hoodjem
Responses from hoodjem
| Do I need upgraded power cables? I use the Cable Co. a lot. What has worked for me is to borrow usually four cables at one time. I do a fair amount of research to try to narrow choices down to near four. Because they are already burned in, I don’t have to wait for each one to s... | |
| cable burn-in / system burn-in Settle-in (or Burn-in): It is Real! On Monday of this week I received four new Ice Age Copper-Copper power cables. I put them in on my Pass monoblocks and Martin Logan CLS electrostats right away. At first listen, they sounded thin, flat, and... | |
| New OFC Power Cord from Ice Age Audio Ice Age makes great cables that are truly an excellent value. But the OFC series does not appear to be OCC copper. This is copied directly from the Ice Age website: ”Our latest addition. This Cable is built from multiple strands of individuall... | |
| MNPCTech footers? I installed Gaia III footers on my trusty VPI HW-19 Mk. IV. They did seem to improve the isolation and thus the sound. BUT (and it is a big one), you have to be very careful about the threaded inserts into which you screw the Gaia footers. ... | |
| IsoAcoustics - A Class Act I installed Gaia III footers on my trusty VPI HW-19 Mk. IV. They did seem to improve the isolation and thus improve the sound. BUT (and it is a big one), you have to be very careful about the threaded inserts into which you screw the Gaia f... | |
| IsoAcoustics Gaia feet on Oracle Delphi turntable I installed Gaia III footers on my trusty VPI HW-19 Mk. IV. They did seem to improve the isolation and thus the sound. BUT (and it is a big one), you have to be very careful about the threaded inserts into which you screw the Gaia footers. T... | |
| audioengine b1fi audio quality I believe so, yes. I use a B1 to receive the Bluetooth signal from my iPad, which plays Spotify Premium. Using an optical Toslink cable, I then connect the B1 to my Marantz SACD-30n player which feeds my CJ preamp. The sound is really quite ... | |
| Audioengine B1 questions I also have a B1 that I like. It has very good reception. I almost never have dropouts, delays, or signal problems from my iPad. I use the Toslink optical output to a Marantz SACD-30n. This way I use the internal Marantz DAC, not the Audioen... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? ^^^👍 Lower distortion = More accurate = More neutral = More SS | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? Less warm. More neutral. More accurate. Overly detailed. Tube preamps that don't sound like tubes. | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? In audio, it seems that a manufacturer gets one chance to do well, and that’s it. Back in the 90s I had an Audio Research SP-9 preamp. It was not particularly good: details were obscured by the noise floor, and there was little depth to the sound... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? I imagine some audio manufacturers having an internal discussion-- "We can make it for $200, sell it for $500 and sell lots." "But, if we sell it for $500, no one will take it seriously as truly ’high end.’ Let’s price it at $5000 and call it ... | |
| Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands? https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2548923 "hoodjem. Pls explain your numerical grading." The numerical grading was based on a partial list started by a professional audio reviewer that I read somewhere along the way. He was the person who first s... | |
| Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands? https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2548923 "What…No McIntosh…conversation done!" I would love for you to suggest a time-number (or position) for any McIntosh amps or preamps, with which you are familiar. That would be most helpful. | |
| Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands? Alas! You could very well be right. Just a hopeful idea--that I would not have to personally audition 25 amps and 15 preamps to find the right ones. But rather I could utitlize the collective wisdom of the members on here to guide me to the prefe... |