jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Accuphase, fuses Fuses having ’directionality’? You’ve gotta be nuts! The idea that a fuse - of whatever color - can alter the tonality of a component is bonkers and magical thinking! | |
| Best Covers Satisfaction by Blue Cheer on Outsideinside (1968). Listened to it yesterday on CD. | |
| question of soundstage The Sugden has greater channel separation compared to your tube amp. | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers @willywonka : At last a sane voice among the nut cases! | |
| Shunyata Venom RCA vs Bluesound Node 2i stock rca Are you sure you heard a difference? Did you do some blind trials? Sighted listening does not count because seeing the object under test leads to biased judgements. | |
| Wayne Kramer of the MC5 Passed Away Sorry to hear of the passing of Wayne Kramer. Kick Out the Jams was such a seminal proto-punk album from 1969! | |
| Best Covers Pink Floyd's The Nile Song from the More film soundtrack performed by Voivod on Angel Rat. | |
| Central Florida? Yes, there is the Suncoast Audio Society in Manatee County. I live in Pasco County north of Manatee. The Florida Audio Expo is February 16,17,18 in Tampa. | |
| Replace stylus or new cartridge? The TLZ was a premium Grado cartridge. I would buy the new stylus - the price is reasonable. | |
| Magnepan 1.7i Wavy, Wrinkled Mylar Diaphragm/Aluminum Ribbon If you hear no buzzing when played loud all is well. | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? For difficult-to-drive speakers I have a Perreaux 2150B. 340/680/920wpc into 8/4/2 ohms. Bought on eBay for around $900. I turned down an offer to buy a big Levinson amp for $3K as the Perreaux is sonically as capable as a Levinson. | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? If you want a light weight amp with plenty of power a nicely restored Carver 1.5 will fit the bill. 450 wpc into 8 ohms. And it won't cost $5K! | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? Sounds like your MC402 can handle the wide dynamic swings of large orchestral recordings without clipping. | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? Someone will soon text "try a different power cord". | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? Keep the MC402. Buying a different amp is a sideways move at best. Your MC402 will be working well for another 20 years! All well-designed amps operated below clipping will sound alike. If you don't drive the MC402 often into clipping there is no ... |