garys
Responses from garys
| How can I solve the harshness of my system's sound Power conditioning might make a substantial difference. | |
| Sony SCD-333ES HELP I had mine modded by Richard Kern (www.audiomod.com)... makes a big difference, redbook CD's included. Before the mod, I did play it long enough to get it pretty well broken in, never especially liked the sound (though I never used it with a DAC, ... | |
| Best Quality Stands for Fewest $$$? Dan, I have a pair of those $100 stands. They're heavily built and seem pretty rigid. I'm pleased enough with their performance. A good idea to fill them with sand. Filled, they weigh about 30 lb each. That said, I'll add that speaker stands are o... | |
| Room acoustics needs help. The PS Audio website has a series of articles about building a listening room. (http://www.psaudio.com/articles/listening_room_1.asp) You might be able to glean some ideas from the articles there that you can apply to your situation. They went to ... | |
| Most eye-opening upgrade and what you learned that such an inexpensive tweak could significantly improve bass response and overall clarity. Understand, I'm talking about Hubbell hospital grade outlets (treated with Caig Pro Gold), not ones that are especially high-end. | |
| Modifying a Pioneer Elite PD-65...... It's my impression that an unmodified PD-65 works just fine as a transport. | |
| need a good 100 watt, 2 channel receiver Within this audiophile world of lots of big $ hardware, there are a few well-respected manufacturers of mid $ components. Rotel and NAD are two of them. | |
| Quest for Audiophile Zen I've found that in making choices for my system, the sound tended toward being too bright unless I deliberatly chose components or cabling for their warmth. For example, I'm using Stealth CWS interconnects (similar to yours and pretty much neutral... | |
| Furniture-grade cd storage maybe www.sorice.com | |
| PSE Studio 4 amplifier - any good? I own one of these, bought it used a couple years ago. It was a good value, and I believe it had been rated Stereophile Class C. At first I found it a bit lacking in the bass, but perhaps I was expecting a lot from a 100 wpc amplifier. Then I repl... | |
| Talon Khorus with no soundstage? The February 2001 stereotimes.com has a detailed (and entertaining!) article about break-in of the Talon Khorus... what you describe may be normal for the Khorus when it hasn't been broken-in. | |
| Huge difference in sound : Spikes vs. Vibrapods I've had a similar experience with my floorstanders, a pair of custom-made dynamic speakers with Dynaudio drivers. When they sat directly on the floor, there was some irritating grungy boominess in the mid-bass. Using Vibrapods eliminated that boo... | |
| Nikko Alpha Amps I had a Nikko Alpha III power amp. Heavy and solidly built -- at 70 wpc into 8 ohms, it had a big lbs to watts ratio, but alas, it lacked on the bottom end. Mids and highs were okay. Overall sound was maybe a little above mid-fi, build quality was... | |
| Who does POWER CORD modifications?? For someone who's experienced at installing an IEC socket in the chassis so that you can use a removeable cord, that's probably not much more work than hardwiring a cord. I've hardwired cords into amplifiers I've owned... and yes, I'd agree that h... | |
| Inexpensive passive pre Recently on eBay a company called Luminous Audio was selling simple discrete-resistor passive units for about $100... you might do an eBay "Completed Auctions" search for "Luminous Audio" and then send an email to the seller. |