audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| The Absurdity of it All Everyone looses some part of their hearing at different frequencies,young and old . In the service , shooting weapons ,weed whacking, mowing our lawns, snow blowing ,leaf blowing, for certain not everyone or even most always wore hearing protect... | |
| Never Use HiFi-Exquis - Worst Merchant Ever! Customs won’t red flag anyone for one incident too much politicsi tried this when I was a audio dealer if there is a history of bad practices and complaints then customs will step in .file with American Express, they should give you credit back ... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? A excellent dac Black ice audio uses dual 12Ax7 vacuum tubes which I would put in NOS Raytheon Black plates brent Jesse audio, and a Synergistic 🍊 fuse decent power cord And beats dacs 2-3 x it’s cost .Underwood Wally sells them Retail $799,which ... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? An active preamp any day ,because of its power supplies and gain stage keeps a constant voltage and steady soundstage and imaging Rick solid .A passive preamp ,or direct from dac ,doesnot present the control and stability of the signal voltage .I ... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component One thing is for sure the igital, or turntable is the most critical part of any Audio system ,for everything starts there ,once the quality is changed or compromised it cannot be fixed down stream.the speaker is the by far the highest distortion ... | |
| Looking for recommendations for a pair of full range speakers for ~8k or under This is a no brainer if you have a decent size room either Spatial Audio Labs X3,X5 powered Bass very low parts in Xover 97 db efficient -0 parts in the midrange the great Beyma AMT tweeter from 1 kHz to 35khz seamless super fast detailed and pow... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? I can see maybe 2 at most ,it creates too many issues the input sensitivity of each amp is different if not the same ,a amp for the bass for sure a quality SS amp, tom tube or SS and a Tube preamp , SS amp is widely used or tube .your speakers wil... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! Being an Audiophile for over 40 years ,what impresses me more then anything is a product that can beat products of much higher cost ,for say 1/4 of that.Just like in stereo times a $2k fuse that truly makes a nice improvement for 1 fuse that's ins... | |
| What are Your Favorite Tweeters? The great Beyma tweeter in Spatial audio labs X3, X5 speakers is not only a great AMT tweeter but excellent mid band driver from 1khz to past 35 khz , in the vast majority of Loudspeakers the crossover is around 2400 khz right in the heart of the... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! Now tell us Audiophiles the $$ cost !! | |
| Compression Horns for Far field listening Why not purchase a perfected open baffle speaker like a Spatial audio labs x5 speaker , the Beyma amp tweeter- midrange driver is far more uniform in a horn loaded Wave guide. | |
| Speaker Cables Great all around cables period Wireworld Eclipse they checksall the boxes silver copper connectors ,not brass like most, 6-9s pure copper isolated conductors, and lowest dielectric insulation at a decent price Galen carol audio ,I got great deals... | |
| Sub-$1250 DAC w/ built-in Headphone Amp For sure Denafrips arias dac, or the very good Black ice audio wifi dac ,put in NOS Raytheon black plate tubes a super dac for under a grand with tubes. | |
| Definitely lonely to be an audiophile Maybe you should setup I surround sound setup for your tv then you can educate the tin 👂 how much better their audio can be. | |
| Why not more popular? I have owned spatial audio before and may buy their new X 3,x5 series the only unknown is who makes the Tweeter- mid AMT unit once that ? Is known then I will consider on buying them .hopefully not made in China !! |