fatdaddy2
Responses from fatdaddy2
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Bruce Springsteen the Boss? Nope, I fired him years ago, and he hasn't improved with age. | |
| Focal Sopra, Kanta, Aria We can always trust havocman to chime in about OCC! | |
| Cartridge Force - Is a Little 'Over-Force' Okay? In the old days we used to just tape a penny to the headshell and call it good. | |
| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? Easy (REL S/510). Suggested corner position? Nope. Put sub in listening position, crawl around, find optimal, set level and crossover. Enjoy. | |
| Constructing songs Lots of options on Johnny Cash albums. | |
| Gryphon Diablo 120, Luxman L-590AXII, Other? For KEF R11 Can't speak to the Gryphon, but 590AXII replaced over $10K worth of separates in my system, and I won't look back. Get 'em while you can; discontinued but as you say probably available at a discount for dealers closing out their remaining invento... | |
| Disappointing short life of NOS preamp tube my tube is older than your tube, my tube is older than yours... | |
| Best power cord for a preamp? If you're already using an MIT PC, the best you can hope for is different, not necessarily better. Save your $$! | |
| Service question: Who can service an Esoteric UX-1 CD/SACD player modified by APL NWO 3.0? Having worked in electronics manufacturing (and repair) for many years, I can assure you that most (if not all) OEMs do not want to deal with repair of units that have been modified by a third party. Their procedures and manuals are written to ser... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? If I don't like it visually, it doesn't belong in my system. (I just got around to buying an amp with a remote this last year, so progress is slow here...) | |
| Most Realistic Recordings To start, audiophile < > music lover, although there is an intersection on the Venn diagram. Some of the best piano recordings: Reference Recordings, particularly Dick Hyman; Joe Marino on M&K. Some of the worst piano recordings: Blue ... | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Don't be anal about it. Get a good record brush so you can clean off the worst of it before dropping the stylus. Buy used. Dump the stuff you don't particularly like. Enjoy listening to the music; if you like listening to the gear more than lis... | |
| I finally purchased a new Integrated Amp Great choice! I've been enjoying my 590AXII for the past couple of months; end game amp purchase for me, replacing about $10K worth of separates. Certainly hard to fault the build quality, not to mention the sonics. | |
| Bookshelf dilemma Headphones. Or trade in significant other who doesn't allow floor standers. | |
| Large room with low budget for speakers Sounds like a troll post. $30K budget is low? Definitely a first-world problem. No dealer willing to work with you on that budget, or do you just like trolling forums to stir the pot a bit? If you've really got an array of REL subs, why are yo... |