jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Can someone suggest a lush tube integrated under $3000 used What no mention of the Prima Luna integrated tube amp? Designed in Europe, built in China. Automatic biasing so it can run any of the popular 6L6/EL34/7581/5881/KT66/KT88 ... types. Can be bought new for the OP's budget! | |
| CD Player/Transport Quandary Digital playback at the cheap end has reached such a high level that one must question the premise that spending more and more is necessary to attain the most "musical" sound quality. | |
| CD Player/Transport Quandary I have had the same experience between a JVC XVN310 DVD player and a Khadas KTB DAC. Subtle differences with the JVC by itself being perfectly enjoyable playing CDs and as a transport into the KTB! The cost: $26 for the JVC and $99 for the DAC. Pl... | |
| Krell FPB 300cx or Now? Ditto! Hold onto that Krell! At that design level differences are subtle at best! | |
| The smoothest amp you've heard? Maybe you mean the best high frequencies? My nomination is the Futterman H3aa mono OTL tube amps. So rare that most have never owned or heard them! I have a pair - actually my second pair - after stupidly selling the first pair back in 1992. Used ... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? I'm also rockin' with the Ohm Walsh Sound Cylinders - 8" Walsh driver firing down into a ported cabinet with a dome tweeter at 8K firing up! | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? @oldhyvmec: I have the Infinity Monitors with the Walsh "ice cream cone" tweeters on top! Used them in the past with a Son of Ampzilla! Impressive indeed with 12" woofers in a quasi-transmission line cabinet and Peerless dome midranges! | |
| Audio Research from VSi75 to LS28SE/VT80SE or Ref 6SE/Ref75SE? Keep the VSi75. It is already a good match for those Neat speakers in your small room. Spending more will not yield an improvement in SQ, unless you are willing to buy a pair of more expensive speakers. | |
| Favorite cable brand. Audioquest Silver Extremes! $90/pr close-outs available from HCM. Formerly $400/pr! | |
| Recommendation for new cables +1 4425! When I wanted to add some new ICs I chose the Audioquest Silver Extremes. I bought 5 pairs from HCM for $500. These were close outs that originally sold for $400 each! Beautiful construction, excellent sound! | |
| Fuses You fusers are drinking too much moonshine or smoking too much ganja! | |
| Fuses Current draw only comes from the power supply caps. That is why they are located at that place in an electronic circuit. The heating/cooling cycle of a fuse has zero effect on the ability of the PS caps to deliver current. A fuse is not a volume c... | |
| unkonw WILSON speaker Wilson Dalek from the early 90's! $12K. | |
| Jelco sa 750e Get an SME Type V used! Great arm! | |
| Jelco sa 750e Don't obsess about that 240 mm distance! Plus or minus 5 or so mm is inconsequential regarding distortion. For most tonearms the overhang is within 1or 2 mm! You cannot hear the difference! I owned a Jelco arm years ago when the company name was K... |