bsimpson
Responses from bsimpson
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I used a number of 300B amps before and they do work better with certain tube brand. One common thing I found, however, is that the TJ/Sophia brand (mesh and carbon) is not as reliable. It's actual tube life is also 30% - 40% less than advertised,... | |
| Ayon Cd Player to IPOD It will not work like this becaue the iPod is not sending the digital signal thru the USB as-is. You either need the iPod transport, such as Wadia 170i/171i (better wait for the 171i). I am in fact considering buying the Ayon CD-7 instead of CD2-S... | |
| Gabriel Gold vs Marigo vs NBS I am really thankful for all your responses. I had the system played overnight, assuming the previous owner did not use it a while and thus requires break-in. This morning, it got a little better, but not at a level that I wish for. There is no lo... | |
| Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good? Well I just got a pair of GG Revelation 2 XLR and they sound very average. Much worst than NBS Master or Marigo 8.8. The sound is way too warm to my taste. Bass becomes muddy. The layer of details become mashed together. Soundstage moved back like... | |
| Apple TV vs Wadia 170i? Even this is quite an old thread, the same question does pop up every now and then, so I would like to put in my $0.02 here:The Apple TV apparently streams music from the computer using WiFi (Wireless N). Doesn't that mean you need to have your co... | |
| Ipod Lockup with Wadia 170i Transport This is not an uncommon issue. Just restore your iPod to default, then sync the music all over again. | |
| Got Vienna Acoustics Mahler speakers - what amp? I owned the VA Mahler for near an year already and I have to agree with the prior comment on tube amps: If you have the VA Mahler, you may as well rule out 99% of tube amps out there. The difficulty in driving VA Mahler is the two bass drivers. Th... | |
| Ayon Triton the best tubes amp in the market? (Why people cannot wait to beat people up without knowing we have members from all over the world, where English is not the first language? If you do not have positive contribution in the forum, just don't say anything then. We don't need it, and ... | |
| LLano Amps. Just curious, is A-300 and Trinity A-300 the same thing, or something different? My impression is that Trinity line is tube hybrid. | |
| Would you pay to listen? The so-called high-end dealers should perform a credit check first, before honoring such requests. Audi dealers do that in a very subtle way. You sure don't want an used car buyer to test drive an brand new Audi for the hack of it.;-) | |
| Mahler, Piano and Strings in A Minor Try the Mahler 6th SACD by Philadelphia Orchestra/Eschenbach. The 2CD edition include a superb performance of this wonderful early work of Mahler. | |
| Von schweikert vr4sr up against mahler VA Mahler is for music lovers. VS is for audiophiles. So there is more a question of taste than which one is better. | |
| Tube Audio Design TAD-803 Single Driver Speaker I recently got a pair of this from Paul and I couldn't believe how this pair of sub-$1000 monitors beat out my other, much more expensive floor-standers.In response to one of the great reviews earlier, I think the lack of treble from that member's... | |
| Jadis JP200 and Marantz 7 clones from Hong Kong I see real great comments and feedbacks in here. I really apppreciate that.Althought I still know nothing about other's experience with those "re-eningeered" designs, I see an interesting point here. Would any decent implementation of those "re-en... | |
| Klipsch LaScalla "upgrade"? How do those tweaks and upgrades compare with the stock unit? For instance, would everybody recommend doing this tweaks on the La Scala, or simply buy an stock Klipschhorn instead?Thank you |