immatthewj

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The joys of mid-fi
Yes, @ghdprentice  , but I have a little bit of an idea of what gear your system is put together with, and I can only think that it must reproduce quite a bit of sonic detail.  How do you feel about listening to subpar source material (be it CDs o... 
The joys of mid-fi
Where does mid-fi end and hi-fi begin?  What one man or woman sees as hi-fi is only mid-fi (at best) to another.  
Marantz SA10 sacd player
@immatthewj yikes! Didn’t know SA10 was $7k must have confused it with the 30N at $3K. There you go I saved $ by getting a McIntosh 😉, never thought that would happen. @socalml528 , no sweat on that. And that was the premise of the OP’s thread... 
Marantz SA10 sacd player
I have the solution; spend more!  I bought the McIntosh MCD85 SACD player.   @socalml528  , can you expound on what you mean by that?  I just looked on MD and the McIntosh MCD85 looks like it is going for 5k, and the Maranzt SA 10 is going for ... 
Subwoofer placement - back or front of room?
. . . I don't think dangling the sub from the ceiling would be a good idea.  If it was not a pretty light weight sub, I don't know what part of the sub you could attach to that wouldn't damage the sub when it was hanging.  Alos, I would think the ... 
Subwoofer placement - back or front of room?
Here is a link to a question I asked on this site about subwoofer placement. I believe the very first reply was from @ghdprentice and he also provided a link to a video on the subject. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/subwoofer-between-s... 
Subwoofer placement - back or front of room?
A while back ago @james633 sent me a link to an article about setting up monitors, and this is what the article had to say about setting up subs: "At low frequencies, it is crucial that the most fundamental room modes are equally excited. Using ... 
Marantz SA10 sacd player
My guest it’s a refurbished unit. Sounds like they didn't do much refurbishing.  I need to quit putting off checking the hours on mine.  
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?