helomech
Responses from helomech
| Shipping by UPS Pick them up at the distribution center. That’s exactly what i do when receiving anything of significant value from UPS and the boxes do seem to fare better that way. It potentially eliminates a full day of your gear sliding and bouncing around in... | |
| Power Amp transformer hum - intermittent and increases and decreases in a few seconds Mechanical hum is not always the result of DC offset. I have some DC offset on my mains and even two DC blockers in series couldn’t eliminate an obnoxious hum in one of my amps. Anyhow, I own the CMX-2 but found the Audio By Van Alstine Humdinger ... | |
| Thinking about buying new speakers....the Elac Uni Fi5 towers or the Klipsch hersery lll The Heresy IIIs are good speakers at the $2K price point when referring to speakers bought through the traditional dealer model. Nothing I own beats them for late-night, low-level listening. However, it kinda pains me to admit the $2K Spatial Audi... | |
| Which integrated amp do you suggest? You won’t find a better integrated for $600 than a used Yamaha A-S801 or a new A-S501. They have a dead-quiet noise floor and their power exceeds published spec at well under 1% distortion for full bandwidth. They’re reliable and even 2 ohm stable... | |
| Thinking about buying new speakers....the Elac Uni Fi5 towers or the Klipsch hersery lll Klispch is more versatile with amplifier choices. I own some Heresy 3s, but my recommendation would be to get Spatial Audio M4 TurboS' they're better all-around speakers for the same price. Unlike the H3s, they'll sound good with your current amp. | |
| Recommendations for improving visceral impact? Replace those B&W with super large JBLs - done. | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? ^The current Heritage line is not bright by today's standards. They're certainly no brighter than the average B&W, Focal, Paradigm, Monitor Audio or Revel speaker. | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? A review of the heresy III's from a reviewer that I have bought products on his recommendation/s with no ill affects. Basically I have trusted him since the 90's. http://audiocounsel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Klipsch-Heresy-III-Review-HiFi-... | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? I have had several older Klipsch as well as their latest Heresy the titanium drivers are very decent , the connectors ,wiring and Xover suck bad cheap junk no name parts .So now Clarity Caps are "cheap junk no name" parts? Funny. | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? Interesting that he is saying " if you like female vocal, like Diana Krall, or other female vocals like her, I can see using this speaker ".That statement, along with the fact he's a CV fan, just proves he hasn't much experience with really good s... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Doesn't really qualify anymore since the cartridge can no longer be had for $99, but it was the Shure M97xe w/Jico SAS stylus (boron version). I like it far better than a popular cart that retails for $999.Even my Hana SL was not a huge improvemen... | |
| Why so many used focals? They're bright and forward. Unfortunately for them, it doesn't really pay dividends in detail. Focal and brands of their ilk lead to one place: another ride on the merri-go-round. | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Except music with a 5 string bass at 31hz for the low B, percussion overtones, pianos, the ambient sound around live orchestras, life...etc....Well. life is not music, but yes, there are a fair number of sources for below 40Hz bass. Still, a lot o... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** To the OP - Here’s the my view on this...you have no legacy vinyl, so no real need to invest in a vinyl rigyou are not "inclined" to invest time and effort involved in setting up, maintaining and eveolving a vinyl based systemany "low end" vinyl s... | |
| Which courier do you prefer? Do you also have bad experience with Fedex?Quite the opposite. I've only had a couple bad experiences with Fed Ex, but I refuse to use UPS for equipment anymore. The worst Fed Ex has done was break a large tree branch when backing up my driveway. ... |