dennis_the_menace
Responses from dennis_the_menace
| How important is speaker positioning?My experience Speaker placement is probably the biggest effect on sound for my system, and small one inch adjustments can make significant differences. Thanks for the details Trejla... my speakers are at the 1st and 3rd latitude and longitude lines, and that wa... | |
| Quality Bookshelf Speakers David... I auditioned several bookshelf monitors at a local shop a few months back, and the best sounding; i.e. big full sound, dynamic and detailed, were a pair of Meadowlark Vireos. Bass is front ported and so can be placed right up against a ba... | |
| Spectral DMC-30SL ,which CD player???? How about looking into some reference mods by Steve Huntley for your Resolution Audio CD50? www.greatnorthernsound.comSteve can at least give you his thoughts; the consensus is that he is a real expert. | |
| how good is sacd1000 on red book Air... yeh, that's what I think I feel like I'm missing from redbook playback on the philips player. BUT, after almost 6 days of continuous playback, the sound has opened up some, and become better integrated within itself. the midrange is probabl... | |
| Where does your user name come from? Dennis is my middle name; the menace... well, I guess I just identify with that smark-alek prankster. steve | |
| how good is sacd1000 on red book 84... my intial impression to my philips sacd1000 on redbook is that it sounded somewhat dark, or compressed, lacking life. that was in comparison to a wadia 860x (MUCH more expensive!)...the philips has improved with continued playback. it's pret... | |
| Downgrading Help Hey Glen,If I could transform my CD collection into SACD, I think I'd be very happy. The SACD playback was great; very involving, and musical. But have you seen the current SACD titles list? I counted 6 titles I would want... I'm using BearLabs si... | |
| Downgrading Help oops... what i meant to say, is that the BAT is better than the Philips, but the Wadia is better than the BAT. For my ears, there is something REALLY special about the Wadia.Got more of that sinking feeling tonight from more auditioning. I don't k... | |
| Downgrading Help Zaikes: How many SACDs do I own? TWO!!I really thought I could just get the Philips, and be fine with redbook on it, since I was fine with my old cd changer, and I'd get to try out SACDs. So wrong. learning learning, and i guess i'm definitely doi... | |
| Downgrading Help Ideally, I'll be able to sell the BAT as well. I did the typical American "spend what I don't have" in a mad pursuit for great sound. Maybe I can hang on to the BAT for a little while. No one seemed interested in buying that player anyway.Glen, th... | |
| Downgrading Help CJR.. can you tell me what improvements the mods made? I'm at home, listening to the Wadia, and quickly switched back to the Philips (Which has been playing for the last 24 hours on repeat)... ugh, still no comparison. The Philips sounds, relative... | |
| Downgrading Help well, i guess that answers that question. thanks for the help. | |
| The plight of SACD.... Twl, where do you buy new releases on LPs? I just got my TT up and running (you were part of that thread too), and would like to find some newly released music.Also, I've heard SACD, and it really was better (Philips SACD1000 vs. Wadia 860x). I wa... | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? Retail = 70%What I paid (combination used and retail) = 36%.... yikes! | |
| Isolation transformers - where do I start? thanks sean... so what does "noise" sound like (the kind of noise that is eliminated from an iso tran)? |