cmalak
Responses from cmalak
| Benz Ebony LP or Lyra Delos ? If you are in the US, just be aware that Benz has had a difficult time supplying dealers with inventory (if you check most of the online dealers of analog equipment you will see that most Benz carts are out of stock and if you call, you will see t... | |
| PONO: Neil Young's New Delivery System? I think you may want to lower your expectations just a tad...:-) Here's a link to the project that I saw that might be of interest:http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2012/09/neil-young-talks-pono-download-service-and-hardware-players/?utm_source=rs... | |
| Outboard DAC What Meiwan said. What are you willing to go up to in budget on the outboard DAC? I believe the MF M1 is $699. Are you willing to go up a little bit higher? There are many good DACs in the $1Kish region. | |
| Need tube 101 info Last_lemming...with regards to your last question, I would recommend calling BAT's customer service/technical support folks to walk you through what the difeerent tubes do and if they have recommendations on which sets impact the sound more than o... | |
| ARC LS25 with PASS X250 - bad match? Seems bright. Do you hear the brightness with all your sources equally? There could be a potential impedance mismatch. ARC suggests that the minimum load the LS-25 sees is 20 Kohms, abd the X250's input impedance is 22 Kohms. So you are threading the needle. Do... | |
| where to go beyond Esoteric x05 Stereo5...I am guessing Icorem wants his next unit to act as an outboard DAC for PC or music server sources as well disc-based transport. The X-05 does not have digital inputs so can only operate as a stand-alone disc spinner (CD/SACD). | |
| THIEL CS3.7 Anyone heard them? Brownsfan...that's interesting, as I heard the 3.7s a few times (I own the 2.4s) and think that one of the Thiel's fortes is timbral accuracy. The Thiels do require very high quality amplification to make them sound good, especially high current d... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put A lot of good points being made here. I am in line with Whart and Burt in terms of the value that I ascribe to a good "dealer." I think Burt's description of what a good dealer does for a customer is ideally true and as with all things, whether yo... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Steveaudio...sorry just read your response (been away from Agon for a bit). That is very surprising. I started dealing with them 7 years ago, so it may be that the personnel have changed over and the proprietor, Alan Goodwin, has placed a priority... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Steveaudio...it's funny. Yo must have posted right before me. My experience with Goodwins High End is the exact opposite. I followed the process I outlined above and they were the only shop who really worked with me. Every time I went to audition ... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Buconero....I may live in a dream world but it is exactly what I did 7 years ago when I got into this hobby. I live in Boston and at the time there were 4 local dealers. I followed this exact strategy and the most high end of all the shops in Bost... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation Budget? Beyond your listed musical preferences, any audio attributes you prize more than others (dynamics, resolution, neutrality, etc...)? | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Like many have said there are dealers of all types and proficiency. May I suggest a method to the madness that ought to help you suss out the good from the bad local dealers and in the process also will help you start formulating what you like/loo... | |
| RIP Jon Lord Deep Purple was one of my favorite bands as a teenager in early to mid-1980s eventhough their heyday was the late 1960s and early 1970s. My favorite version of the band was the Mk II version (Ian Gillan - vocals, Jon Lord - Keyboards, Ian Paice - ... | |
| Jon Lord Deep Purple Deep Purple was one of my favorite bands as a teenager in early to mid-1980s eventhough their heyday was the late 1960s and early 1970s. My favorite version of the band was the Mk II version (Ian Gillan - vocals, Jon Lord - Keyboards, Ian Paice - ... |