carl_eber
Responses from carl_eber
| Magnepan break-in? Coiling up a silver wire and sticking it in place of the tweeter fuse works great, also. I know the manual says not to, but it's worth the risk. | |
| Magnepan break-in? And I use ASC traps in the small room with the Maggies, and the bass pitch definition is better in some ways than my Sennheiser 600 headphones...that says a lot!! The main thing they need is the ASC Frescoes right behind them and just inside their... | |
| Magnepan break-in? When I got my MMG's four years ago, they took about 250 hours of loud playing to break in fully. My amp was 300 watts rms, then. Now, it's 500. I don't think you can burn these things out!! | |
| Harmonic Technologies VS AudioTruth Diam I used to have the Kimber Silver Streak. It lacked the dynamics of most other interconnects, and was somewhat soft with transient attack. The treble was a little rolled off, and the midrange was a little noisy; bass also lacked extension, slam, an... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... The AQ little and big feet were made with Sorbothane (a Dupont invention, I think). Now they're made with a gel that might be related to Sorbothane. I've not heard those latest ones. The little feet made an incredible improvement between many diff... | |
| Harmonic Technologies VS AudioTruth Diam I have both of these, the HT is borrowed and needs to go back soon. The Diamond x3 is a half meter, the Silway 2 is one meter. Both are RCA. The MIT 330 Shotgun is better overall than both. That said, the Diamond is faster everywhere, with a touch... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... For the record, I humble myself before Albert Porter, specifically regarding power cords for my power amp. He was right, and I was wrong FOR SURE! | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... BMP, I've borrowed Harmonic Technology cables, and have them right now. They need to go back soon. Which ones are you curious about? You don't seem to be interested in my other suggestions, so I don't know why you'd think I knew about these cables... | |
| ML no39, Wadia 850, Classe 1.0, or Sony? CD50, $1600 or less, used. I just don't see any of these beating it in any way. You don't even need to spend a lot on a preamp, since you don't need one. I wish you were in my area, you could hear mine. | |
| R 2 D 4 Musikdok, I just got Argenta from Mucis Direct for $159, serial number 148. Can't wait to hear it!!! | |
| Sunfire Signature VS. B&W ASW series Oh, and mine is the Sunfire Pro, which is the same as the Mark 2. I wouldn't ever buy anything based on a comparison set up by a dealer, especially a subwoofer. Just my annoying opinion. I use mine in a 4200 cubic foot concrete room. With it turne... | |
| Classe or Bryston? Emmett, I agree totally about DVD-Audio. I apologize for being irrelevant (that needs to go on my headstone when I die, heh heh). I've not heard the amp speaker combo you ask about, and hope you can try the amp in your home before you decide. Usin... | |
| Are subwoofers worth the trouble? I'm in full agreement with you about subs, BMP. I don't have the REL, I have the Sunfire. The Velodyne HGS-15 is my dream sub. As for your question, I suppose if the sub has line level as well as speaker level inputs, and can togle between the two... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Gerry, I apologize for seeming like such an unevolved human to you here. As you say, your opinion and your experience are yours. (And do you even wash the M5 yourself, I doubt you do.) Saying things like "Armor All aged the rubber worse than no tr... | |
| ML no39, Wadia 850, Classe 1.0, or Sony? Have you read reviews of any of these? It might give you some idea of how they perform, although the reviewer usually doesn't compare one directly with another. Sometimes they do...I think it was either The Inner Ear, or The Audiophile Voice that ... |