buconero117
Responses from buconero117
| jumping back in, where should i start? A budget of no more then $5K, which seems to be the 'tipping' point where spending more gets little if any improvement in sound. Check out some of the Caying products, used of course. They give great value and great sound. | |
| Looking for Vintage Gear to photograph Seems like a 'coffee table' book is in the works, and that would be great as I do not think there is any about. A suggestion. Often on e-bay hi end brochures of gear go up for sale, often for over $100. Perhaps contact with these people so photo c... | |
| Questions on switching to tube amplification Cayin or VAS is the way to go. | |
| Would You Like to Make Your CD's Sound Better Watch out, guys. As you know these sheets will now be repackaged and sold for $100, box of 25. Any suggestions for a name? | |
| Thinking About a New CD Player why not the oppo 83SE? it will blow away some units costing $5K and above. Don't buy into the 'jitter' stuff as an excuse to spend more. hearing is believing. enjoy the music. | |
| any reasons NOT to buy a peachtree nova? only if you cannot get a loaner unit to see how it sounds in your rig. | |
| JBL K2 5500 anyone? These are favorites of the Japanese market. They love JBL. The most current version is the 6600, Everest. The Kimber room at RMAF 2009 had these monsters. You need to build a special room to house these. The most puzzling part of these large speak... | |
| Whats your current Reference CD at the moment? eva cassidy, songbird | |
| tube amping center channel I use a VAS/Cayin mono tube amp unit on my center channel. The feed comes from a Cayin tube pre-amp with a center channel output for phono play and a Sony center channel out pre processor for SACD's. Also, all the amps in the system are Cayin tube... | |
| Monaco TT with Halcyonics You may want to 'go naked', that is put the turntable out of the room where the speakers are. At least try it to see exactly what differences are produced. Coupling and de-coupling still does not eliminate the acoustic engery that hits the base, a... | |
| hardwood floor and speaker To couple, or not to couple. If of the 'not to couple' school purchase some half inch granite to put the spikes on. Of course they will need WAF. Granite goes for about $40 per sq. foot these days. | |
| Hat's off to the room treatment camp. sidssp is right on, cover the tv. | |
| Q's to ones can read Electronics Specs. Upgrade all you outlets and power cables to those that are 'medical/hospital' grade. | |
| Length of speaker cable effect bass response? Time to go to Home Depot and purchased some 12 gauge speaker cable. This is a very inexpensive way to see if it is your present cable, which could in fact be defective. A quick check on the latter would be to switch the cables you have. But in any... | |
| New TT-- new problem Where is the dealer in all this? Seems there is a problem, most likely set up or maybe some part of the rig is now defective/damaged. In any event, the dealer should be able to directly help you with an on site visit. You spent $2800 for an upgrad... |