jax2
Responses from jax2
| What’s next up on the docket for you? Grant - Yes, I would think OTL would be the best of both worlds, but I've never heard them paired with Daedelus. Certainly Ralph's amps, for instance, occur to me as more versatile and sound great with all kinds of music...much more so than the va... | |
| Desktop speaker placement - difficult situation Contrary to what you think, I would think the corner placement was ideal, especially if in a smaller room. I could be wrong. Certainly lots of people use this as a runaround for dealing with room/reflection issues. I've been using small Ohm omnidi... | |
| Speakes for SET amp I'll second Coincidents - I use Super Eclipse III's which worked great with my 300B SET amps. Their newer speakers are very positively reviewed in the recent TAS (Victory line) are in your price bracket. The woofers are not "powered" though - if y... | |
| What’s next up on the docket for you? I mentioned to Lou that I often played metal and progressive rock at fairly loud volume levels, and perhaps this is why he recommended more rather than less power. This is why I was careful to qualify my earlier comment to apply to my room and pre... | |
| What’s next up on the docket for you? Regarding Daedalus speakers, the specs indicate they can be driven with lowish power amps, but a discussion I had with Lou Hinkley revealed that he believes more power is better with his speakers...at least as it applied to my room and preferences... | |
| paranoid listener, bad recordings I'm not familiar with that (100wpc) integrated amp. I went to hear the Gallo's you have with a a friend at a local dealer. They demo'd the speakers with a two different amps, and the latter pair definitely improved big time over the original integ... | |
| paranoid listener, bad recordings The listening levels you mention are what I'd call "moderate" and no reason for distortions to be coming up. I would look closely at your amp-speaker interface first. The 3.1's like to see a lot of power/current, as I recall from listening to them... | |
| What’s next up on the docket for you? The thought on twin gain controls is due to the loss of sensitivity in my left ear by about 4db or so... and why I listen in the nearfield... with the volume moderately up.Ah, that makes sense now. I'm not aware of any HP amps that have that. I wo... | |
| What’s next up on the docket for you? If you look over on headfi you will see those cans have met with a response that places it in distinctly lesser offerings. There are a few threads on the SQ there, fwiw. I've learned to take all such input with more than a grain of salt, but certa... | |
| Matched Tubes - Is there really a big difference?? That really depends entirely upon the circuit you'd be using them in. I'm not familiar with your amp - but I might suggest you ask the manufacturer. Matched power tubes in circuits that are individually biased, for instance, won't make any differe... | |
| Vic Chesnutt, RIP That is sad news. I only recently came to know of him through his guest appearance with Cowboy Junkies, on their great anniversary remake, Trinity Revisited. The DVD of the entire concert is excellent as well. I don't know much more about him, but... | |
| What’s next up on the docket for you? The Shure (?) headphones I refer to were accounted for in Playback MagazineFound it, thanks. I hadn't heard of them - just introduced; Shure SRH840. Good review too. | |
| Moby concert and ear damage? I too live in Seattle and stopped going to indoor concerts years ago. snipHey Greg - I've seen a few good ones at the Paramount (Tori Amos several times very well done). Also seen some bad ones there that were overamped. The Moore is an outstandin... | |
| Digital Audio Primer Help Needed OK, I'll try to lend a hand in answering some of this. I'm not GeekSquad level, but can give you a handle on the basics:Ripping CD's and Vinyl will require two different devices (rather the vinyll will require an intermediate black box). If you do... | |
| Moby concert and ear damage? You obviously neglected one of my favorite senses, the sense of humor. So make that sixGood point. I usually don't miss that one. Probably have some lingering obstacle jammed firmly up the Hershey Highway stopping the otherwise uninhibited flow of... |