coltrane1
Responses from coltrane1
| How Big of a Difference? Heck no. Audio Snake oil! | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? Your not hearing unamplified music at a rock concert. The only music to hear unamplified is classical or jazz. Period. I’ve been to enough jazz scenes in very small clubs to know what live music sounds like. Real tenors, horns, pianos, etc. And it... | |
| Please recommend speakers For $800, but not $1k? Okay let’s face it, there’s not a speaker in the world at your price point even near the Magnepan LRS. Those speakers are light years ahead of anything else at that price point. End of story. | |
| Primaluna? PL makes exceptional gear. They’ve improved a lot over the past 16 years. The parts in their amplifiers are first class. It’s not the finest amp you can buy. But it’s not $30k either. And can’t you sample their gear without committing to a purchas... | |
| Are tubes psychological? As MC suggested, we create our own reality. So are tubes psychological? It’s your world. Say they are, say they’re not, it’s all the same story. No story, no world. Still, the world is more pleasant with tubes. I can’t imagine audio without th... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget I own 2 tube integrated amps. Kt88 and EL34. 50 watts of tube power is more than enough to suit my comfortable decibel levels. Tubes rule! | |
| Is Pretty Good Good Enough? Listening Habits In The World Of Streaming Services. I have never streamed. Not once. Vinyl is high end enough. I can’t imagine any streaming service being able to match the dynamics of vinyl. | |
| How much gear do you own? Two tube integrated’s. Both KT88 based and one also does EL34, which I’m running original Winged C Svetlana’s in. I don’t miss having a preamp. | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Give me some jazz! | |
| Jazz for aficionados @tyray, Neither did I mention Grant Green, or Kenny Burrell, or Russell Malone. There are many, many, great guitarists. And the great ones all played archtop’s. Was that because they too were traditionalists? I’m not saying Pat Martino wasn’t a gi... | |
| Is the Audio Ref-6SE worth 7K more than the BAT VK-80? I’ve owned BAT preamps and can attest to their superb quality. I’d never purchase a $17k preamp and never buy into the hype of overpriced audio gear. Learn when great sound is good enough. Don’t chase your own tail in the pursuit of overpriced gea... | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? Okay, now the OP is trolling with 2 threads asking the same thing. | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps Get yourself a BAT or Conrad Johnson tube pre. The difference is noticeable and pleasing. I’ll never go back to SS exclusively. I can’t believe you never sampled tubes in 25 years. But you don’t know what you’ve been missing. | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? Martin Logan Speakers Pass Labs Amplifiers | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Delfonics?! Sh*t, you ain't said nuthin', I grew up on them. Now, tell me this is a dream. |