Marcus Oakley's "Best Recommendation" Questions

panteragstk

panteragstk

Audioholic Warlord
Agreed. I love pretty cables (about the biggest reason to "upgrade"), but if you already have a decent gauge wire and not pushing crazy distances, you're not too likely to notice any differences.

The only time I've witnessed a difference was when a builder ran like 22 gauge (shameful) in-wall about a 100'+ distance. That got swapped out with 12 gauge. THAT was better. 22 was the worst I've ever come across.

That Belden 5000UE's great stuff. 12 gauge, right? It's going to be tough to get any better than that unless you just want to go for different aesthetics.
Wow. That's really bad. 22ga at 100' would cause all sorts of issues I'd think.
 
Bucknekked

Bucknekked

Audioholic Samurai
Wire has very little to do with sound quality- it's the speakers and room that matter most.
remember, the OP is Marcus Oakley. King of the "what's best?" question.
No follow up. Never a 2nd post. Never really interested to begin with.
 
BMXTRIX

BMXTRIX

Audioholic Warlord
The link in post #2 didn't work.
I wonder if this is the correct link?
http://www.audioholics.com/audio-video-cables/speaker-cable-gauge
Thanks - I updated my link. I actually tried linking to just the chart on that page which is about all that matters.

A shame on the OP being a one and gone guy. He had great speaker cable currently and other than aesthetics really has zero reason to upgrade. I've seen some ridiculous cables over the years and have never understood them.

To each their own.
 
Bucknekked

Bucknekked

Audioholic Samurai
Thanks - I updated my link. I actually tried linking to just the chart on that page which is about all that matters.

A shame on the OP being a one and gone guy. He had great speaker cable currently and other than aesthetics really has zero reason to upgrade. I've seen some ridiculous cables over the years and have never understood them.

To each their own.
Marcus doesn't actually have any of the stuff he lists.
With each question of "what's best" he often has a completely new list of things.
He really isn't interested in the response because why he posts is something of a mystery.
 
Speedskater

Speedskater

Audioholic General
Montucky

Montucky

Full Audioholic
Huh. That's crazy about OP. I never would've figured since I typically take people at face value. Guess I'm still 'new' around these here parts.

Think he's with a marketing firm or something? Just trolling forums for free information? o_O
 
Bucknekked

Bucknekked

Audioholic Samurai
Just a bit of advice - You may want to address your grammar and sentence structure issues.
the OP is Marcus Oakley. King of the "what's best?" posts.
He doesn't have any of the equipment he lists.
He doesn't ever revisit a post.
He doesn't actually care what anyone thinks.
Look him up and satisfy your own curiousity
 
little wing

little wing

Audioholic General
the OP is Marcus Oakley. King of the "what's best?" posts.
He doesn't have any of the equipment he lists.
He doesn't ever revisit a post.
He doesn't actually care what anyone thinks.
Look him up and satisfy your own curiousity
Hey Man - Yeah, I did, and your right. Thing is... there are so many knowledgeable people here who are passionate about audio and willing to provide expert level advice your not likely to get many other places. How anyone like him would want to waste his own time plus everybody else's is beyond me.... different strokes for different folks I guess...
 
M

marcus oakley

Audioholic
hi

can any body please tell me which has the superior overall sound quality the sony x800 4k player or the oppo 203 or 205 especially when playing music cd

my question is i have at the moment i have 2 dali ikon 6v2 fronts dali vokal centre
2 dali zensor 7 as rears
2 dali zensor 1 as additional rears
4 dali c1 atmos modules
i also have the crown 1002 amp as well
sony x800 4k player
blue jeans speaker cables belden 5000ue
4 svs pb13 ultra subs
a playstation 4 pro
a wii u
xbox one x scorpio edition
nvidia shield console
marantz 7011 amp
mini dsp 2x4 to connect all 4 subs to the amp
antimode 8033 to balance the subs out for optimum performance
blue sound node 2 streamer
music fidelity m3i integrated amplifier
I bi-amp my main speakers with the MF and the Crown amps, with the MF on the HF and the Crown on the LF where power demands are higher.
Marantz 701 to the integrated amp using the left and right pre-outs from the AVR into the HT bypass / AV input of the integrated amp
connect the analog outputs on the streamer, to an analog input on the integrated amp.
this gives me even better superior sound than the 7011 for streaming music
i have a very large audio cd collection
i want a perfect partner cd player that will greatly enhance the audio quality
of my setup i was thinking naim cd5si or something else in the price range that any of you on the forum wold recommend thanks
 
M

marcus oakley

Audioholic
can you or anyone else tell me would the cyrus cdi with psx-r external power supply or sim audio 260d or the naim cd5si
do these have supeior dacs to the oppo 205
if so would they give me much better overall sound quality than th oppo 205 with the setup i have thanks
 
M

marcus oakley

Audioholic
hi

i found out that either 3 will give me a superior performance compare to the 205
but if you as to choose between the nam with power suply
or cyrus cdi
or sim adio 260
wha would be your preferd choice and why

also what else could i add to this setup to greatly ehance the quality of sound
or swap out
 
everettT

everettT

Audioholic Spartan
hi

i found out that either 3 will give me a superior performance compare to the 205
but if you as to choose between the nam with power suply
or cyrus cdi
or sim adio 260
wha would be your preferd choice and why

also what else could i add to this setup to greatly ehance the quality of sound
or swap out
A large hard drive and rip your music. Physical media is a pain to store if you have a lot. I'd never spend high dollar on a cd player. Get an oppo blu-ray player and use it a your media steamer and app source as well. Stop over thinking "the best" .
 
M

marcus oakley

Audioholic
hi

i want to try this instead
in addition to my setup above
i want to add a power amp to the centre speaker to enhance it greatly
i will be using my marantz as main amp
then i will use the music fidelity m3i and crown 102
for the high and low frequncies then to the marantz
to my dali speakers
will connect my blue node2 to the amplifier

my question is i have enhanced my two front speakers but i want to enhance my centre speakers as
well the dali zenor vokal centre
what do you recommend as a power amplifier for the centre
same as youve got
or something else you would recommend
i am using dali instead of the kefs you use to take into consideration
also i want to enhance the audio quality of the sony ux800 4k player
by using a arcam ir dac to enhance the 2 channel music of the sony ux800
can all this all be wired up to the marantz amp

if so how would i wire it all up thanks
also is there any way i can add a turnable to this setup
if so what would you recommend
and how do you wire it up thanks
 
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pewternhrata

Audioholic Chief
Buy a ps3? With everything listed I couldn't begin to tell you how to connect it all, waste of wire, equipment and $. Sit back and listen to some good ole 2 channel and enjoy the dalis. Try adjusting the speakers a few inches if something sounds off. Most high end equipment is nice for bragging rights but expecting different brand equipment to make huge strides is not the solution. If a 203 vs 205 makes a difference, your doing it wrong.
 

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