david_berry
Responses from david_berry
| Cables - When Did it All Start? Guys,Thank you for the responses. I have been bitten pretty hard with this hobby (started out with a home theater setup and converted to two-channel) and I have done more than my fair share in reading/researching its many different aspects. One of... | |
| Cables - When Did it All Start? I have read many threads on the merits of cables that sometimes have broke out into a "cable war". The question just stuck me last night was how long has this been going on?Regards, | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? Marantz SA-14 CD/SACD player. I do not have a turntable. | |
| Bryston owners: What speakers are you using? Currently a pair of Revel F-30's mated with a Bryston 4B-ST. However, upgraditus has hit and I will be selling both for a pair of Merlin VSM-SE's and perhaps a Belles 150A Hotrod amp. | |
| Vivaldi fans lend me your ears for a moment... I recently purchased "VIVALDI - LA STRAVAGANZA/VIOLIN CONCERTOS/RACHEL PODGER *SACD5.1*" and was listening to it last night. Count me in as a Vivaldi fan. | |
| Nuance Speakers?? polosn@yahoo.com,1. Please stop yelling.2. The biggest issue that I have read about (and have unpleasantly experienced) is their selling technique. As Rgd mentioned, their method is..."You'll be offered a deal if you take them today - they'll advi... | |
| Pre-amp outs One_shot,That is what I did with a Denon 3802 surround receiver (it has pre-outs for the front left and right speakers). I hooked up a Bryston 4B-ST stereo amp (RCA out of the Denon into the RCA in of the Bryston). Depending upon the gain of the a... | |
| Sonic Frontiers pre Line 2 :off or stand by Hi Kr4,Your review of the Line 2 is one of the reasons why I bought this preamp. Good job.I keep my Line 2 SE also in standby mode as when talking to Nick at Sonic Frontiers, he mentioned that the current running through the tubes is about 10% of ... | |
| Revel "F-30" vs Totem "Forest": Better perfomance? I have auditioned both speakers and ended up with the Revel F-30. I really would have been happy with the Forest as well, but the F-30 came up at a great price here on Audiogon, thus I bought them. You are right about the fact that the Totem Fores... | |
| Sonus Faber website completey useless I think most people just shook their heads and gave up. A website that just has all fluff and no meat and potatoes. However, thank you Rel for giving a useful link for their products. | |
| Where does your user name come from? I don't recall...Regards,David Berry | |
| How much does your system retail for? About $14,000 for just 2 channel. | |
| What hurts a speaker? Wally_li,You said it brother! Those nice, shiny round things that are at about eye level are extremely tempting for young kids to poke.Regards, | |
| Holy Grail of Audio Systems If one does a search for "Words from the Wise" here, there is a great amount of hard earned knowledge from those whom have been in this hobby for many years. I printed it off and it has helped me in keeping perspective.Regards, | |
| Do you keep your amps and preamps on all the time SS amp on 24/7Preamp (tube-based) on during day/off (standby) at nightCD player on 24/7Tuner on 24/7Open ventillation for all components.The 24/7 on components use about 0.21 kWh (about 40 cents/day). |