jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better? NO! I stopped being neurotic about sound quality long ago! | |
| Speaker cable solid and strand copper cable NO! All electric signals travel through a wire at the same speed - 186,000 mps. Solid core or stranded doesn't matter. | |
| Vintage Tuner-Only wonderful because it's the SOUND I grew up with?..... @jbhiller : the DA-F10 from ’78 is quite advanced in circuit design! It had a test/write up in Audio magazine. I had one then - bought new for $280. Used it for 20+ years. My present one was bought a few years ago on eBay for under $200. Exemplary... | |
| Vintage Tuner-Only wonderful because it's the SOUND I grew up with?..... I use my 1978 Mitsubishi DA-F10 every day to listen to WUSF 89.7 FM Tampa. Commercial-free college/NPR radio! At night they have a wonderful jazz program - All Night Jazz. | |
| Is it worth upgrading my current turntable setup? No, the Pioneer PLX 1000 sounds as good and capable as any TT under $2000! I have one with a Denon 103R mc cartridge. Read Herb Reichert's review in Stereophile (gramophone dreams #4). If you seek a different sonic "flavor" then buy a new cartridg... | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tube question Stick to the American, British and Japanese made back in the days of yore! Current production Czech, Russian and Chinese may have reliability/longevity problems. No need to "tube roll" for the 5AR4/GZ34. The music signal does not pass through the ... | |
| Speakers for digital piano +1 noromance! Good advice! Powered speakers are the way to go! | |
| Effects of DC charging cable’s insulation a la Audioquest? Insulation biasing is Flat Earth science. Just like cryo-treated AC outlets. | |
| Speaker Suggestions Ohm Walsh's for front and rears! 3-D room-filling sound regardless of listening spot! | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @tsacremento : +1! We live in the new Golden Age - which means the Rich get richer (way richer) and the Middle Class and the Poor increasingly suffer and struggle to afford necessities. Nobody needs a $10K phono cartridge or a $100K speaker system! | |
| Best Phono Preamp Under $5k Robert Grodinsky Research RGR 4 has both a superb mm phono stage and a line stage. I bought mine on an eBay auction for $199! | |
| Beethoven Complete Works boxed set recommendations That EMI Klemperer 10 CD set of symphonies and overtures is available on eBay for $32.09 new with free shipping. | |
| Beethoven Complete Works boxed set recommendations Otto Klemperer and the New Philharmonia would be my preference ahead of the 1963 DG Karajan! | |
| Corrosion @corelli :+1! Green oxidation was a problem with the old clear Monster Cable speaker wire! I had to throw away a bunch of it! No good! It didn't affect sound quality though! Not acceptable for the high-price Sunyata power cords! | |
| Magnepan LRS Support Group?! Go to Audio Science Review and read the comprehensive measurements AND listening tests! Then re-think your decision to buy such poorly performing speakers! Unlike amplifiers speakers cannot hide their faults from measurements! |