dlwask
Responses from dlwask
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just picked up two new LPs at my favorite record shop, Best of Sam Cooke and Hendrix Electric Lady Land...sealed...for $5 eaach. | |
| What's wrong with this system? Keep the equipment the same for now, and read up and learn about room acoustics, proper system set up techniques and acoustical treatments (which don't always have to be ugly wall panels). Experiment with placement of speakers to try and understan... | |
| Who hear the Hyperion at the CEs this year ? Nobody seems to be mentioning the electronics they were being driven with? If I am not mistaken it was Hyperions own line. I'm sure this had a little to do with their lean sound and slightly accentuated treble. | |
| How frequently do you check Audiogon listings? I have been actively looking for a pre-amp on the 'Gon. I had it narrowed down to three units. If one of them came up and things seemed to be in order I would make the purchase. I was probably checking classifieds about 5-6 times a day. Like the p... | |
| Who hear the Hyperion at the CEs this year ? I heard them. $2000 upcharge for some wood veneer...youch! | |
| vr4 Jr vs. B&W Signature 805 I did an A/B comparison with the N805 and the VR2 and to my ears the VR2 was cleary the better speaker. I have also extensively listened to the VR4jr, which I feel are better than the VR2s. Only missing piece of the puzzle is that I have never hea... | |
| Subwoofer match for Von Sch. VR2 I tried a Paradigm PW2200 briefly but could not get it to integrate well enough. Once the VR2s were fully broken in, properly placed and loaded with lead shot I no longer felt I needed a sub for 2 channel listening. | |
| WAVAC With Avantgarde? Heard the WAVAC amp (not sure which, their $19k model) and pre-amp driving a pair of Venture speakers (second or third down from top model) in the WAVAC room at CES. Amazing sound and very, very real vocals. Sorry I can't remember the models, info... | |
| VR-4jr with the new Pathos Classic One Search the virtual systems, I believe one member has the 4jr's with a Pathos integrated just not sure which model. | |
| CES 2005 Initial impressions... Interesting comments on the Audio Physic Caldera. They were actually one of my favorites at the show. They were being run with all new Audio Physic electronics (pre-amp and digital mono amps via the baby Burmester CD player). The importer said the... | |
| Life expectancy of Interconnects & Speaker Cable? If there is an audiophile out there who has had ANY cables for 5 years I would be surprised. Who can resist upgrading for that long!? | |
| Spectacular Drum Set? Yim Hok-Man, Poems of Thunder. Ever heard the track on the Burmester Sampler CD? This is the guy from that disc. Not necessarily a drum kit, but its very well recorded. | |
| Building an equipment rack from scratch I would advise against the three leg design, the leg in the back center will just get in the way of cables. It's partly the reason I'm going to make my own rack, but of a different design with the assitance of a furniture builder. Still trying to ... | |
| has anyone tryed Ginko Cloud Well I finally installed a Cloud 10, I got it for Christmas. Its been in place under my VPI Scout for the past few days. I have noticed an increase in clarity and everything now seems a little more in focus. Maybe a side effect of the above but I ... | |
| Used preamps under $500 better than Audiolab 8000C No tone controls but what about a passive pre-amp? I've been tempted to try passives before just never got around to it. |