erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Demo'ing Class A amps, Appreciation Suggestions from those who recently been there Based on online measurements, the Luxman 550 seems misleadingly underrated when it comes to wattage. I suspect this has to do with meeting test standards requiring pre-conditioning. I'd treat it as a much larger amp when considering it's applicati... | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms Hi @audiokinesis Oh, I believe that different types of speaker dispersion patterns will sound different, and some may sound excellent in a hotel room. I have no doubt that bi-polar or cardioid or line sources are going to attack the problem of the... | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms One secret, which an ASC guy told me once, but I agree with, is listen to the music in the hallway. You can go up and down the hall and quickly pick out the well tuned rooms without ever having to walk in. Honestly, I simply don't know how audioph... | |
| What was wrong with the P-mount ? Not a big fan of Rega's price/performance in electronics. | |
| Those with DACs, how do you view and select your music? I used to use Logitech Media Server to select and play it, but Media Monkey to rip and set up the metadata.Now I use Roon. | |
| Best Preamp round $8000 @teajay you do yourself a disservice. Not only did you review the Coda but you spend a considerable amount of time here creating buzz for it. OP: If you can listen to the Luxman tube pre I’d be happy to learn what you think of it. | |
| What was wrong with the P-mount ? Also, most of the tonearms for P-mount were cheap and light, with little or no adjustment possible. Zero adjustments?? Sounds perfect! :) | |
| Does a modern pre-amp sound better than an old one? I'd say you should really listen. It has varied a lot over time. My old Theta Casanova spanked a lot of DAC's, and popular modern processors for pure sound quality. Room correction is useful, but not essential. What it does best is integrate the s... | |
| Do WBT spades need break in? If the wires were old, did you sand them shiny, and did you attach the right crimp collars ( assuming these are the hex screw types) | |
| tidying up cables Have you thought of a simple, industrial type power strip, along with right-sized cables? I’m thinking of the types meant for under-workbench or under-desk application, 3’ to 4’ long. They can be very useful in cleaning that up. https://amzn.to/2x... | |
| Wirelessly Connecting an iMac with TIDAL and Audirvana (flac files) to a DAC I know, the subscription fee was a stumbling block for me, but it seamlessly integrates Tidal with all my ripped tracks, plus adds DSP EQ capabilities so in the end I caved. I use a Pi 4 with Ubuntu Linux ($150 including memory card) to stream via... | |
| Wirelessly Connecting an iMac with TIDAL and Audirvana (flac files) to a DAC Roon? | |
| I like my Peachtree Nova300 more than my new (to me) Pass XA30.5 HELP! Here's what I think is going on, based on reading those who have listened to Pass and gave me more than pure fandom:Pass is an acquired tastePass works best with certain old-school, high efficiency speakers, like Tannoy and Klipsch If you have exc... | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 Does anybody on this thread have experience with Spectral? Very limited. Got to hear it once at Goodwin's High End in Waltham, MA driving Avalon acoustics with mostly or all ceramic drivers (long time ago). Sharp as hell sounding, razor like tr... | |
| I like my Peachtree Nova300 more than my new (to me) Pass XA30.5 HELP! I've had the same exact reaction. |