celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Weiss 501 DAC Update with perhaps 50 hours break-in and listening. I've never owned a piece so instrumental in organizing everything. It will seem odd to some, but it's as if a top notch business manager hired from outside the company has arrived and forced o... | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? +1 (mostly) yogiboy 1.Any Vintage Luxman rosewood finished receiver! 2.Any East Coast Sound speaker, AR, Advent, ADS, etc.! 3. Any Micro-Seiki turntable with any Grado cartridge! Perhaps an AR ES-1 table. I like belt tables and believe the MS i... | |
| A decent integrated amp under 2K ... Decware 6wpc x 2 https://www.decware.com/newsite/SE34I.htm | |
| Selling off Tubes for Solid State, A Cooler Love Story? You are considering Ypsilon or Dartzeel, so we've established that funds are not strained. Why not gain real estate and solve heat problem with active speakers like ATC, Focal, PSI or others. | |
| Help with failed synaptic gap Found it! Vista Audio Spark ll. | |
| Help with failed synaptic gap Not Dayens. Thanks for the guess. | |
| How much gear do you own? Most of my excess has has been culled by building dozens of systems for others over the years. It's easy enough. I've got systems spread over 4 states, Canada and Austria. In the end.......it's just stuff. Don't worry, I kept the really good s... | |
| old ears +1 thecarpathian On this level, it's about you and what you hear, not anyone else. | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? Find myself repeating myself because the answer does not vary. Wrote this response for another thread. Now, stop mucking about. These will blend you into the wall paint, affect your blood circulation and rearrange you on a molecular level. Oh, a... | |
| Good or Best Surge Protector Not professing expertise in this area. Like and trust Mike Holmes who tells of losing $25,000 CA of home appliances from a strike, so afterwards installed a whole house surge protector. His show always includes installation of a protector. He e... | |
| AirBlade Speaker - wow One thing for sure, not only fails WAF, also fails HAF and any other AF. Those are clinically fugly on a new scale. | |
| Weiss 501 DAC uncledemp Proof that all we're really left with at the end of the day is levity. I like it. My favorite movie line "I'm drowning, and you're describing the water". | |
| In your experience, what is the best Dinah Washington recording? Dinah Jams, For those in Love, In the Land of Hifi and Dinah with Quincy Jones The Complete Sessions are all terrific from the perspective of production work, material and supporting talent. The album credits read as a "Whose Who" of the current ... | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) Now, stop mucking about. These will blend you into the wall paint, affect your blood circulation and rearrange you on a molecular level. Oh, and they reproduce music very cleanly. ATC SCM110ASL Pro Dual 9" Powered 3-way Studio Monitor ATC 1" d... | |
| Where to start in building a beginner's system? IPod as front end is fine. Posters are correct to suggest bypassing the built-in DAC as it is marginal. The Naim DAC-V1 is great and found used for between $1200-$1600. I own one and it can be used as a preamp with volume. Paired with Elac... |