bondmanp
Responses from bondmanp
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k +1 for the Denafrips Pontus II. I don't have the 12th anniversary edition, but I did upgrade the firmware to the current version. This is a fantastic DAC for the price and perhaps even higher price. I tried to avoid Chi-Fi, but after trying and... | |
| Level the floor So my basement, home of my Man Cave, slopes down towards the sump pump well. That saved my amp, subs and speakers when we had a flood in 2007! Don't level your floor unless you are certain that this isn't an issue. I don't really level much ... | |
| Attention Thorens experts Reviving an old thread with a new question: I would like to add oil to the base of the spindle shaft. The sub platter seems locked in place, and I can't lift it up out of the shaft. Is there a trick to releasing the sub platter so I can get to ... | |
| People Who Affest Electronics @bolong LMAO! Your post is funny, but if you tell anyone, I may have to k-ll you! 🤫 | |
| People Who Affest Electronics Well, as our VP says, "electronics are very important to the present. But to understand our present, we have to understand our past. And if we can understand our past, we can understand where we are going, in the future. It can all be explained... | |
| Bad news for home theater enthusiasts I am one of the luddites who still rents DVDs and Bluerays. One thing few people talk about is depth of catalog. Netflix DVD rental offers something like 100,000 titles, including many indie and foreign films, as well as music performance videos... | |
| Pee Wee Herman has passed away He will be missed. Paul Reubens (aka Pinchas Rubenfeld) was an entertainer with a hero father, who was one of the Israel Air Force's founding members, flying a fighter for the new State of Israel in it's war of independence. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? My dad's mono system: Rek-O-Cut turntable, Audax tonearm, GE pickup into a Bogen integrated tube amp into an early KLH 6. I inherited the KLH 6. It still works. He once told me he auditioned early stereo and thought it was a gimmick created to... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! Probably never replacing my Ohm Walsh 2000s, purchased new in 2009. Each one has its own dedicated Vandersteen 2Wq sub with M5HP battery biased crossover. I had these before the Ohms, with a pair of Vandersteen 1Cs. The Ohms have responded beau... | |
| Odyssey Audio Kismet Mono Blocks @odysseyaudio I know you tried to help, and that you were willing to service the amp again. I couldn't handle the lifting and shipping costs anymore. The last straw wasn't the buzz in the center channel, it was when there was smoke and a burning... | |
| Odyssey Audio Kismet Mono Blocks FWIW, I had an Odyssey Stratos HT3 3 channel for about 12 years when it required service. Klaus was surprised I went 12 years with no issues. While it was in for repairs, I upgraded to full Kismet internals. The first time it was shipped back, F... | |
| DAC Under $3000 I resisted Chi-Fi as long as possible, but for under $2k, nothing I have heard beats my Denafrips Pontus II with 1.4 firmware. It's a virtual Swiss Army knife of a DAC that is clean, clear, and never harsh or brittle. Sound stage is highly sourc... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? I would say any speaker that is returnable for a reasonable amount of time. You must be willing to lug the speakers back to the store or to a shipping center, and possibly pay return shipping and/or a restocking fee. FWIW, I bought my current sp... | |
| I Hate Moving I feel your pain, OP. I am about 4 years away from relocating overseas after 34 years in the same home. Add to all the anxiety: Import duties and restrictions, "professional" packaging, and the risk of putting my precious hi-fi and LPs on a car... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update @dandaroy I need to listen more (unrelated server issues have kept me from listening lately), but my initial impressions were different. I found the sound slightly better, and no worse in any respect. I guess YMMV, but, so far, I don't intend to... |