jallan
Responses from jallan
| Downsizing from tower to bookshelf I will put in a plug for the ATC SCM19’s. No sibilance. Tremendous soundstage. I run SCM7’s in my bedroom on top of a dresser with rubber sandwich isolators and couldn’t be happier. All of the ATC Entry series are easy to drive- I use the original... | |
| System assessment... Congratulations on retirement! I’m in the same situation as you, and have been upgrading after many years of stasis in my system. I addressed high end hardness with replacing speakers and my preamp. Building upon excellent advice here, I have lear... | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? My Aurender N100H feeding a Yggdrasil sounds pretty darn good, but I lust after the N200 which should be my next purchase! If I win the lottery, I will get what George Prentice has! | |
| Acoustic Panel Help +1 for @larryi ‘s comment. I have a wall-hung plasma tv between my speakers (which are placed about 3 feet in front of the wall) and my imaging is precise with a great sense of 3-D instrument location. The tv does not seem to affect the imaging (t... | |
| Advice for headphone amp and dac My son has had good luck with a Schiit Vali (his is not microphonic; I wonder if the previously mentioned example had a microphonic tube in it) and Modi Multibit combo. It drove my Sennheiser HD800S’s with drive and authority with a really exubera... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? The Border Patrol R2R Dacs are on sale, for around $1473 to $1975 based on the number of inputs. The GSII Schiit Yggdrasil OG is $1699. Both of these sound great and are made in the USA. | |
| Help Select an True Bookshelf Speaker I have sealed ATC SCM7’s in my bedroom, replacing ported Infinity’s that chugged through their port. They sound really great! | |
| Bose buys McIntosh This seems like a lifestyle corporate purchase for an iconic lifestyle brand. McIntosh certainly makes quality equipment, but most is far from state of the art. The use of the auto formers really adds a distinctive sound character and the use of t... | |
| Are You Old Enough to Remember Those Jaw-Dropping Manufacturer Demos? In November 1979 I was in San Diego attending the Geological Society of America meeting as a grad student, and a dealer demonstrated the Hill Plasmatronics for me. I still have the one page color brochure. What a nice guy- the owner of the shop di... | |
| Capital Audiofest Coming Up! @lalitk I think you are correct! | |
| Capital Audiofest Coming Up! I thought that the CAF was really fabulous. Going over all three days made the show far more relaxing. Most valuable to me were the many pleasant and informative discussions that I had with manufacturers and attendees. I really enjoyed an extensiv... | |
| 6SN7GT VT231 TUBES Bad not Nad! | |
| 6SN7GT VT231 TUBES I meant to say that I used the Sylvania Nad Boy in the buffer of my Saga. | |
| 6SN7GT VT231 TUBES +1 for Raytheon VT-231’s! The Ken-Rad VT-231’s have the most solid bass of all the 6SN7’s I’ve heard in my Cary SLP05, Schiit Freya+, and Schiit Saga. The 5692 versions are smooth sounding. My favorite combos now are a quad of Raytheons in the Car... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? I’ve only had one string of bad reliability. Arcam came out with a new line of excellent sounding universal players, and I bought two. Both of these had their laser assemblies fail three times each before I gave up after 2-3 years of ownership. Th... |