arcticdeth
Responses from arcticdeth
| Unplug or ride out the storm? Unplug! | |
| McIntosh Tube vs SS w/ Sonus Faber Aida II You for sure have the proper amps to drive those wicked speakers. Dude, the SS amps are some serious power. Used to have the catalogues sent to my by Mac, to drool, and pray. the 901’s are very unique, I’ll bet those would sound simply amazing. We... | |
| Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ? Klipsch for starters are severely bright. Then an older receiver the tile will bounce highs all over tape some cheese cloth or cut a tshirt the size of the tweeter, tape it over the tweeter, or try a 2nd layer of tshirt over the tweeter, let us kn... | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? Lots of reading. Then usually order online n pay with a cc. Will call company and see if they have a 30 or so day return policy or trial. | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? As soon as possible. Upcoming showsravenvio-lenceRiotmacabre - x-mas show (we try go every year)ExhumedCactusDRInunslaughter. Rose tattoo ,!!!the Casualties LOUDNESS!!!many of these great shows are scheduled during the week, so, probably will not ... | |
| Pass XA 25 versus Parasound A21+ - anyone compare? Get the amp with the most rms watts. Headroom you will need the effortless sound you will notice. | |
| Recommendations and thoughts for end game speakers and amps Www.sanderssoundsystems.com The Magtech has been on my radar for a long time. She was sent to me, sat on my house for a week, did not open, shipped back to Roger from financial issues we had at the time. Wish she was still here, His setup ... | |
| Ohm Speakers and Services prices to increase September 1st People who don’t know about Ohm, and are new to them, won’t know any difference. That is a good price increase, the Ohm speakers are a very good, speaker, well above average in sound, finish, etc. they are a great company, despite the increase ... | |
| thought on eBay? Stay away. Sold 2 amps and had a %50 ratio of good / bad will only buy,from audio places. | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? Any fuse with proper blow rate is good. Hearing the “stuff I’ve never noticed before” is tripe. It’s a fuse, if they stuff it with bees wax, or mercury, glo-goo, Italian meat sauce, or bunny farts. You tell a lie long enough, eventually it beco... | |
| Build-up on stylus - any new cures? https://www.amazon.com/Turntable-Lab-Audiosetup-Carbon-Stylus/dp/B01LOJMZ3K/ref=asc_df_B01LOJMZ3K/?t... Have a few of these. The Ortofon ones. Any brand will do. Ortofon sent me 2 of these when my X5-mc cantilever broke off years back. | |
| Upgraded from Parasound Halo Integrated to Modwright KWA 100 SE Always heard great quality, build, great quality innards, etc etc. will 100W be enough? Been there, anything less than 200-250WPC, has not enough headroom to properly power song ending kick drum, crescendos, start / stop music during playback. ... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Unless u have 12ga from fuse box to your stereo system, power cords will be,only snake oil. , 20ga thin basic wire from box to outlets in house, but add a 400$ power cord and the instruments are floating on a membrane of awesomness that whisks and... | |
| Build-up on stylus - any new cures? We wipe the stylus forward (towards me) with the little Ortofon round brush. No grooveglide used , although, it does make,records last longer.grooveglide only on the rare records! Stuff really kills pops & hiss from speakers. Don’t use at all... | |
| Graceline cable from Black Cat cables Audioquest cables!8ga speaker wire. Belden cables, good stuff. I will,check out. The Cat cables..... |