gregm
Responses from gregm
| Historical look at amps Back to a subject touched by Bombay & Bigtee: I always thought the "High end" was about accurate portrayal of a source. If it's not and it's about "Good sound" then I need to get out because it all becomes a moot point.I agree -- yet, much of ... | |
| A few systems heard at the Rocky Mntn. audiofest So, J, I take it you're saving up for a horn :)??At least you won't need to spend giga$ on kW class A amplification to drive these... | |
| Historical look at amps SS uses feedback to stabilise the circuit. In the more exotic designs this f/back is local. OTOH tube circuits can be stabilised w/out any type of feedback (even there it's not plain sailing -- it requires effort).Objective measurements: let me in... | |
| Best speakers 2,500 can buy. Are personally, medically, or otherwise averse(:)) to diy spkrs?? Mostly assembly is required, not actual design, etc.If not, 2,5k will buy you a mean kit, with very good performance level. Check out Madisound, e-speakers, blackdahlia (lowther kit... | |
| Turntables better than a Wadia 861SE w/ Statement ANdrew -- re some yr questions. TT+arm combos ("all in one") are qctually quite good usually, but the uprade-ability can suffer on the cheapest offerings.A good way of looking at making the analogue investment "longer term" to follow the order: TT... | |
| A. A. Capitole owners - what's the next step?? Then (after the caps), you might consider a different shelf (support) for the AA. Say, a Neuance or similar.After that, you might also play around with diy I/C -- lowly magnet wire, for example (20-22gauge) and dispense with the IC plugs.In other ... | |
| Turntables better than a Wadia 861SE w/ Statement Hi Aolivero,I once participated in a friend's similar effort to "balance sources". We used an earlier version of yr pre, with a Symphonic Line amp (outstanding match with CAT and sounding similar to JL) -- AND (bingo) a Wadia 861 (i.e. an earlier ... | |
| Interconnect using tonearm wire. Sure, but take note of Jeffreybehr's words!Typically, very thin wire will work well for high frequencies but not so well in the lower register. | |
| Sonus faber Cremona Auditor and Jeff Rowland?? I second Raul, above. I have enjoyed auditioning Mahler & blues on SF (Amati, Cremona & Strad) -- using hi-current design amps.Unfortunately, I only listened to these speakers paired with European amps (i.e. expensive), and therefore can o... | |
| DIY WATT crossover network? As per Ngarch above UNLESS you know someone who can reliably back-engineer the x-over (and also measure the tweets).IF the latter then, yes, maybe you could SLIGHTLY improve it. | |
| What the H ll Happened Here? Disconnect the woofers and measure them. Most probably and unfortunately, you have damaged these drivers. IF so, then it shouldn't be yr amp that's at fault (spurious noise fm the amp would have taken out the tweets first).The best thing is to wri... | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps Yes, it's a very good pre, esp on line. In particular, it manages to convey dynamic contrast and an impression of "speed" (low frequency energy is good).As to system "synergy", the CAT drives difficult loads easily and well -- so I wouldn't worry ... | |
| Stuck: 20-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/96kHz DAC? ONE obvious choice on yr list is the Aero -- but its price is well beyond your stated budget. | |
| hard 's' Very rarely, the "s" (sibilance) is caused by bad /dirty I/C & spkr cable connections. Try cleaning these if you haven't.I;d be surprised if it were inherent to yr tweets... | |
| Vibration Isolation............ where to start? Mechanical devices (sources: TT, cdp, etc); these produce vibration as well as being sensitive to airborne & structural vibration. Low-level signal processors (active pre, dac, phono, etc) that can be sensitive to external vibration. These dev... |