drrsutliff
Responses from drrsutliff
| Validation No I spend 95% of my system time as a solo listener. I do have a small group of audio friends all about an hour drive from each other that when we do get a chance to have visits, eat good food, and listen to each others systems I believe the smile... | |
| Room Treatments - ATS Corner Bass Trap I have used the ATS corner base traps in my 14’ x 18’ x 8’ room for many years. They helped even out and clarify the lower register response in my room in conjunction with the room also employing additional 4” x 2’ x 4’ ATS absorption panels and ... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables Many choices... The fact that you have monoblocks also opens a slightly different discussion. Your amps could be individually located close to your speakers if you have interconnects long enough to accommodate that placement. This could open up... | |
| Yes, I ordered a pair..... @mrdecibel Thank you for clarifying the timeline. I agree about a week or so (approx 150 hours) for my amps to settle in but I find it fascinating that we could be looking at 750 hours for the R9. Excellent insight for those of us considering ac... | |
| Yes, I ordered a pair..... @mrdecibel Thank you for the well presented review. Just for break in time clarity if I read correctly you indicate 24 hours a day for a month is what you allowed for the R9? I have a friend with the R9s and I did enjoy listening to his setup, ... | |
| Network Acoustics ENO filter I have had the “ENO1 system” (filter and ethernet cable) for a few years between my audio room’s switch and a Wolf Audio Alpha3SX server on a managed network. It is limited to 100 Mbps according to the network management software interface but th... | |
| Anyone compare Ayre Codex to QB-9 Twenty? I loved what my Codex could do especially in its price range. I did have a friend with the QB-9 DSD and it was a slightly better DAC when we substituted it into my system. Smoother in presentation with a slightly more defined separation of instr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room 1969 Columbia | |
| speaker upgrade from Magico A3 Take up @ronboco offer and listen to some Rockports… They may have some of their newer models at Axpona but they are all special. | |
| Freight Movers? Many freight companies will have residential pickup and delivery available for an extra fee with lift-gate service. I usually dropped my palletized speakers off at the freight hub with my purchaser having residential delivery at the destination. | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Look the midlevel Soundsmith cartridges. The Paua II can be acquired in the range of $1150 (most recent sale found with about 300 hours use). Mine was rebuilt at 1200 hours of use after a review/recommendation by Peter at a cost of $550 and curr... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @jimmyblues1959 Totally agree. Based upon an assumption about your user name we could be of similar age. I went with the angularity of Gryphon amplifications visual lines to contrast the open curvy design of my Origin Live Sovereign turntable so... | |
| 12au7 tube? They may not be actually counterfeit but also probably not NOS by any stretch of the imagination. I have quite a few in my collection and used to own a well calibrated Hickok Military Cardmatic tester that could actually stress the tubes slightly... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? +1 @jimmyblues1959 My system is fairly mature after years of buying, enjoying, and then selling, to afford the next perceived step up the ladder. Now large purchases are probably in the rear view as retirement is approaching (though these darn ... | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… Many amplifiers, regardless of class, require some increased volume setting to properly drive certain speakers. It is usually the interaction between an amplifier and the speakers themselves that determine if the “dynamics” at lower volume fulfil... |