hilde45
Responses from hilde45
| Quandary +1 @oldaudiophile I agree with everything he said. The cautions, the proposals, etc. | |
| Quandary About the Pass 30.8: Why not buy it here, used, for $4500 and resell it if you don't like it? The amp is $7.2k new, so you won't lose very much on resale, especially if you bargain a little. | |
| When was the last time when serious new instrument was invented ? How about: "Generally, the invention of truly novel instruments has slowed down since the 20th century. However, there are still interesting developments: Recent inventions: The steelpan: This unique percussion instrument, born in Trinidad and... | |
| Quandary I think the Benchmark AHB2 amp is lovely. I agree completely with Mahler123. I would just stick with the Benchmark for all the reasons cited. | |
| audible distortion and tube gear? You need to distinguish "distortion" which the ear likes vs. the kind it doesn't. The ear likes octaves, fifths, etc. I googled it for you and came up with this. | |
| Jazz Hands @judsauce I gave you my opinion, based on 40 years of listening and learning about jazz. It doesn’t align with yours. We have different tastes. Because this guy has had a career based on talent that you are all blind in seeing or appreciating. ... | |
| Jazz Hands I am ambivalent about West Coast "easier" jazz. Some of it is really great -- Ritenour, Larry Carlton, for example. Other stuff from that region sometimes strikes me almost like Muzak, though that's too harsh. It's "jazz for bourgeois white people... | |
| Great song by the Clash @simao Great Merle stuff. I'm also listening lately to this band. | |
| Great song by the Clash Also a good song: | |
| 12 wire compared to Nordost Blue Heaven Speaker Cable? On another topic, I got this great Pass Labz amp for $129 at Best Buy. It's amazing! | |
| 12 wire compared to Nordost Blue Heaven Speaker Cable? Welcome to Audiogon, apologies for the condescension. Some of us don't suffer fools so gladly. Not saying this applies to the OP, but really, some of the naivete in posts are clearly worth some criticism. | |
| 12 wire compared to Nordost Blue Heaven Speaker Cable? @roxy54 +1 a simple google search on Nordost is all it would have taken. Some feathers here getting ruffled by exceptionally timid breezes. (Self-concern trolling? Is that a "thing"? ;-) ) | |
| 12 wire compared to Nordost Blue Heaven Speaker Cable? @cundare2 Re: your original question, I think you may have a good sense of where to go by now. It may make more sense to upgrade the rest of your components before spending that type of money on cables. Since he actually spent only $30, so I ... | |
| Pads or Spikes? This is definitely one of those areas where the best advice is "do something" and "see how it sounds and looks" and then move on. Every little bit helps, but you have to live with it and try to get back to other aspects of the system or just the m... | |
| Speaker isolation feed effect +1 @tvad -- they're pretty close. A buddy had Gaia and then got the Townshend and kept both. So, there's that option, too! |