jafox
Responses from jafox
| Calling all Aesthetix Callisto / Io Owners Wow, cool to see this thread still has a heartbeat. I started this thread for some assistance to get the Callisto "up and running". After reading much of Albert's tube advice, I started this thread to share my own tube experiences for the Callisto... | |
| preamp to go with counterpoint amp Which Counterpoint amp do you have? .... tube or ss? I have been running an NPS400 with Basic upgrade for nearly 5 years. When I got it to compare to my far more expensive ARC Classic 150 mono amps, I was shocked to hear what a superior performer ... | |
| Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs Dunlavy IVa crossover modification Wow, JD clearly sets the benchmark to share his knowledge and experiences with the Audiogon members. Hey JD, any interest to rework the passive components in my SoundLabs? 8-) | |
| Review: Purist Audio Design Custom Aesthetix Umbilical Power cord Wow, nice to hear this has been implemented. My only concern would be that the effort here would not be fully realized until all the wires inside the units were updated with the same implementation as the cables. | |
| Best AMP for Avalon Eidolon, ARC, CAT, VAC..? Well before you come to any conclusion that all multi-tube KT88, 65500 or EL34 amp designs are the same, you should give the CAT amps a listen. The dynamic contrasts and transient speed here is very impressive....and not just through the mids and ... | |
| First Tube Preamp ARC SP-8 is my vote. This was THE most impressive experience for me when I heard this back in 1983. I was so ready to buy it but the dealer was not ready to let it go so fast. I ended up with the SP-10 soon after, and then the more refined PH2/LS5... | |
| Best AMP for Avalon Eidolon, ARC, CAT, VAC..? "Nothing, absolutely nothing, comes close to the transparency, mid-high dynamic contrast (note mid-high only), and most of all, musicality, of the PHI70s."I assume this "nothing" includes the CAT amps. And if so, that's quite a claim. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2.5 I was under the impression the post was for the tonearm which I have seen a few recently on ebay. | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 I played with the Purist Aqueous Anniv (AA) spkr cable and found them to be way too non-linear vs. the Purist Opus spkr cables. The AA spkr cables had a very prominent and wide peak in the mids that quickly became too fatiguing for me. A return to... | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? Cytocycle - I don't think there is a "typical planar quandry". But then again, SoundLabs are not your typical planar speaker.There is much discussion about room size and compatibility with certain speakers, low-end coverage, etc. This was a concer... | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? No comments here on SoundLab stats so I will chime in. As stated many times on A'gon before, I was a huge Maggie fan (3.3 and 3.5) for many years until I heard the SoundLabs pretty much destroy them in every way: dynamics, low-end extension, fulln... | |
| Purist or Kubala-which to buy for entire system Bob I mentioned this as I wondered if the nanotecs would benefit from a burn-in time? If they changed so quickly for the worse, could they change back for the better? Maybe you could run them in the small system for a week and or two and then try ... | |
| Purist or Kubala-which to buy for entire system Bobgates - How can your opinion so radically shift just a day after your post? You lived with the cables an extra day and this leads to the "After having lived with these cables for a while I now have somewhat of a different perspective"? Long ter... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended Thanks Sean for your comments. They reflected exactly the points I was making here.The reason I suggested the tape loop methodology was because of Mrtennis' statement, "use the results to help determine which of the two cables alters the sound mor... | |
| a/b interconnect cable comparison single ended I do not understand how CableA-coupler-CableB is different than CableB-coupler-CableA.The coolest way to do this is to use a line stage's tape monitor loop. You have the added RCA connectors on the line stage and the monitor switch itself, but the... |