immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| Listening chair height? Yes, @jerryg123 , thank you. | |
| Listening chair height? Thanks for the input, @cd318 ; I am one that doesn’t want to be limited to a strict sweet spot, but I have always been thinking that if there is one in my "listening room," I’d like to find it. @erik_squires sorry for the ignorance on this subjec... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? It's been over a year ago, but a Cary SLP 05 from Cary's preowned page. It replaced a Cary SLP 90. I thought the price was right. | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? The BX at Scott AFB, Illinois in 1979. A Magnavox rack system that had a receiver with 8-track and also came with a turn table. I think I picked it because the huge looking speakers appealed to me. | |
| Interconnects - better before preamp or after preamp? @emergingsoul I just replied to another thread, more or less on the interconnect topic. I relayed the advice I received from a highly regarded seller of vintage NOS tubes, and since typing is such a laborious task for me, I am going to copy &am... | |
| WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? @jili12 around 25 years ago I bought a bunch of vintage NOS tubes from someone who most on this & other sites hold in high esteem. At that time he did not sell interconnects, and I don’t know for positive, but I don’t think that he does toda... | |
| Interconnects - better before preamp or after preamp? If you have a World class preamp, is there a need to go nuts buying some really nice cables before the Signal reaches the preamp?. Let the preamp do its thing and then provide Royal treatment for Signal‘s Journey to the amplifier. It only seems... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? +10 @ghdprentice and @oddiofyl . You get what you pay for? | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time I always thought John Prine did some pretty good song writing, and I like Josh Ritter's lyrics a lot. | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? I've only owned two tube preamps, so I am not really qualified on this subject, but one of mine is the Cary SLP 05 and I like it a lot. I own a bunch of different tubes for rolling on this unit, and certain tubes make me like it more than others ... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps To my above list, I would add Rebecca Pidgeon, Spanish Harlem, off of the Chesky Raven CD. The Sundays cover of Wild Horses has gave me goose bumps before. | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time Three best of all time is a pretty high bar, but I certainly appreciate the lyrics by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle. But that leaves so many out, such as Townes Van Zandt & so may more that if I thought about it might be in my to... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Margo Timmins/Sweet Jane & quite a few other songs. Suzanne Vega/ the Solitude Standing CD Linda Ronstadt/ Carmelita, Blue Bayou, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues and quite a few other songs Many of the tracks from Emmy Lou Harris/ the Wrecking ... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? 1) Lucinda Williams at Rosebud in Pit when she was touring the Car Wheels CD 2) Steve Earle at Rosebud in Pit when he was touring the Telephone Road CD, 3) Emmy Lou Harris at Rosebud in Pit touring the Wrecking Ball CD 4) I'll throw in a tossup... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? "Cheap" is a relative term. What I now see as cheap I probably didn’t then. I am sure that many here would consider the stuff I now see in my system as higher dollar to be "cheap." But the first pair of 2 way speakers I bought back in ’93 or ’94... |