jafox
Responses from jafox
| Need warm sounding cables: Transparent Ref. MM? Why the cables and not some tube-rolling? It's a heck of a lot cheaper. | |
| Aethetix IO Signature Question Yes, I have had the Aria for 5 or so weeks now. I have spent much time evaluating tubes, and now sending them away to be tried by others so the system is a little "down" at the moment. The Aria has made me aware of much information on LPs and CDs ... | |
| Aethetix IO Signature Question I have a little different experience than the comments above.I have an original Io but I had it updated by Steve Huntley of GNSC with the same Dynamicaps as the Io Sig. Many other parts have been replaced beyond the Sig, mainly Caddock resistors t... | |
| Speaker cables for soundlabs and strong current I too have the A1s and went through many speaker cable trials in 2005-2007. I use CAT JL-3 amps so the interface is much different than the Parasound amps. The speaker cable link has consistently been less contributing to improvements vs. other ca... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Chris, before you start a process that will likely never get you to the desired result with your ss amp, you need to take more seriously Atmasphere's comments regarding the SL's performing at their best with a tube amp. With this said, I can drive... | |
| cat jl3 signatures vs. atmashere ma2III's but if you are not happy with the JL2 than you may never be happy, it is an incredible amp even before the "upgrade".I can see [hear] why many people would not like the sound of a CAT amp.....especially if the rest of the system is on the ultra-re... | |
| Aria phono preamp - Mike Elliot blog So people will pay big money to have this guy make the amplifier or preamplifier the way it should have been doen....The way it should have been done? You mean like the way ARC, CJ, CAT, BAT, etc., all should have done their preamps back in the 80... | |
| Anyone rolled tubes in an ARC Reference 3 preamp? John, when you return to the dark side (a non-6H30 based preamp) some day, you will have to make it more accessible to get to the tubes. Somehow I think tube-rolling is in your blood. 8-) And you can secure the top cover with a couple strips of du... | |
| Maggies and rolled off treble As far as generalization go - and the obvious limitations of making gross generalizations - I agree fully with this one! Now here's a quote to carve into stone for eternity!One of the principle reasons for chasing accurate bass response with low d... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Chris, it would help if you would share what systems/amplifiers were paired with the A1's you heard that made you walk away with your "rather sharp and grainy treble" observations. | |
| Maggies and rolled off treble In the meantime, neurotic audiophiles spend fortunes on things like "extension" "air" "resolution" and and "transparency" making themselves miserable in the process and then spending another fortune on corrective measures like overpriced cables an... | |
| Anyone rolled tubes in an ARC Reference 3 preamp? There's a lot of hype on the 6H30 DR tube. When I had a BAT 31SE, I had a quad of DR's. I also had a quad of the Sovtek hand picked from Upscale Audio. I really had to sweat to hear a difference between these two and ultimately I concluded it was ... | |
| Tube tester recommendations If the Calypso's sound was mushy because it was plugged into a power conditioner (PLC), it is time to 86 that PLC. I have a friend that has several years experience with the Calypso, various tube-rolling efforts and power cords and power condition... | |
| Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure? many current-production tube components have circuits which are not tube sensitive. i have encountered many examples of this phenomenon. in such cases, replacing stock tubes is not beneficial.Going from one tube to another does not guarantee an au... | |
| Apogee vs Soundlab Gallant_Diva: I think your response was for Detlof...not for me as I have no experience with nor opinion on the larger VTLs. As for reviews, I pay attention as there might be a chance to get a feel for how one product compares to another if the re... |