. Both of these use silver plated OFC copper. I'm slowly replacing all my IC's with these. They are around $220 per meter/pair. The Bl-1's are around $100 per meter/pair.

I tried Kimber Silver Streak but the unshielded cable was prone to RF interference. I liked the Silver Streak a lot. The DH Labs was at the suggestion of a buddy.

[Mr Peabody]

In sub $100.00 you might try Transparent, although I wouldn't necessarily call them "bright" they do have an extended high end and more neutral than warm. I've been told the Tara labs is bright.

[poppachubby]

Thanks guys...

Here's a 929 auction right now dak. http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BOZAK-92...wt_957&afsrc=1

[frenchmon]

Right now I have the fidelity to justify a superb cable between my pre and amp. My specialty is speaker cables.

Any suggestions in the sub 100 range for a nice bright IC?

IF you what silver cables, make sure you amp is not bright in character....and that it has lots of bottom in punch...but since you are asking for bright cable I assume its dark in character?

[frenchmon]

Are you going to bid on the 929?

[dakatabg]

Wow it looks pretty good and powerful. The guy is selling few more Bozak things I saw. He must be a big Bozak fan so if you need info you can get in touch with him I guess.

Are you planning on bidding for the amp?

[poppachubby]

No not at this time.

[JoeE SP9]

I should mention the Kimber Silver Streak IC's use a solid Silver conductor for the signal and two Copper conductors for ground and shield. The DH Labs IC's use Silver plated Copper. The Kimber was/is brighter.

[poppachubby]

John Micheal has a pair of AQ King Cobra's. I am going to try them out.

[thekid]

This weekend's pick-up....
Adcom GFA-545 II in near mint condition.
Will post more pics in another thread after it is set-up/

[dakatabg]

Very good, it should be a big improvement over your Kenweood power amp.

What preamp are you planning on using?

[Mr Peabody]

Good deal Kid now you have the Adcom set up with the gfp-555. Seems you feel the Adcom edges out the Basic gear and I can believe that. Be sure to give us some feedback.

[poppachubby]

Right on kid. I would like your thoughts...

[thekid]

Right on kid. I would like your thoughts...

I wrote a brief review in my "Listening Space" thread. Needless to say I am very happy.

Mr. P - I really do prefer the Adcom set-up to the Basic. The Adcom is just cleaner and more open. The build quality in the Adcom is much better than the Kenwood. The Basic gear makes for a good budget sytem and the C2 pre-amp I think is where its real strength lies. Perhaps the M1D is showing its age a little and bit of an overhaul could improve the sound a bit but at this point I don't see the need.

[dakatabg]

What do you guys think? A pair of Bose 141 bookshelf speakers for $5 in new condition! Even someone who doesn't understand of electronics will buy them for that price!

[Feanor]

What do you guys think? A pair of Bose 141 bookshelf speakers for $5 in new condition! Even someone who doesn't understand of electronics will buy them for that price!

So sell them already!!

[dakatabg]

Ha ha Feanor, I bought them for $5 and I will sell them for $50

I gave you few points for your reputation

[E-Stat]

What do you guys think? A pair of Bose 141 bookshelf speakers for $5 in new condition! Even someone who doesn't understand of electronics will buy them for that price!

Actually, some of their smaller bookshelf speakers like the 601 are pretty decent.

rw

[dakatabg]

Actually, some of their smaller bookshelf speakers like the 601 are pretty decent.

rw

I know the 601 very well. One of my buddies has a pair of them and he uses them with a Denon ( I dont know the exact model ) and they sound very good!

I don't know why but I never was impressed with Bose! I have had most of their speakers and maybe 901 speakers sounded the best for me!

[luvtolisten]

I liked the 301's the best, for sentimental reasons. It was in the early mid 70's when they first came out. It was the first set of speakers I owned, my break from the consoles. Back then they came with a lifetime warranty. I remember according to 2 popular consumer magazines, the 301's and EPI 100's were rated the "best buy" in their price class.

[E-Stat]

... and maybe 901 speakers sounded the best for me!

Well, they can be fun if nothing else. I don't want to rain on your parade, but the 901s have no real top end response and their image is a caricature of the signal. "Isn't it cool that the twelve string guitar sounds ten feet wide!"

You should be able to turn the ones you got pretty quickly.

rw

[dakatabg]

Well, they can be fun if nothing else. I don't want to rain on your parade, but the 901s have no real top end response and their image is a caricature of the signal. "Isn't it cool that the twelve string guitar sounds ten feet wide!"

You should be able to turn the ones you got pretty quickly.

rw

I see what you mean E-Stat, well everyone has a different taste and opinion. Some people say Bose is a great company and they love the sound, some people hate it and they don't even wanna look and hear Bose products so you know what I mean!

[JoeE SP9]

This weekend's pick-up....
Adcom GFA-545 II in near mint condition.
Will post more pics in another thread after it is set-up/

Way to go kid!!!!
The 555/5500 series gets all the press, but IMO the 545/5400 series is the best sounding of all the Adcom power amps.

BTW:
I compared one of my GFA-545's against the Kenwood I got from you. There was/is no contest. The Adcom was better in every way. It has smoother, cleaner sound, less grain and a blacker background. It also subjectively has at least twice as much power even though they are both rated about the same WPC wise.

The Kenwood stuff is doing fine at my girlfriends place.