glenn_garza
Responses from glenn_garza
| Phono Amp Recommendations I am currently running-in an Underwood modified PS Audio GCPH. It has adjustable gain, loading, and both balanced and single-ended outputs. I only have about 8 hours of music through it, but it is quiet, smooth, and detailed. Reportedly, it requir... | |
| Best Aftermarket cables for Marantz SA8001? Audio_girl, I also think it is a little difficult in absolute terms to define a set of recommended cables for a source component alone. Along with the rest of the system, your personal hearing and taste would have to be considered. Is the rest of ... | |
| First System Advice on Cables If you listen to rock, blues, or jazz, I can also recommend Blue Jeans cables for your first system. What they currently list on their website as their favorite balanced and single-ended ICs are good sonically, well made, and affordably priced cab... | |
| Affordable Power Cords Audioparts Inc is having a sale on this site on the Audio One Reference. I had ordered two previously to try on a pair of Stratos monos and am very pleased. I had tried Shunyata Snakebites, Zu Gede, and LAT International AC-2, and actualy preferre... | |
| Why so expensive?? It may be what a high-end manufacturer told me once: the vast majority of people, even audiophiles, could never afford a $5000.00 amplifier. The two or so percent who can, can also afford a $10,000 amplifier. In that market, he will sell more of t... | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestion Alright! Really good to read of someone's success (isn't always easy or worth the money). | |
| Recommended one make systems? I also grew up in the South with plenty of music all around, though primarily spritual. Yes, it seemed like everyone preached, played an instrument, sang, or a combination. And that was just my family. There was always singing and playing around, ... | |
| Best component cables silver or copper Carl109, did you confuse the information I wrote about as I remember from the LAT website as a personal endorsement of any of the claims? Personally, my first reaction was about the same: it cannot be an alloy unless it is an actual mixture. These... | |
| Best component cables silver or copper DH Labs component video cables work very well for me, and the LAT International are excellent for video as well. Both are copper with silver coating, though LAT explains that their coating is applied under high pressure (or something) to "fuse" th... | |
| Cardas Cross power cable - brightness issue I had one Cardas Cross PC for a year or so. I tried it in different positions, and although it added nothing remotely resembling brightness, the system seemed to have a disparity between the highs and lows. There was a nice midrange, but the highs... | |
| hafler 100, 101, 110 I would go for a different company's preamp. I actually owned the DH 110 for a few years and to be honest, it was not very good. I bought it fully assembled, and based on all the positive reviews, I thought there must be something wrong with it. S... | |
| Best Pre-Amp/Amp for Focal JMLab electra 920 Based on the fact that you purchased the speakers used (or demos?), I ascertain that cost may be a concern. Although I haven't used them (yet), I read something about an Odyssey Stratos working very well with some JM lab speakers, though the actua... | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestion I do not know what support/rack you have your system components on, and this could certainly have an effect on the highs and mids. Assuming that that is ok, or at least not significantly contributing to the sonic problems you describe, some past e... | |
| Amazingly Close to Krell Sound I have had an Aragon 8008BB for many years driving my not too efficient (and full range) Mirage M3si. If the bass gets to the amp, and you provide it enough juice (no crappy AC filters), the bass will certainly come out. And it will be extended, b... | |
| Krell FPB300 - mechanical transformer noise. Excuse if this is irrelevant, but my system (amp and pre) developed a sudden transformer hum a few months ago. It was fine, then I shut it down to swap power cords. When I brought it back up, fairly loud tranformer hum from the amp and the preamp.... |