immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| VTL 5.5 vs Cary SLP-05 . . . also, I am not familiar with the Bryston. Since ’01 I have been running a Cary V-12 amplifier (12 EL34s, a pair of 6922s, and a pair of EL84s as power source for the 6922s) which is switchable between triode and ultralinear. I almost always ... | |
| VTL 5.5 vs Cary SLP-05 @bunkertoy , I've owned a SLP-05 for (I think) going on 3 years now. I have no experience with the VTL pre that you referred to. Also, I do not have the golden ear, and it is possible that I may not even have ears that are very good. With that... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? But at least unlike Audio Asylum, lately, A’gon has not been a political-fight-free-for-all. Actually, audio asylum claims it isn’t either, and the way the moderator deals with political posts is he deletes the ones that are contrary to his politi... | |
| Is my amp good enough? To me watts are watts I don't know any of the equipment you are running and buying, but regardless, I found this to be an interesting and informative (not to mention civil) discussion. I will only chime in to add that not all watts are created... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system One has to be careful with absorption. If used it needs to be broad band otherwise it can become a passive equalizer with dull high frequencies @scottwheel , can you expound upon that? | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? It was a long time ago. So long ago I am not even sure I remember which was the last. But I am thinking that in the cold months of '03 I drove up tho Philadelphia on kind of the spur of the moment to see Steve Earle at The Living Arts Theater. ... | |
| Are you on or off? What say you? I must have a bit of Magpie in me. I don’t need anything but I’m still attracted to shiny things. +1 @bigtwin . . . I can relate. Unfortunately, I can no longer afford it, so I am off. | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? a rainbow do not exist as colored because the colors are not in the water droplets in the air...They resulted from the way the brain filtered light though a particular medium ...They are then illusion waiting to be debunked .. But most everybod... | |
| Are you on or off? What say you? I am pretty much off. A few years ago I upgraded my digital front end and my preamp, but that was a long time coming and probably way overdue. Considering age and income restrictions, I have no plans to get back on. (Unless I accidentally win the... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? Where are you, @millercarbon ????? Come back!!!!!!!!!!! (Or @millercarbonknowsmoreaboutausiothanyoupricks ???) | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? I will never tire of all the hate. | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system I don’t have any experience with tubes so probably will stick with SS. Oops! I missed this when you posted it. I think you ought to just maybe give them a listen before you rule them out. They really are not all that complicated and with the... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system @skyscraper , sorry about that--SET = single ended triode. As opposed to push-pull. I am not very tech minded, but here is a page from Wiki describing the SET circuit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-ended_triode Here is Cary's l... | |
| What is your most fond musical memory. I don’t know which would be the "most." I sat in the front row center of a general admission 500 capacity club to see Emmy Lou Harris when she was touring Wrecking Ball. That made an impact on me. The first time I saw Lucinda Williams was the sa... | |
| Female vocals After I heard Margo Timmins/Cowboy Junkies covering "Sweet Jane" on Natural Born Killers, I was hooked. |