ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| your first system- I might be dating myself... Kenwood integrated amp (~25 wpc) Dual 1219 with Shure V15 type II cartridge Dynaco A25 speakers Wollensak reel-to-reel tape recorder | |
| Suggestions: Interesting small speakers with flexible placement Years ago I enjoyed a pair of Totem Fire monitors and found they were not as "picky" about room placement. Pre-owned they might fit the bill. If not, and if you have a chance to visit a Totem dealer, they have other models which new are probably... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Just before the end of 2021, my new PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport (PST) arrived to replace the previous generation DirectStream Memory Player (DMP) and I must say, the improvement is more than I ever expected, especially for "regular" CDs. ... | |
| Guess How Big My Speakers Are Very interesting discussion, Erik thank you for stimulating that. On the subject of sub woofers, I had my pair turned "off" while the amplifier in one of them was being repaired and I really missed the "visceral" experience they add to the musica... | |
| Sound coming from JL Audio F 113 A few weeks ago the amp in one of my six year old F113V2's died, when turned on just made a "thump, thump, thump..." sound. I contacted JL Audio and they have a "fixed price" update for out-of-warranty subs, where they not only repair the unit, b... | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Last year moved from the DC/Baltimore area (Maryland) to Biltmore Lake, NC, just outside Asheville, "the San Francisco of the south"... | |
| Best and Worst customer service? I would ad a big positive shout out to JL Audio service. The amplifier in one of my F113V2 subs died (out of warranty, purchased over six years ago) and my local dealer indicated that JL does all the service. So I contacted them via their websit... | |
| Power conditioner or not? My system has all-digital sources (Roon server & disk transport) with a DAC that is separate from the preamp. I have found that conditioning the power improves the performance of my DACs, most notably tightening up the bass and improving the ... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Four AST Acoustics bass traps! | |
| Something Millercarbon has preached Be A Better Listener. Do not get mired in data. My hearing is fine, but my wife might sometimes say that my listening isn't... Could there be an equivalent with audio systems? | |
| Where do you put your money? Interesting, here's my list and the percentages: speakers 26 subs 15 amp 11 preamp 9 power conditioner 10 transport 9 dac 8 server 3 ... | |
| The Proverbial "best amp" for Focal Sopra No. 1 I've enjoyed a pair of Sopra No2's driven by McIntosh with "autoformers", so I'd recommend the MA7200 or MAC7200. The "warm" sound of those amps seem to pair really well with the Focal tweeters. | |
| Listening to music I don’t particularly like That's something I rarely do, listen to music that I'm not fond of, but that makes my system shine. When I toured my then local lineup of brick-and-mortar audio stores to find a new pair of speakers, it really bothered me that one of the dealers ... | |
| Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts Back when we lived in the DC area, I visited a lot of "brick and mortar" shops in search of a new pair of speakers. If my memory serves me, I stopped at one in Bethesda, MD on a dreadfully hot, humid day, with on-and-off rain all afternoon. When... | |
| Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts The summer of 1978 or 1979 I worked at a high-end audio dealer in the Georgetown neighborhood in DC. What appeared to be a "smelly homeless guy" and his friend were enjoying our Bang & Olufson display; all the other salesmen left the front of... |