bpoletti
Responses from bpoletti
| The Most Cost Effective Tweak Other than wine, the best ROI for improving a system is a dozen or two 5' - 6' artificial Ficus trees scattered around the room. Start with a dense line of trees behind the speakers, one slightly in front of and to the outside of the speakers, an... | |
| Hardy cartridge The best vinyl set-up for clumsy hands is a CD player. | |
| Room treaments OK, here we go again....Go to "At Home," "Hobby Lobby" or other discount home dec store and buy a dozen or more 6' - 8' tall artificial Ficus trees. Scatter them wall-to-wall between the speakers and the wall behind the speakers. Then place a tr... | |
| Why so many tubes? Was this a troll thread?Who cares the platform as long as it produces high quality reproduction of music? | |
| Was this Technics set up for Radio or Nightclub? Folding table legs means it's portable. Probably a DJ setup. | |
| Need help with MM cartridge choice On a Rega Planar 3, you're not going to get good performance. Sow's ear / silk purse. Better to just get a cheap cartridge and start looking for a better table / arm. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? It’s Russian composer night. Starting with Glinka and working forward to maybe Tchaikovsky, time pending. Tomorrow picks up when tonight leaves off. | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? If you ask someone involved in turntable manufacturing or sales, they will say turntables are the most important. If you ask someone involved in tonearm manufacturing or sales, they will say tonearms are the most important. If you ask someone ... | |
| How hot is too hot? Call Parasound and ask them. They might say it's normal or they might want to have a look at it. It might be running hot because of a problem like hf oscillation or a ps problem. | |
| Matching cartridge to phono pre amp. pF!? Don't worry about it. In almost all cases, the cables between the phono stage and the cartridge will have adequate loading. And it's NOT important. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? @itsjustme Like I said, I didn't read every comment. Missed yours and mc's. And you're right on REALLY LONG cables. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I didn't read most of the comments, but looked for a key word that seems to have been overlooked. IMPEDANCE. A preamp is the heart of the system. It receives musical signals from a variety of sources, often with widely varying output impedances... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? I’m very disappointed. I was hoping to be swamped with people requesting my address so that they could dump their McIntosh amps on me for disposal. | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics A well-designed amp, tube, SS, whatever, should not have a particular characteristic related to it's underlying circuity. They should be honest to the music and reproduce sound without coloration or other distortion. SS sound or tube sound just ... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? Yeah, McIntosh amps, especially tube amps, are terrible. I will pay shipping to my address and will properly dispose of them. |