jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Strange Cable Experiment Did you do a blind listening test? If not, such is the power of expectation bias. Any change is perceived as positive in a majority of the times. | |
| Forward Sounding Speaker Crossover Components - Suggestions? Capacitors, inductors, resistors have ZERO to do with imaging and soundstage. Instead I suggest you buy a pair of speakers that will give you 3-D dimensionality from anywhere in the room - Ohm Walsh's. I have a pair and they are indeed the best at... | |
| Measurements, A/B testing - TAS discusses why they’re lacking John Curl is wrong! Audio equipment measurements are settled engineering. There are no "unknowns" to be discovered! You could say that audio engineering started back in 1877 with Edison's Talking Cylinder. By the 1930's the foundations of modern a... | |
| Measurements, A/B testing - TAS discusses why they’re lacking The now defunct Brit mag Hi FI World had occasional sections devoted to DIY builds about their tube gear kits. Anybody remember this and bought their kits? I bought HI Fi World regularly at the old now-gone Borders Books. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade Hey you furniture manufacturers in China here’s an opportunity to undercut Linn! China is already making clones of high-end amps. Plinths should be easy to fabricate and have considerable profit margin! | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers @steve59 +1 For the money Revel speakers are excellent! | |
| VPI Scoutmaster Tonearm Upgrade At an affordable price a secondhand Jelco arm would be a a good choice. I have owned one in the past and liked it! | |
| Bryston? I have the .5 preamp and the 3B amp. The .5 is fine, the 3B needs repair work. Good stuff! | |
| Pass INT-25, split decision and maybe option? NYAL 150. This is a 75wpc Mosfet amp with a tube front end. I have one. The best of both tubes and transistors - New York Audio Labs. | |
| A cable too perfect? In the dark all cables sound like same! | |
| 3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies? NO! | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) Cream's Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire album covers are wonderful! So is Bitches Brew by Miles Davis! | |
| System advice The Lampizator DAC will look pretty but compared to a Benchmark DAC it is way overpriced! | |
| System advice Go back to your old system. It was foolish to listen to that salesman's advice! What he wanted you to buy was a waste of your money! He was a predator looking to earn a commission by selling you that more expensive Naim system. | |
| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles I will wait for John Atkinson's measurements in Stereophile. The Truth will set you free! |