arcticdeth
Responses from arcticdeth
| Confused for the best connection between my Elac speakers to power Amp Use the 4 ohm tap. Impedances will fluctuate. | |
| Which integrated amp for rock/metal (and why McIntosh?) Not too many integrated will give you the power you need into 8 ohm. Thought bout a separate amp?***YES, go to a nice A/AB amp. *** Cool speakers! McIntosh would be great! Sunfire is an amazing powerhouse. Make sure to christen the new speakers w... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? It was lived & learned I think?..... I remember listening to records on tube amps long time ago,then in the solid state sound, it went away, the sound seemed not as relaxing, and it was harder to get that relaxed fall asleep feeling. I use ... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? Some distortion does make for a more relaxing, involving sound. An LP through a nice tube amp puts me to sleep with the nice tone and sound. If I’m off track, sorry. | |
| More Power Part II @baylinor.@dyson2004Wish I were young. Thank you for the kind words. I like my music with a little OOOMMPPHHH in it when playing. Not all music is played loud all the time. Do like some volume for Motörhead, venom, kreator, Iron Maiden, cryptic ... | |
| How loud are you typically listening? Loud enough for the wife to have to raise her voice and yell “turn it dowwwwwwn!””“ If it’s too loud , your too old” | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year They must like writing those checks, as much as stereophile loves cashing them. | |
| How do you choose your daily dose of music? @cleeds bought them.There are larger ones, up to 1tb storage for using lossless songs. There are 560gb. Etc. fleabay. Some use the SD cards which are faster and battery lasts a lot longer as no moving parts. Love mine! Look around lot of th... | |
| More Power Part II All are different, owned multiple receivers, onkyo, Yamaha, pioneer, technics, Sansui, and several others since 1984.plus amplifiers, - Onkyo, carver, proton, carvin, crown, crest, Most were 45x45, 85x85, 100, 125, etc etc. the amps with over 200... | |
| Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal??? Thiel have an amazing restoration service, drivers, crossovers, outside finish, everything to bring them back to brand new or as close as possible. That would have been my choice. Thiel are amazing speakers. Would have kept for a very long ti... | |
| How do you choose your daily dose of music? 2 480gb iPods - all loaded up full at 128K- for car, or small shelf system as background music in house. A small nightstand for night time sleep music. Can not fall asleep well if music is not playing. 1 metal/hard rock. 1 rock/blues/everything ... | |
| Basic Budget Bookshelf speakers BIC America dv-62si bookshelf pair. With a sub added, these little speakers are quite unbeatable. Own a pair from the mid 90’s, still great, sound amazing! The cabinets are a little empty, so I filled them with some old scrap carpet padding,... | |
| Compact amplifier/CD player w/o speakers Vienne acoustics for the laundry room?? Do you have a room for rent? | |
| Replacement for 802 D3s Save that hard earned money. An old cotton t-shirt, cut about 6 round circles, the size of the front of the tweeter. Start with one, sit back, see if it helps, if not, use two, and so on. All u need is a little tweak. Or use a baby’s black sock... | |
| Amplifier current vrs watts; why is current more important? Yes, keep simple!those 1, 2, 15 W watt amps are useless. Get a good amp w minimum 250-300W at 8ohm. Don’t look back, all this nonsense of if 1 watt is great, why have more......?? Really?jackalope! Power works, these flea watt, moth,bunny, butter... |