dekay
Responses from dekay
| Favorite nos tube? Craig: I recently picked up an Audion 300B stereo amp that uses (one) 6922 and (one) 5687 as well as a pair of 300B's. I have three sets of output tubes so far (stock Chinese mystery tubes, Svetlana's and JJ/Tesla's) and find that I prefer a diffe... | |
| Speakers 500,for Audio Refinement Amp Maybe a pair of Linn Kan's or if you could squeeze another $100 there are a pair of Silverline SR12's for sale for under $600 (I have no connection to the the seller) that would be nice. I just sold a pair of Castle Isis that are great little spea... | |
| Favorite nos tube? South: I plan on ordering a new production Tesla 6922 that has had mixed reviews at AA. How a tube sounds does depend on the amps design (including the other tubes) and the system itself, not to mention indiviudal taste. I would guess however that... | |
| Shelf Material - Neuance Hi Ernie: Thanks for the quick response. I read in an online pro review that the Canto sounded best when placed directly on MDF. Well, not in my world as this was the worst sound that I had with it. I have found it to sound best (from what I have ... | |
| Favorite nos tube? South: I don't know what you are using the Sovteks in but I am using a pair of Svetlana 300B's in an Audion amp that to me also sound better with old production Soviet 6922 equivalents (which are dissed by most tubophiles) because of the same reas... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . Here's a "stupid" confession. I realized recently, now that we have approx. 60 or so classical CD's that much of my exposure to this music came from classic cartoon (Bugs, etc.). I have fun (with my wife) remembering the cartoon scene in which the... | |
| Solid state power amps.; on or off? I have started turning off the Musical Fidelity SS amp attached to our mini system due to the power problems in California and it does not sound as good at it did before (when left on 7/24), not nearly as much detail at low listening levels which ... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . I'll take back "Iggy" it's mostly French cafe music and is just orchestrated at the start (listening to it now while consious:-). | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . I also just started listening to classical music (the only thing that I really listened to in the past were piano concertos, because I like piano). AVGuy makes a good suggestion in that you look into motion picture soundtracks as I seem to enjoy m... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Don: Sorry that I do not know where to direct you, but I have always been confused by people and groups that object to blind testing as I can see no reason as to why it would not be a good thing. I did a great deal of it myself years ago when I ha... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Rgodin: "The emperor has no clothes" has no bearing when you are dealing with a 30 day return/refund policy or a cable purchased used that is easily resaleable for what it cost. This is where most of us are coming from so perhaps another slogan mi... | |
| Shelf Material - Neuance Subaruguru: Did you use the Bel Canto with the Neuance shelf, or are your comments in regard to the unit without this isolation component? Just curious as I will be trying the Canto with Neuance shelving and a CAL player/transport shortly. I am ho... | |
| help with absolute phase Thanks for the info Doug. I gave the new power cords too much of a chance (almost 3 weeks at 16+ hours/day) and they sounded so bad that we listened to the mini system in the spare room most of that time with the main rig turned down low in the li... | |
| USED D/A - worth the effort? PS: As much as we both apparently like the CAL, it is not the best transport by any means. A friend recently purchased an old Meridien player (for not a lot of money) that had better bass than the CAL, IMO, when I tried it as a transport. I would ... | |
| USED D/A - worth the effort? I added a Bel Canto DAC to a CAL Icon MKII (same as yours) and am happy with the upgrade. The stand alone CAL is my favorite sounding inexpensive player (which is why I have it) but the Bel Canto adds a sense of refinement and "realism" that I fee... |