elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Looking for “just good enuf” for garage man cave ideally, an AVR with front pre-out and a separate stereo preamp or integrated with ’HT Bypass’ (an input for front l and front r that the AVR controls the volume of) No way in your $1,000 budget, so I would look for good used, and go for a pretty... | |
| AR-2ax. On the Prowl. Typical Issues??? main system and office system are done (shown on this site). these will go for my garage system, some sound, lots of memories when working down there. existing b&w move to the shop, the bostons in the shop become spare. | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? Thanks for this, I just decided, I'm going to re-acquire a pair of AR-2ax speakers. https://stereonomono.blogspot.com/2014/05/acoustic-research-ar-2ax.html My college days speakers, many an all-nighter with Alison Steele (the nightbird) ... | |
| No more "High End" for me...Back to Reality Audio Breathe In/Breathe Out. Money In/Money Out Done is GOOD!!!!! | |
| Am I nuts? I went thru 9 different players in my quest for a better sounding player without spending several thousand dollars. The Sony xa5400ES (and a few other highly respected early models) FAR exceeded 'better', it sounds GREAT. I was essentially LP, i... | |
| What is Tight Bass? Controlling the woofer after it has been put in motion by the signal. No extra bass caused by improper 'loose' movement after the signal. i.e. My vintage 15" woofers, Electrovoice 15W's weigh 37 lbs each, very strong spider, rigid magnet enclosur... | |
| Just a thought here but,,,,,,xlr adapters? IF XLR isn't needed, i.e. long run, existing interference noise: Adapters are primarily to allow the use of an available output type or input type for a variety of reasons. XLR does not ELIMINATE noise. XLR AVOIDS allowing noise in, especially lo... | |
| Verastarr lots of ’we’ from his web page "At Verastarr we live and breathe music reproduction. We simply will not settle for half-measures. It is either "all or none" for us. First and foremost we are music lovers. Our goal is to help your music sound exac... | |
| Am I nuts? yes, if here, nuts! what's the question? what model? I researched, the lasers do get old and weak, or out of alignment. some lasers can be changed by experts. some entire mechanisms (drawer and laser) can be changed by DIY or expert. I just bo... | |
| MM vs MC Cartridges At first glance your existing McIntosh phono can do it all it seems. For my first MC cartridge, I chose low output, because the whole idea of MC is to get refined movement/results from smaller/lighter parts. AT33PTG/II, wide separation, tight ch... | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? confirmation of problems, and/or confidence in your system, primarily your speakers placed thusly in your room, can be achieved by two inexpensive tools, sound pressure meter, tripod mount, set at ear level listening position https://www.amazo... | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? over all the years, SS or Tubes (already broken in): on, 20 minutes, listen, off. nothing changed, no obvious noise problems when on/no content playing, I suspect visual inspection (above and below) will reveal nothing. Is it possible something ... | |
| Verastarr people have opinions and advice, negative and positive, but it seems none have had any recent experience with verastarr. I don’t know anything about them. 6 months, still not done, that’s totally unacceptable. not to blame the victim, but to ste... | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers Perhaps you should consider changing your Preamp from SS to Tube type. You have a SS Preamp with both MM and fully adjustable MC phono stages within. I presume you must not like it’s phono sound. I had McIntosh C28 Preamp, did not like it’s pho... | |
| N.P.I. What is it? I agree, and listen from a different location, further away, off center, don't let your mind seek any kind of imaging. Yesterday, I was listening to Oscar Peterson, solo piano, sounded like the piano was in the room. |