dekay
Responses from dekay
| musicality vs. accuracy What ever is your preference is the way to go. I lean toward musicality as long as the timber of instruments sounds correct to my ear. I have been unable to get them all to sound right in a modest system so I concetrate on the ones that are more i... | |
| cal. audio ikon mkII power boss upgrade No-Money: I considered the $600.00 upgrade until I was able to listen to one of the units. It makes the Icon sound more like the newer 5, 10 and 15 models in that the sound is more analytical, but I feel that it loses some of it's musicality. This... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Joe_coherent: What simple and relatively inexpensive products are you referring to? Are these from personal experience and/or from a technical website? Please share them with us. I am not against DIY or cheap tweaks at all though I don't think tha... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Snowgoblin: The sign remark was merely rhetorical and was in poor taste - I apologize. Your comments remind me of the white paper trolls that exist at "another" audio site, just go there and click on the SET forum and you will see similarities to ... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment PS: Were you wearing a sign on the back of your pants that read "KICK ME" when you started this thread? Or are you open to intellectual discussion? | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Keep reading white papers and you will figure it out eventually. But whatever you do, don't contaminate the data by actually listening. Also include "the basic table of elements," theories of super conductivity and the effects of electromagnetic f... | |
| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 The utility cabinets sounded better when stacked and the Walnut better when used as a pair. The Shag used in these listening tests was multiple hues of green. My ex-brother-in-law still has the AMT-1's but I sold all of the Advents years ago. | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound I feel that it is a combination of both. I can beyond any doubt in my mind hear the effect of break in. But when I switched to silver interconnects for the first time there was more involved in my acceptance of the new sound other than cooking the... | |
| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 Whatjd: I wonder if the Advents would sound better today without "shag" carpeting? Or do you think that they would have too much bass? | |
| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 I thought that the whole idea was "classic/vintage audio" which modern amps are not - yet. I am also under the impression that this is to remain a budget system. Are you interested in modern and pricy gear for this project or will it remain a clas... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords Timchen: I picked it up at Globe-mart.com. CLICK Audio/Vidio - CLICK Home Theater - CLICK Surge Suppressors - CLICK Monster - CLICK 12 outlet model @ $124.95. I'm not trying to be funny, it is really buried in there. Fast delivery too, it showed u... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords Ljgj: What is a "spike"? | |
| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 Hi Classic: It's me again pushing the Phase Linear 400, it is not transistor sounding as suggested at the other site. It gained a bad reputation because a lot of people used it for PA's in the 70's and 80's and still do today. If you can listen to... | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords I use a Monster HTS2000 ($125.00 mail-order) and a Harmonic Tech. Pro 11 PC ($130.00 used) with very good results. I plug everything into the Monster though you would want to try your "amp" both straight into the wall as well as into the Monster. ... | |
| Best speakers for looks & sound < 1000 I was thinking along the same lines as what Blkadr has to say. There may be something wrong with your amplification. I have never blown a cone LF driver and have used both the Phase Linear 400 and Hafler 500 amps and made spaced out errors with th... |