hifiman5
Responses from hifiman5
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! Agree with the need for break in. One thing to check and I speak here from personal experience, check that the ground is tight on that new line. When our house was built, I had the electricians run 10 gauge Romex to my listening room. After some... | |
| AQ Speaker Cables: Gibraltar vs. Mont Blanc? DBS, the dielectric bias system really does make a difference. Once you break-in the dielectric, the DBS keeps them in that state even for protracted periods of time where no signal is run through them. What really opened up my ears to the conce... | |
| Equipment Rack @geoffkait My bad on the ebay listing instead of Audiogon. I just looked at the ad. again. Is the stand designed to support components within a certain range of mass? It looks like it could be applicable to supporting a large power regenerator ... | |
| What are the best drop in subs for a 12AU7?? The dynamics are excellent across the frequency range. Kick drum is kick ass. I tried many different tubes including the Mullards but they got noisy fast. I would agree with you that they lacked PRAT that gets the foot tapping. I buy matched pa... | |
| Equipment Rack @geoffkait I am not trying to be at all snarky here, but is that eBay posting a gag of some sort. The pic looked to show a nicely crafted product but the write-up sounded like a comedy bit followed up by the dismissive questions. This whole thi... | |
| What are the best drop in subs for a 12AU7?? I've been doing well with Gold Lion 12AU7s from Cryoset. Very open, smooth sound and they stay quiet for a l o n g time. | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @kb54 Thankfully we have you here to do our thinking for us. Whew! | |
| True audio stories! Do you have any? The year was when Richard Vandersteen released the original Model 3s. I went with an audio buddy on a 2 hour trek to The Stereo Shoppe in Selinsgrove, PA be introduced to the 3s by none other than RV himself. The date was October 31. Relevant. W... | |
| List of musicians changed career with better success... And I thought we were now living in a post gender world. HaHa | |
| Looking for SACD player............ @tubes444 Amen! In fact one of the most satisfying parts of our hobby can be finding those pieces of gear that perform well above what their lower price point would lead you to believe possible. Hence the delight in the Marantz SA 8005. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Jim Brock: A Tropic Affaire LP | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @bdp24 +1 Part of me believes that the rawness the sound is part of the appeal. His recordings are more organic and less slickly produced. As an audiophile I prefer to listen to music where the recording quality was a higher priority to the fi... | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @cleeds Please read my post above. My opposition to the song stems from what I see is its use in inapproriately patriotic celebrations. I agree with your comment that political messages have a long and storied tradition in American music. I have... | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @mitchchavis If you served in Vietnam then I can see how some of the song's lyrics spoke to you. I guess I am bothered that we hear it played at sports events and political rallies as if it extols the virtues of America. My negativity may also ... | |
| List of musicians changed career with better success... @raymonda Got to give Lou Reed this, he has good taste in women let alone his own successful musical endeavors. |