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NAD and Axiom??
#45609 05/12/04 12:06 AM
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I have recently became a new Axiom fantisier and I'm working on getting seperates for home theatre apps. So far I have one NAD C270 amplifier...so haha...I have a ways to go, but hey! I'm only 18 so theres plenty of time yet.

Anyways, I would like to find some speakers to replace my Fluance ones. So does the warm bass authority sound of the NAD match well with the Axiom speakers, M60 fronts.

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#45610 05/12/04 03:02 AM
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Yes.

The 270 and 60's will go well together, i should know, i use the 370 and the 80's.

Your off to a good start for being soo young. Dont get too ahead of yourself yet though, enjoy the music with what you can afford!

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#45611 05/12/04 03:24 AM
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In reply to:

Dont get too ahead of yourself yet though, enjoy the music with what you can afford



are those words of wisdom from your 'own' personal experience??

you are WAY better off than i was at 20!!

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#45612 05/12/04 03:30 AM
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yeah. because i spent all my money on stereo junk i dont have a car! lol.

Since getting into the whole tube/diy scene i have come to the point where i am not about cables or tweaks or anything but the stuff that REALLY matters.

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#45613 05/12/04 03:34 AM
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OK wait.. maybe i was better off. i had a hardship motorcycle license at 14, and was driving my truck legal on the street by 15.

it was kinda fun pulling into the parking lot for 8th grade!

but i didnt have squat for a stereo!!

bigjohn



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#45614 05/12/04 11:19 PM
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Ahhh, 8th grade. Best three years of my life.

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#45615 05/13/04 03:54 AM
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Haha, seems like you guys are the regulars on here. The one thing I can tell the difference from this forum compared to ecoustics is that you guys are a lot more sarcastic on your posts, not a whole lot of humor back at the ecoustic.com days.

Well thats good news te hear, I kinda figured the 60's would sound good with NAD, but I have a while yet before i purchase them. This summer I'm looking at getting the 6 or the 8 channel NAD processor to replace my Yamaha.

And one other thing. How much of a difference is there from 12 gauge speaker wire vs. some speaker cable...like Straight Wire Quartet speaker cable, I think thats 12 gauge also. It's either Straight Wire for the fronts and Pheonix Gold for the rears and center or P.G. for all the channels. Right now I'm using some crap 18 gauge that I have been meaning to replace for the longest time but I wanted to do some research before that just to be comfortable with the upgrade.

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#45616 05/13/04 03:58 AM
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And yet again, we have a use for the article.

You will find vastly differing opinions on speaker cable. It's about 60%-40% at my last check, with the small majority saying that speaker cable doesn't really make a difference.


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#45617 10/21/04 01:54 AM
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has anyone made and used the speaker cables as described in the article in kcarlisle's post? if so, can you give us your thoughts on how they work? where did you get the components. Thanks.


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#45618 10/21/04 02:25 AM
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In all honesty, that "crap" 18 gauge wire is probably not as bad as you think, but it could still stand to be replaced.

If I were you, I'd take all the cable marketing/propaganda with a grain of salt and consider going with genereic 12 gauge wire. There has never been ANY solid, repeatable evidence that speaker cables make a noticeable difference in how speakers sound.

The Phoenix Gold 12-gauge sells for about $.45/foot. You can get a much better deal on blue 12-gauge wire. I found a deal on a 250-foot spool here that works out to about $.17/foot.

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