immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| Changing a speaker color I've never painted speakers, but back in '02 I was working in a composite shop and I brought in some wooden window shutters, sanded off the old finish, shot them with two coats of USAirways blue and then a coat of clear and they are still holding ... | |
| Which has a greater effect on music,int.amp or CD? . . . thinking back, I remember, back in the '90s, trying out a Mesa Baron dual monoblock-in-one chassis- tube amp. I remember perceiving that as a heavily colored and warm sounding amp, and I also remember during the course of that audition (I ha... | |
| Which has a greater effect on music,int.amp or CD? I know that you did say "excluding speakers," but if it was a "rock & roll system" I wanted to put together I think what I would do is try out some of the speakers that the rockers consider to be "rock & roll speakers" (I am not really a r... | |
| Beautiful Colored Tube Preamp ($10k budget) to Pair w/ Very Accurate Monitors (PSI A25M) As far as the Cary SLP05, I don’t consider mine to be all that warm. It could be the tubes I am running in the balanced input sockets, or the cables I am using, or another component in my system, but I felt replacing my old Cary SLP90 with the SLP... | |
| Best 12AU7? I find it bright, but in a very nice, warm and fat way! That seems like a contradiction in terms? | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? We take turns meeting at each member’s home, allowing each member to host and present/share their music, food, wine/drinks and good company. Most of the members have various consumer-level listening stations: AV receivers, Bluetooth soundbars and... | |
| A stupid question(s) about power cords So this morning I swapped in the stock cord and the problem is solved. @audphile1 , to clarify, so I am not misunderstanding, are you saying that the power cord that came with the unit is preferable to your ears than the Preffair? | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @atmasphere , is it watts that drive the speaker? (I know that if I put the + & - lead of my vm on the corresponding speaker posts. I get an AC volt reading which varies depending upon volume level.) But if it is watts that drive the speake... | |
| Thumper’s Mother @immatthewj - I dont think anyone complained about the word I used - it’s most likely an algorithm that instantly deletes. @polkalover , I do not know for sure one way or the other about that, and I do not know what word you used, but I jus... | |
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? Which is more important to walking? The left or the right leg? Not a good analogy. | |
| Thumper’s Mother happy moderators? @polkalover , I don't think that the moderators arbitrarily take it upon themselves to read and delete posts. My understanding is that if they receive a certain number of complaints (some one once said it was three) due to f... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? @immatthewj the fact the unit was $10k is what blew my mind. This isnt a mCIntosh where you can go anywhere to hear it. Who the heck drops $10k on a used product with extremely limited distribution / demand that they've never heard besides a f... | |
| A stupid question(s) about power cords @audphile1 , without any sarcasm whatsoever, I envy your critical ear. Or maybe I don't--I can see where it could be a curse. I still have not put a full 100 hours on the new speakers I installed in my system at roughly the same time as the thr... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? This experience I am going to quickly relate is a lot lower $ than yours, but back in ’99 there was a local dealer getting out of 2 ch stereo and getting more into HT and he had an old heavily altered (to the point it would have been hard to sell)... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? Here's the problem for the dealer. What happens if the amp is damaged in shipping? What happens if you choose to return it and it is damaged when it is returned? What happens if you scratch it or otherwise mar it and then return it? @rus... |