jaymark
Responses from jaymark
| Puritan PSM156 I have one in my reference system. It is a stellar performer IMO. The only component not plugged into it is my Coda #16 amp. Highly recommended. | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? Zavfino cables and Grover Huffman cables are both superb performers. | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? Cheap crossovers were previously mentioned by @ oldhyvec, I think. This seems to be a common problem. In my Magnepan 1.7s, the crossovers were cheap junk. Asi Teknology rebuilt them and moved them into an external box. Strikingly positive sonic im... | |
| Warning for Revel lovers Thing is there is so much variability in product availability. Service for high end gear by manufacturers is also highly variable. So there are examples available at either extreme and everything in between. I will definitely more strongly cons... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh I had a similar problem in my reference system. I had a gain mismatch between my amp and preamp. I had to turn the gain way down on my Supratek preamp feeding my Coda 16 amp. Viola, problem solved. | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper I take back my statement about no experience with OCC speaker cables as I have Zavfino speaker cables, not the top of their line, in my exercise room system. I love them. | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper I use and prefer OCC copper in my interconnects. I have less experience and therefore opinion about speaker cables. | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper I personally prefer to sonic signature of solid core OCC copper. | |
| What's been your experience with New Chinese 6SN7 tube options? Running Linlai 6SN7 tubes in my Supratek preamp. This tube runs circles around the stock tube. Also put this tube in my Black Ice hybrid preamp. The Linlai is a stellar tube. | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers I ran the LSA Voyager GAN class D amp into Spatial X3 high efficiency speakers. This pairing sounded great. The top end extension may be a tad better than the superb Coda#16 class A amp that replaced it. However, the midbass and low end was not... | |
| CHORD Hugo TT2 vs TEAC NT-505 + TEAC CG-10M Master Clock @Gianluca I have a highly resolving system so I just hooked it up and let my ears and brain make the determination. | |
| CHORD Hugo TT2 vs TEAC NT-505 + TEAC CG-10M Master Clock Just got the CG-10M masterclock to go with my modded Teac NT-505. It is an easily noticeable improvement in liquidity, focus, and overall coherence. I read a review of the masterclock before I had it hooked up. The review basically called it snake... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations Grover Huffman Pharoah speaker cables are in my reference system. They are stellar performers. Interestingly, I have never seen these cables on his website. Grover recommended them to me in a conversation we had. | |
| Supratek..Cabernet 6SN7 or Cabernet DHT I like the 6SN7 clearly over the 300B output. The stock 6SN7 tubes are ok but the Linlai tubes are a huge upgrade. Definitely smoother, noticeably better low end and just more overall coherence. The preamp is paired with a Coda #16 sold state c... | |
| Which mono power amp would you choose and why? @yyzsantabarbara the Coda sounds just as powerful as other amps that I have or have had. The 150 wpc with 100 of them in Class A leave me wanting for nothing. |