glenn_garza
Responses from glenn_garza
| Has anyone tried Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 RCA IC? I have two pair of the LC-1 ICs that I have tried in various locations such as phono to pre, and DVD or Blu-Ray player to pre. In my system there are ICs that work quite a bit better (Linn Silver, Shunyata, Grover-Huffman) in varying degrees (smoo... | |
| Good Performance/ Value Oriented Balanced IC's At least initially, I would go for the Blue Jeans Cable balanced IC. It is pretty inexpensive, made very well, and they have very quick service. Just to be clear, I now have and have had much more expensive cables. I can tell you that, if they hav... | |
| Best preamp for Low output Grado Cartridge PS Audio GCPH with Level 1 MODs (Underwood). Now I have not made up my mind on this phono stage although I have had it 7 or 8 months, because I could not get acceptable performance while playing records. Regardless of cartridge (mm, mc, mi), sound... | |
| straight wire Maestro and Maestro II signal flow? No guarantee, but if they were factory terminated the end with the serial number tags/band goes to the source or the "from" side. I do not know that it actually matters sonically, but the Straightwire ICs I have had with directional markings were ... | |
| Old Krell vs new Krell amps... If the Krell KAS are the huge two piece mono's connected by solid copper (or brass?) bus bars that went for around $35K back in the mid 90's, then I have heard them extensively in various setups along with the KAS-2's, various KSA amps and all the... | |
| Whatever happened to Straight Wire? I have recently gone back (at least for now) to Straightwire ICs after trying quite a few other brands, most of them more expensive. And unlike Nrenter above, I replaced PS Audio's top two ICs (Transcendent and the copper equivalent) with Encore I... | |
| Balanced Cable recommendations for Ayre equipment Well, I've been through the cable merry-go-round and like many have said, there was little difference sometimes, or there was significant [to me] difference. In this system, some cables I thought highly of initially eventually seemed to mess the m... | |
| Cardas Golden Reference - Reterminate? You may already be aware of this, but in case you are not...The other thing to be careful of the the fact that you are dealing with Cardas ICs. There are many wires in there and each has an enamel coating, which is reportedly extremely difficult t... | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned I think about 6, not counting the platic one with built in speakers my mom bought me because she knew I liked listening to records.Panasonic - (part of all-in-one receiver/tapedeck)Pioneer BDRealistic DDKenwood DD - (forget model, but pretty heavy... | |
| Is anyone using LAST? Well, I am not using it now, but used the cleaner and preservative on all my LPs back in the 80's/90's. And everyone of them that I used it on, even those that had not been played in 12 years or more, have been fine (still quiet and sound fine). I... | |
| Best balanced signal cable They are not given away, but I was very surprised by the Morrow Audio ICs. They have a very high performance to cost ratio compared to other more expensive ICs I have tried. The only Morrows I have tried are the PH-1 phono and MA-2 IC. I kept both... | |
| The use of equipment as "tone controls" Nilthepill, when I wrote that everything sounded practically the same, I pretty much meant that. Though the groups, music, dates, etc. were all different, all could have been recorded in the same studio, and all artists were in the same or similar... | |
| Upgrade Krell KRC-3 I have owned a KRC-3 for many years. Different folks want different things, but at the time, after auditioning many preamps in my own system, the KRC-3 was easily the most transparent in the price range. Heck, it is one of the most transparent pre... | |
| The use of equipment as "tone controls" It is very difficult to know what sound and performance were recorded, and we all have our preferences. Choosing equipment to adjust or control the sound is one approach and is used by many if not most audiophiles. It is MHO however, via my own ex... | |
| Cheapest Sweetest deal you've found Grado Statement Master cartridge for $80.00. The front of the wood body around the G was smudged, but otherwise looked unused. And it did not start sounding decent until I had about 42 hours on it. |