czarivey

Responses from czarivey

Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?
don't care for as long as price is right.    
Quicksilver silver 60 amplifiers
That's one of the greatest tube amps. It has nearly best reliability and great coherent sound. Gotta find one though for sale which is challenge.  
Napping while listening
@tooblue you are speaking as if your wife is young girl married you to inherit part of your wealth. I've dated such lady in the past working as private driver of a very rich and old man...  
Napping while listening
I don't go to bed without turning on some Japanese Samurai Zen ambient or pretty much any oriental ambient especially ones including flute or fiddle. Getting asleep for me is a CHALLENGE, but certain music and certain wines (Pinot Noir is primary... 
Songs that reference audio equipment
Alan Parson's Stereotomy  
Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2
Nordost is the most copied cable and plenty of cheap pirate copies sold using same materials and presenting same quality. Usually they're sold on 1:10 scale i.e. $3000 Nordost will have $300 matching copy. Many people opted out on the cheap and h... 
Records not stored vertically for decades
The advantage of the horizontal stacking is you don't compromise album covers as much as they're stacked on top of each other. Record surfaces should be fine otherwise.   
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
Simply because room isn't recording studio unless you fully dedicate it to listening. I doubt that vast majority here has dedicated listening room.  
Songs that reference audio equipment
Richard Rogers "My Favorite Things" "Amps and turntables with arms and with needles...  
Songs that reference audio equipment
Just played Ping Floyd -- Set The Controls Really thinking of... Led Zeppelin Stairway to Nordost  
Songs that reference audio equipment
1. Beatles: When my guitar gently weeps 2. Eddy Grant Electric Avenue 3. Rolling Stones Satisfaction 4. Pink Floyd Money 5. Talking Heads Transmitter  
People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution?
The solution is in the cup of coffee!  
Is positive reinforcement why things are sounding better?
You can actually control performance of your system just with your mind positively saying it is sounding better especially after spending on some new stuff  
Should I update a vintage 16" broadcast transcription turntable?
That motor there is SO noisy and RUMBLES too much. You can re-purpose it for knife sharpener  
What to change in my system
You don’t need Nordost Odin at all. It’s an overkill and can be replaced by a lot cheaper wire and that will give you even more funds for better upgrade components.