jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Big Surprise in NOPE During the late 60's the KLH Nines were considered the ne plus ultra of speakers and were correspondingly expensive ($3K) - appropriate for rich rock stars like Jim Morrison to own! | |
| Big Surprise in NOPE There is a scene in The Doors where I recognised KLH Nines. I have a pair and also that Empire TT I mentioned above. | |
| Big Surprise in NOPE I spied an Empire TT (208?) In a scene from the movie "What's New Pussycat?". | |
| Quality power question #2 Those wall warts are fine! Rega knows what they are doing! No need to spend hundreds on a linear supply, contrary to what the "golden ears" crowd claims. | |
| 300b lovers @lynn_olson : that's such a good idea! I'd buy a set for my pair of Dynaco Mk3's! An octal-base power triode would sell well! | |
| Power cable from wall socket to power strip Nothing else sounds as good as those Furutech wall outlets! | |
| Power cable from wall socket to power strip @mrskeptic +1! Clever marketing can sell ice cubes to Eskimos! The whole cable/wire/conditioner business is based upon flowery phrases and obfuscation to lure in the gullible! Audiophiles as a group are among the most gullible and susceptibl... | |
| Parasound vs Coda Parasound vs. Coda is a side ways move at best. You've already said your system sounds great! You just have the itch for a new toy! Your brain is in control wanting that dopamine hit that the experience of a new amp will provide. Stick with what y... | |
| Totem Mani-2 vs Devialet Phantoms Gold Impossible to predict what speaker will give you greater pleasure! Only YOU can decide by listening! | |
| The Best Tweak? It's all just the dopamine rush! | |
| Blue Sound Vault Have you done a level-matched blind test between the transport and the Vault? Remember the component with higher output voltage will always sound better! | |
| Coaxial SPDIF burn in? Yes, because you are a cable believer! Only if you participated in a controlled A/B test where sighted bias was eliminated could you be persuaded otherwise. Anything else is just anecdotal. | |
| using 230Volts Hifi components in the Usa Just buy a 120 to 240 VAC step-up transformer on Amazon. | |
| Xangsane XS-1001Ag silver coax SPDIF cable "Very pure rectangular conductors"! So, just like Transparent uses! Show me the engineering data that proves the shape of a wire conductor improves signal transmission in the audio range of 20hz - 20khz. BTW I did buy a pair of the Transparent RSC... | |
| Audioquest SureGrip 100 BFA/Banana I bought 10 Pomona double banana plugs from an eBay seller. The real thing - and getting harder to find! Superior to the common Ch*nese cr*p. Audioquest bananas - LOL! The race to the bottom! |