herman
Responses from herman
| First Watt: current vs voltage .Liguy and Bombay, you are incorrect. There is a night and day difference in the way current and voltage source amps operate. They are not just power amps.Some of the First Watt are current source amps and some are the more common voltage source a... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... .Jed,I assume you include me when you say "few can be mean?"Why is it mean to offer an honest opinion that disagrees with his approach? I and others were trying to help him develop a strategy for choosing a component that fits his system.In fact, ... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... I am unable to let you confusing fellows here anymore, yes, I suggest you to shut up and quit this post,Sorry, it doesn't work that way. You ask a question on an internet forum and you are not always going to get the answer you hope for.As far as ... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... .Quite the contrary. I added that in my considered opinion allocating percentages for each component is a waste of time. Others have agreed and as I pointed out the responses of between 5 and 200% reinforce that idea. I'm happy your 1/3 rule worke... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... .Garebear, you are absolutely correct. The fact we now know you spent 1/3 of your budget on your digital front end adds absolutely no value to the OPs situation. With answers from a few percent to over 200% how is your 33% helping him decide what ... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... .Love is about $100 for 15 minutes, happiness is a bit more.. | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... .No, you accepted the answer you wanted to hear, some said 10%, some gave other amounts, some gave a dollar limit.If you think 10% is a good answer then more power to you but IMHO and others it is a worthless piece of information.. | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... .I see you just don't get it. Trying to peg a percentage to a component is an exercise in futility. As far as retail my system is probably 60% speaker, 15% amp. 15% turntable/cartridge, and 10% digital source/preamp. How did that help you?I was tr... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... Grand tech, you posted some prices. Is that retail or what you paid used. I think you would get better responses if you listed your actual components and what you are trying to achieve, what type of room you have and the size, what you value most ... | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? .I understand completely, I do not need to be enlightened.It distorts what's on the record in a way that you find pleasing. You choose to call this "better." I have no problem with that. By recording it you change the frequency response both recor... | |
| Music Format, too many? which way to go? .It is difficult to listen to any digital after you heard good vinyl or tape playback. There are multitudes of us who have heard SOTA digital and analog rigs who completely disagree with you. I can't imagine limiting myself to only what has been p... | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? .I completely understand the fun of playing around with it and watching the reels spin. I had a pretty nice Teac deck at one time and enjoyed fiddling around with it but sold it when the price of blank tapes got so expensive and I realized I would... | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? .I'm curious why you want to do this. The tape will be as expensive if not more than the record plus the effort of recording. Tapes also deteriorate just sitting there, records don't. You also need to be concerned about setting up the deck properl... | |
| Music Format, too many? which way to go? .SACD discs are expensive and the catalog too limited to be the only format.Vinyl maybe if you don't need portability and willing to shop thrift and second hand stores. New vinyl is expensive.CD is your best bet since they are very cheap used and ... | |
| Where would you measure temp? .What is the spec for how hot it should get? Don't think I've ever seen that specified.. |