helomech
Responses from helomech
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) Palmer and SME | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… Usually its the other way ’round. What tends to cause tube amps to seem to have more power than solid state amps of the same rating is the way they make distortion, particularly, as you alluded, near clipping. My experience is otherwise. Mayb... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One I went Technics (with the lesser 1210GR) and never looked back. It’s nice to finally have a turntable that can manage sustained notes without audible flutter. Can’t say that for any belt-drive I owned. If measured performance is important to y... | |
| How to choose speakers that won't overpower your room? In a room that size I’d be very tempted to go with in-wall speakers. There are some surprisingly good ones out there that will outperform most floorstanders (small or otherwise) crammed into a small room. | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… Really depends on the design, but generally speaking, I’d say tube amps. That is because tube amps tend to boost the “bass-slam” frequency range when mated to highly reactive loads. It’s the same reason for why listeners often say tube watts sou... | |
| Anybody ever dealt with Safe and Sound audio I too have had great experiences with S&S. Enjoy your new DAC! | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion If you don’t mind a little DIY, the Satori Ara Textreme kit from Madisound will outperform many of the aforementioned options and for a lot less dough. https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/satori-ara-textreme-2-way-speaker-ki... | |
| Looking for a new DAC You want a highly resolving, linear measuring DAC with Magnepans because Maggies roll off the top octave considerably. You don’t want anything that truncates those fine details further. IME, for such a DAC, there is no need to get anything more ... | |
| Two preamps into one amp? It’s all good until the one time you forget to switch the input selector. | |
| Low Cost Electronics There are some stupidly good low-cost components out there at the moment. I can’t speak to the ones you mentioned but I can attest to the Topping E70Velvet DAC, Topping A70Pro (as a line preamp) and Parasound Z-Phono XRM phono preamp. Both are com... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? Getting off the gear treadmill is mostly about finding the right synergy. Even six-figure systems can be surprisingly disappointing when the synergy is off. Conversely, a six hundred dollar system can sound great with the correct synergy. Some li... | |
| Coda vs Parasound Finally, even though both the Parasound Halo JC 5 and Bryston 3B have higher wattage ratings than the No. 8 amplifier at 4 ohms, neither have the iron-fist control of the bottom end frequencies or the explosive macro-dynamics of the Coda Continuu... | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... The room+speakers, then everything else. You’d be surprised how good some “bad” recordings can sound with high-end speakers in a proper room. | |
| Coda vs Parasound I haven’t owned the JC5 but have owned the original Parasound A21 and a Coda No.8 V1. Owned both simultaneously. In my system the A21 sounds considerably more “effortless,” with better bass. However, the Coda was a little more resolving and refine... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? SME—because they’re the best Brinkmann—close to the best Technics—best bang for the buck |