davvie
Responses from davvie
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced I once purchased a Joule-Electra pre-amp that used printed stickers to label the controls..This stuff aint cheap either!..I expected more..like maybe some engraving? BTW..the sound was good. | |
| Stand out phono stages ASR Basis Exclusive... | |
| Best type of stylus cleaner?? I'll second the recommendation of Stylast #5. Works very well in conjuction with a cleaning brush with the short tightly packed nylon bristles. Like the old SC-1 Discwasher brush or the up to date equivalents sold at various retailers. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? ARS Emitter....I think I'm done. | |
| Best power conditioner? Here's my subjective take on the subject...I've had, at any one time in my system,either purchased or borowed for a listen, ones from Monster Cable (what a waste of money!).. Audience AR12t(very,very,good!)...Shunyata Hydra...Running Springs Dieme... | |
| Your favourite cartridge My Sonic Lab Emminent...a significant upgrade in sound quality compared to the Ortofon Cadenza Black,I was using. | |
| Legacy Speakers?? About a year or so ago I had a chance to use for an extended period, a Ayon Triton with the Tyler Acoustics Woodmeres I am using. I was a wonderful match. very musical!If I ever go back to tubes, (not likely because of the Emitter), I would go wit... | |
| Do you leave your components on 24/7? I have a Wadia 861 thats been on 24/7 for well over 5 years.Not one problem.Wadia recommends that it stay powered up for several reasons.As they put it..."The unit will remain thermally stable for less stress and wear on internal circuitry and for... | |
| Pre Amp with top class phono stage? McIntosh C2300 has a very nice sounding MM and MC phono stage.Very flexible on-the-fly set-up and adjustability for different cartridges all by remote. | |
| Has anyone actually heard the Pavane 845-T tube? Read this thread and you should get some answers.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1286194112&read&keyw&zz845 | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? I Use a McIntosh MR-71 tube FM tuner that dates from 1968...Its been worked on a couple of times and sounds very nice.They don't make them like this ..anymore. | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Friedrich Schaefer of ASR Emitter fame...Whether or not you think his products are overhyped...The results speak for themselves to those privledged to have owned and used them. | |
| Amps that are "forward" Seems to me, (being one of those "older" audiophiles) that all you might need to do is aquire a decent analog frequency equalizer, patch it in somehow and do some careful adjustments. (I actually remember way back when it was OK to use tone contro... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Based on MSRP...about 80K(not including all the tweaks,etc.)Frankly i've never equated the price of a piece with its sound quality. I go with what sounds good in my room and for my tastes. If it happens to be expensive,(one mans expensive..is anot... | |
| Best 845 tube out there? Sophia Electric has the Full Music 845 MkIII available at up to twice the price of the Psvane 845T (845T is sold out until Dec.,btw.)Will they sound twice as good?Your getting in to NOS prices now. Might as well try for some RCA's,imo.http://www.s... |