aj523
Responses from aj523
| Manufacturers past their heyday My first thought is Usher speakers. They were HUGE, or at least trying to be, in the USA over a decade ago. An old acquaintance was a dealer. I never hear anything about them anymore. Maybe they no longer have a US distributor. That’s usually the... | |
| Cube Audio or Charney Why don’t more speaker designers embrace the crossover less concept ? | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers Tube amplification particularly NOS EL34 had me at hello. It’s that much better to my ears than high end solid state or class D. The 3D holographic imaging which I refer to as density you just can’t reproduce with solid state ( at least not AB). | |
| Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend! @arafiq @arthur1260I have the Townshend podiums under my Tontrager stands where sits my Harbeth 40.2’s. Zero issues. Totally secure. Insane improvement in my room. | |
| What Makes your System Special? That’s easy. Tubes all around for a true holographic soundstage. Amp- Mullard EL34 tubes. Preamp and phonostage 12AX7, 12AU7. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @audioquest4life Yes. A nice discount. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @rsf507 Sorry what’s the SM? | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? Seeking advice. Would you guys wait for the Hyperion to be built ( could be months if ever) or scrap that idea and go for the same price point Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum? | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? I hear he’s back home and recovering. Long recovery road ahead but who knows with this virus really. Company was closed last week but reopened and making carts. | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. Have a SS Hyperion cart on order. Will be awhile. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @oldears I hope that’s cause he’s working on my Hyperion cart. I was told 3 months at a minimum. | |
| VINYL SUCKS! Best quote - “The inconvenience forces you to listen”. Nailed it. | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! Harbeth 40.3. It’s the flavor of the month but has stood the test of time (lightly updated) so it’s flavor comes around every few years when many of the others mentioned have come and gone. | |
| Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel? I own the 40.2 Annie’s and I just upgraded my Berning LTA amp to the Berning Quadrature z which is 220 wpc. Whoa!!! is the only adj to describe the impact but only on certain songs have I noticed a significant increase in dynamics. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @millercarbon—I pray the Hyperion has that magical midrange. |