I've never used anything but stock power cords. I'm intrigued by the Shunyata Venom $99 cord that is supposedly a low-price introduction to the difference a quality cord can make. With this price and a money-back guarantee I'm going to try it out. My question is where in the system would the cord be expected to make the most improvement: DAC? Transport? Pre-Amp? Phono stage? Or am I falling victim to the hype?

Thanks.

I have a relatively small system which consists of receiver,DVD,CD,equalizer,turntable and VCR player mostly Denon components. Anyway I'm in need of some interconnect audio cables, good quality and "INEXPENSIVE" I don't need a set of $100.00 per set. I want nice custom made lengths NOT 1 meter which is all I see. Why on earth would I need something to connect that's 12" away and have 3' of cable hanging out the back of my little setup. I don't need spaghetti hanging down to the floor which I already have with the cheap cables that came with some of my components.

Hi

I just changed my speakers from Thiel cs 2.3 to AP Avanti, but i miss the thiels resolution.
The avanti has god resolution but absolutly not enough.
I love it when you here just about all there is to here, every little sound gives you information about how deep, tall the room is. It givs you a deeper sence of transportation to the event.

I guess i am an analytical kind of guy, but not so that i gets bright and unpleasent.

So now im serching for speakers with high resolution, any ideas?

No electrostatic speakers.

I have a $3,500 budget to get a 2 channel system. I think that an integrated amp is the way to go, given my budget. NO rock n roll, or rap, so loud is not important. What are the major contributors to sound quality in an integrated amp (watts per channel, THD, total whats,etc)? How much power do I need (its for my 20x20 family room and NOT part of a home theater system).

I do want floor standing speakers and the music sourse will be a new CD player.

Thanks for any reply and also if you have any product recommendations.