estrnad
Responses from estrnad
| Top Ten Interconnects of all time... No interconnect at all is the best interconnect. Integrated amps dispense with these fancy, but ultimately necessary, tone controls called "interconnects." | |
| Who R U? Hi, I'm Ed. I'm an aural-a-holic.Also a dad, husband, humor writer (10 books published--search Amazon.com), tech writer (dull, but pays for the mortgage & toys), engineer, inventor (only 1 patent--Tom Edison's legacy is safe!).Now a maker of D... | |
| componet/cable burn-in Burn-in is half physical, half psycho-acoustical. Over time, your ears grow acustomed to a particular sound and establishes it as the current "reference." I've found most physical burn-in for electronics (not speakers) is accomplished in the first... | |
| PS Audio Ultimate outlet Sorry guys, it's a thumbs down. The UO is a UFO--U Flunked Out. I was trying to give it a fair trial by burning it in for 2 days now. The last straw was when just the turn-on impulse from one amp blew the damn thing's fuse. (If your amp dims the l... | |
| Acoustat "Medallion" Yeah, you had to send the whole heavy tranformer/power box back to Acoustat. It was such a hassle! And that's right, they came back with a gold "medallion" (hence the name of the mod, I suppose). There was another mod that was user-doable, somethi... | |
| best 6dj8 tubes for AR sp9mkII??? Amperex NOS Bugle Boys. Search for them on ebay. | |
| PS Audio Ultimate outlet Spoke to PS Audio, they advise 100 hrs burn-in(!). But I have their Lab cable--which uses the same wiring--on my P-300, and it only took 6-8 hours to sound "right." I'm dubious. Will let it burn over weekend and will report. Stay tuned... | |
| Magneplanar 1.6 break in period After a few weeks, you'll probably need to re-voice your system with a change of ic's and speaker cables. Positioning in the room is also important--sounds like you've got 'em to close to wall behind them, self-cancellation from the backwave can o... | |
| PS Audio Ultimate outlet I just got one. It's going back. Dark, dark, dark with my VTL-225's. It muddies up the sound, sucks out all harmonics, 12-hour break-in didn't help. Better pc didn't matter.The P300 Power Plant is a definite improvement, the Ultimate Outlet isn't,... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Herb Alpert's early A&M recordings--go ahead and laugh! But if you want audio perfection, give a listen. | |
| A twist on "Your absolute best..." Chas, I know the feeling... In memory, my "first" was and is still my best (whether we're talking stereos or sex). Great post!-Ed | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? I also nominate the Joule Electra LA100MKIII, but realize without a phono stage it's not everyone's cup of tea. 2nd best w/phono would be ARC SP-9MKIII. | |
| silver lace Homegrown Audio 8-12 hours makes the most change. | |
| Wisdom Audio Adrenaline 75 dipoles? Why would you but these 15K speakers unheard?? Just because Harry Pearson likes them?? Hey, got another spare 15 grand to spend?...I got a bridge you might want to buy, sight unseen! | |
| Did Marconi invented radio...? Invention, and development of the invention into a practical device, are two different things. Tesla and many, many others could come up with nifty ideas and maybe even make a working prototype, but that's a far cry from developing and implementin... |