gasman
Responses from gasman
| Best Preamp under $5k?? My vote is for the Joule-Electra LA-100 Mk III linestage, a truly musical reproduction instrument. | |
| Double boxing? IMHO, you should pack audio components so that they will survive a 5 foot drop onto concrete. Many items are shipped "from the factory" in well designed double-cartons, and unless you plan to die owning that piece of equipment, you should NOT disc... | |
| Amp for Innersound Isis speakers I also own Innersound Eros speakers, and use the ESL amplifier; I strongly agree that this amp is ideal for use with Eros or Isis speakers, or any other electrostats. The ESL amp just "locks on" and makes incredible music with them.I have also use... | |
| Ancient Cable Experts Please Help. Even if working at their optimum, the Monster cable designs of that time were all high capacitance, and so had limited high frequency extension and a "congested" sound character. A strong "sell" recommendation, and upgrade your cables with a more ... | |
| FM Reception Try the Magnum-Dynalab Model 205 "Signal Sleuth" RF amp; If your problem is overload from adjacent FM stations, this unit is tunable to the FM frequency you want, and traps out adjacent FM frequencies that might be causing an overload of your tune... | |
| Opinions on Newform Research speakers There are a few tweaks that I've used to improve the sound of the 645s; first the character and definition of the bass can be improved with the use of Tekna C-10 and C-12 vibration dampers, mounted to the back of the bass cabinets. I used one of e... | |
| Why balanced outputs? I agree that all of the options listed above are useful and do make an improvement in FM sound and convenience of use. Balanced outputs, or anything else that improves common mode rejection, will decrease the overall noise "floor" and give a smoot... | |
| Best Holiday CDs? Two favorites of mine which are also excellent audiophile quality are "Thys Yool-A Medieval Christmas" by the Martin Best Ensemble, Nimbus (NI 5137), and also "Noels Celtiques", Celtic Christmas Music from Brittany.Traditional and contem- porary c... | |
| Sony ES Tuners An additional comment, in support of another option to the Sony ES tuner. The Fanfare FT-1a is a super tuner, at a somewhat reasonable list price of $1595. Includes a remote, balanced and RCA outputs, and the option of Kimber internal silver wirin... | |
| High current or high wattage amps A higher current amp is my choice, and will outperform lower current amps of the same wattage rating. The absolute control of the speakers will be better overall, and they will sound more effortless at all volume levels. More current on demand mea... | |
| Fanfare FT-1A Reference FM Tuner/Monitor I currently own the FT-1A, and completely agree with the previous posting. The Kimber silver internal wiring option is also very worthwhile. If you live near a good FM jazz or classical station, you will hear CD quality reproduction. Cable FM will... | |
| The best sounding FM Tuner is..... My vote is also for the Fanfare FT-1, as it is (relatively) sanely priced for the CD quality performance it is capable of, with a high quality signal source. I am amazed every day by the music it makes in my home. It has balanced (XLR) out- puts a... |