jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Upgrade from Benchmark Dac2 L Go to ASR (audio science review) look at their ratings and buy a DAC in the top category. The DACs are rated by performance - not price or silly "golden ears" hearsay! That's what I did - and am happy with my choice. No need to spend big bucks for... | |
| Decware SE84UFO Zen vs First Watt SIT3 I recommend trying this: connect the Zen amp through an 8ohm/3-5 watt resistor per channel into a First Watt F4 amp into your speakers. Way better bass/dynamics - and no loss of tube goodness! I discovered this setup used on a SixMoons review of ... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables +1 mrskeptic! Price certainly does influence what one feels about a product. | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables The higher the cost of a component the more expectation bias takes over. That shiny new toy is always more attractive than the old battered one! | |
| Bluesound Powernode Thumbs up! | |
| AudioQuest Hurricane and PS Audio AC12 "AudioQuest will bring more detail and soundstage to the Amp". Keep drinking the Kool Aid! | |
| What is Shunyata QR/BB technology? A contender for the Nobel Prize in Physics! | |
| Best progressive rock album side Procul Harum's Shine On Brightly - side 2's In Held Twas In I. | |
| Alright, it's too quiet around here. Let's have some fun. The Devil Came From Kansas - Procul Harum | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Connect the TT ground to the phono stage ground. You do not need a special wire. A piece of solid copper 24 gauge insulated will do! | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? I like the appearance of my ARC SP6! Even though the volume pot is on the left! | |
| Output tube types - need some opinions I recall a magazine article from years back about building a PP 300B amp using output trannies from a HK Citation II. It might have been in Vacuum Tube Valley. This would be worth checking out! It was an impressive article! | |
| Output tube types - need some opinions Since you've already worked with pairs of 300B's I suggest building some amps with a pair of 300B's in PP. This configuration will give you about 25 watts of triode power! Using the common tetrode/pentode types (6L6, EL34, 6550, KT88 ...) requires... | |
| Upgrade Speaker Suggestions from Nautilus B&W 804S Devore! | |
| Marshall Major Alternative I owned a Major for 10+ years. I bought it for $299 at Manny's in NYC/48th St. back in 1991. I used it for guitar. Plenty of watts from that quartet of 6550's! Tried it driving my pair of Quad 57's in parallel mono. Sounded real good! |