fleschler
Responses from fleschler
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life I so rarely change equipment (1989 to 2005, DAC this year), that most high end companies would go broke. So, I am more of a tweaker for the past four years. | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? My amps, pre-amp and phono pre-amp are custom built. My SME IV arm is custom upgraded. My cabling doesn't indicate anything. So, why post pictures of a mid-high end system when it is meaningless. The room photos don't indicate the 16" thick 5... | |
| Too good a post to waste I kept my Audio, IAR and Listener mags. Threw out the High Fidelity and did not trust Stereo Review. I prefer the narratives of Absolute Sound to Stereophile although I like several writers of both mags (including the recently deceased Art Dudl... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Von Schweikert Ultra 11 is the best I've encountered which is superior in all sound categories. I had stats including the ML Quests, Monolith IIIs, Acoustat Xs and 2+2s for 20 years. I am so happy that I don't have them any longer (except for th... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? I don't have a problem with digital recordings if recorded using proper techniques. (In classical music, too many distantly miked recordings have huge ambiance space but insufficient direct sound). I prefer a more immediate sound, as heard from ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! That was very likely as our old homes were converted as late as 1964. Geofkaitt-again, stupid comment. "I had four built" is colloquial for owned older homes, not indicating I specifically constructed them or had them constructed for me. Why bothe... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? Classic equipment purchased used including Fisher 400 & 500 receivers, McIntosh MR67 and Kenwood 5700 tuners, a pair of Yamaha CR620s, pair of Yamaha 200 amps, all my speakers-Legacy Focus, Legacy Signature IIIs, ADS L620, Dynaco A-30, A-50, M... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I own and managed 72 homes in the San Fernando Valley. The only homes that did not have conduit or romex with standard breakers were built prior to 1930s. I had four built in 1886, one in 1914 and six in 1926. All were upgraded to romex and bre... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? I perform and record with a symphony, chamber group and choirs at Disney hall, Royce Hall, Gindi auditorium, Ford theater, etc. I know what live music sounds like. I chose 100% tube amplification (phono, pre-amp, amps) but SS for a DAC and for ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I decided on using 10 awg wire on a 20 amp circuit from a dedicated subpanel rather than 8 awg because it fit into my SR blue outlet. It feeds all my equipment with a Bryston Bit20 isolation transformer (my amps go into another box and then into ... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world @pinthrift So far, you're the only one who listed a huge list of recordings that also rock my world. I have 90% of the Mercury Living Presence series on LP and CD. You left out RCA Living Stereo, just as good a series. I have about 80% of Ella'... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? @millercarbon I concur with your early post. I used to bi-wire my speakers until I purchased more expensive wiring. I had a heavy gauge woofer wire and a smaller gauge mid/tweeter wire (same manufacturer, similar design). About 12 years ago, t... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world William Royal on Tikva T-29 Sings Romantic Music of the Jewish Theater. Best Yiddish song collection I enjoy listening to (out of 42,000 LPs/CDs/78s). | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! @millercarbon I know you have taken more extreme measures in obtaining as perfect sound as you can out of your system. However, why is it that the finest audio system I’ve heard (as dozens of audio critics have concurred) was at audio shows plugge... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? Wow, first time I've seen a Sony AVR R2R on YouTube. Very nice, looks professional. I wonder about why teflon/delrin wasn't use instead of steel along the tape path. It would be magnetically neutral to the tape and just as smooth. Steel paths ... |