immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? Yes, but there is always a point when it is time to upgrade speakers too. Yes, I am sure there is. | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer "Necro-thread revival festival?" - Does not exist .... Not everyone has gotten the memo yet. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Besides, that's when true audiophile rig shows real class - when it achieves an impossible task of making poor recordings sound tolerable. Actually, @inna , what my experience has been is that the better my system became, the less tolerable po... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? If it is bad enough I cannot listen for very long. However, last night, in the course of auditioning/breaking in a pair of new speakers I started with Witches Bew (the Living Stereo 24 bit disc, NOT the SACD) and it sounded pretty good to me (and... | |
| Summer Power Issues Anyone else having this experience? It's been seeming unreliable, to me, here in Western Pa. I had my system warming up last night by playing background music while I was preparing a meal and pwer went off--I ran as fast as I could back there ... | |
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? but you would never know how good your speakers would/could sound if you don't give it a chance to be supplied with good input. +1 | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer Wow, you had to go back to a 5 year old thread to find something more to complain about? Necro-thread revival festival? | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? fusebox, 30ga thin wiring through house to outlet, and a 4gs cord will change water to wine? Nope. Who uses that? | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? After 50 years in this hobby I’ve settled on the following hierarchy: Amplifier Source Speakers Cables Room acoustics... Blasphemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo Back in the '90s when I was being exposed to new stuff via a public radio station (91.3 WYEP) I bought Lloyd Cole's Love Story for Like Lovers Do (which is still my favorite track on that). (I probably enjoys vocals more than all else.) Anyway, ... | |
| McIntosh tube upgrade - worthwhile? Deja Vu? https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/jj-preamp-tubes-repeated-problems | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? I have not bought an LP since 1982, and I don't remember what they cost back then, but I know that I wasn't going out of my way to buy quality pressings. However, within the last few years, I did pay a seller $100 for a JVC XRCD red book of Linda... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Another +1 (or more) to @atmasphere ! | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? I was just browsing through the amps and preamps forums, and came across this from @atmasphere If your preamp or source is lacking, it will not matter how good your amps and speakers are- they cannot make up for signal loss or coloration! The p... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? @immatthewj I was being sarcastic. Ahhhh . . . I should have known. |