carl_eber
Responses from carl_eber
| Turntable Recommendations please. Get any VPI table used, and a new Benz Glider cartridge. Get the Musical Surroundings Phonomena, which BEATS THE LEHMANN BLACK CUBE, and is only about two quality percentage points below an Audio Research PH-3. Get a tonearm that allows for VTA ad... | |
| CD Changers I have a 6 year old Sony 5 disc changer, and the one thing it does best is the error correction. TO SIEBERT: All changers have at least a Toslink connection, so you could get a toslink optical cable and connect a Musical Fidelity X-DAC (I'll be pu... | |
| Home theater for a poor college student That's definitely true about any mass market electronics store...but many high end dealers are clueless too! | |
| North Creek Leviathan subs That sounds nice. I use a Krell KAV-250a for my two channel music system. I don't have the project with the Revelators even part way completed yet, but I'll be using North Creek 8 gauge coils for the 8546 woofer in them. I have Paragon Acoustics R... | |
| Best used amp for < $500? The KAV 250a soundly beats the Aragon 8008BB in a two channel music system, for only $2k used. SORRY "SHAAL", that's above your budget. The suggestions above seem good enough, I'd get started. I once tried to help a college kid, but he was in a do... | |
| Alleviate brightness by using tube pre? YOU'RE WELCOME. And talk to Ty Moyer when you deal with ASC. He's a very cool guy. The Frescoes are free standing, and should be used at the "first reflection points" on the side walls and the wall behind the speakers. Use 16 inch or larger "full ... | |
| Spectral Amp SANGSERM: Consider Krell FPB of a used KAS before you buy a Spectral amp. JUST BECAUSE Spectral amps can only be driven well by their respective preamps doesn't mean that MOST OTHER power amps can't be driven by a CD player. LOOK DUDES, I have a R... | |
| Sonic benefits of Class A? I can tell that you haven't been reading Stereophile for very long...it's been covered and recovered in mind numbing detail. My computer is about to be struck by a fully balanced, Class A BOLT OF LIGHTENING, so I better power down for now, heh heh... | |
| Do I really need separates? Buy a Radioshack SPL meter, sit in the listening seat, and try to figure out how loud you like to listen. Then figure out how strained your amp is when playing that loud. IF WE'RE TALKING LEVELS THAT YOU CAN CARRY ON A CONVERSATION OVER with your ... | |
| OPINIONS ON ROGUE 99PREAMP I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON TUBES, per se...I really wish I had the silver bullet for your problem, but without hearing how "severe" the rush is, it's hard to say if anything is actually acting up, or not. Do you hear anything power supply related along ... | |
| North Creek Leviathan subs Interesting observations. I've found the continuously variable phase control of my Sunfire sub to be vital in achieving good integration with the main speakers...besides placement and orientation. YOU HAVE THE RHYTHM SPEAKERS AS THE REAR CHANNEL? ... | |
| The best used preamp and d/a converter YOU'RE DEAD WRONG ABOUT CD PLAYERS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO DRIVE AN AMP DIRECTLY, so go educate yourself about them, and stop showing your ignorance. YOU'RE ALSO WRONG ON SEVERAL POINTS ABOUT OPTICAL CABLE. For one thing, the glass ones and the plas... | |
| Alleviate brightness by using tube pre? Components will never cure room anomalies, only deceive you into thinking that's what you're doing. GET SOME ASC TRAPS AND FRESCOES. Whenever you do get around to doing this, you'll realize that all the time you spent evaluating your system and tr... | |
| tube amp help CJ,VAC, or VTL Try the VTL ST 85. VTL amps seem to retain many of the good qualities of solid state, and give you all the advantages of tubes. LISTEN AND COMPARE IN YOUR OWN SYSTEM BEFORE YOU BUY, THOUGH... | |
| Best used Solid State Amp $1500.00 You should be able to find a used Krell 250a for around $2k, or a little under. If you want THE MOST powerful and BEST sounding amp for the money, this is it. Your dealer must have been kicked in the head by a mule...either that or he needs to be.... |