ed_sawyer
Responses from ed_sawyer
| tube phono stage under $1k? "The Ear destroys the Wright in every way! I have spoken."Wrong. the EAR is lame in comparison. I have heard them back to back in the same system... no contest. The wright is not as pretty but sounds 100% better. the EAR was noisy/compressed IMHO.... | |
| Telefunken 6DJ8 for my DAC Nice tubes, the falcon logo is irrelavent though. -Ed | |
| worlds best headphones Sennheiser Orpheus ? I believe those are no longer made... Stax Omega II would be right up there, I'd think.Cary CAD300SEI + Senn. HD600/650 is a pretty good combo too.-Ed | |
| Clearaudio Confusion: Ferrari or Tweaky Kit Car? The clear audio stuff is not bad. I'd get the master series stuff (triple arm boards, etc.)... definitely a cut above the other stuff. Many of their parts/tables are made by Project in Czech republic (interestingly, they are an OEM for many budget... | |
| Red rose Affirmation made in china, any problems?? Just buy it from Aurum Cantus or whomever makes it. Much cheaper, same item. -Ed | |
| Best Subwoofer avaible? The Revel B15 driver (made by JBL) is available by itself - so, buy it, build a box, and equal or surpass the B15 performance for 1/4 the price or less. I think P.E. has the driver.... the Tumult is a good choice too, DIYcable.com I think has kits... | |
| What is Paypal charging you? Hmm. that's new. It used to be they published nothing of their phone #. Must have gotten too many people complaining. I gave up on them over a year ago - good riddance. I bet they still don't let you email them directly, must go through their inan... | |
| Which Passive Preamp --Bent Audio or Placette ? Bent audio. The only way to go. John Chapman is one of the nicest guys one could ever meet.-Ed | |
| What is Paypal charging you? their customer service is just plain non-existent. You can't email them, they don't publish their phone numbers, .. in short, they suck out loud. Anyone who hasn't gotten screwed yet is living in a state of denial. It WILL happen, and you will cha... | |
| Best amps for full range electrostatic loudspeaker which speakers? | |
| What is Paypal charging you? They suck, dont' use them. It's not a matter of if you will get shafted by them (paypal), but a matter of when. Speaking from experience, to the tune of $500+-Ed | |
| Analog Domain EQs " I don't want a digital EQ in my signal chain if there is hi-res source material playing. " IMNSHO, Get over it. It's a farce to think that you can hear the difference resampling would make. Don't obsess over minutae like this (typical audiophili... | |
| Wadia think about expensive CD Players ? considering any player over $1000 that does NOT do SACD is a bad choice, IMHO. The BAT VkD5 is overly warm (syrupy... yuck), to an extreme, at least the one I heard. Forget that. (as a side note, tubed CD players are the answer to the question no ... | |
| Do you think Revel will? do you think they will sell driver upgrades separately? Doubtful. a whole new speaker? maybe. the driver from the ultima sub (LE15?) is available now, from Parts Express, I think. about $200? something like that. looks good on paper. built by JBL ... | |
| Tube tester questions No commercial tube tester can test those transmitting tubes. For doing so, I (and everyone else I know who can test these types) set up a custom rig with multiple power supplies for B+, grid, and filament. I also have a curve tracer - a very handy... |