jdombrow
Responses from jdombrow
| Looking for recommendations for CD player Ah! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 with upsampler board and upgraded tubes. Stunning sound under $1000. | |
| Pics with ads? I've also seen some ads for obscure gear where I don't even know what the person is selling, except for the category it's listed under. "Brand X, Model Z" Like new. $2500." | |
| listener fatigue? go analogue. Have you read the thread below: Interconnect to tame bright sounding CDP? Lot's of good suggestions. | |
| listener fatigue? go analogue. You don't list the rest of your gear. Perhaps a different CD player or some tubes would warm up the system. Some cables (such as Cardas) will warm things up also. | |
| How to evaluate speakers? Here's a good article that I keep bookmarked:http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/speakers/messages/96830.html | |
| I have a confession to make So, what particular gear are you looking for? I may have what you need. ;-) | |
| passive preamp and tube amp I have a Bent Audio passive preamp (transformer volume control) between my CD player and my tube amps, and I could not be happier. The passive sounds better than the two tubed preamps that I was using previously. I believe you'll need to verify th... | |
| Upgrade Theta Miles to Balanced version Why not sell yours and buy a balanced version. I believe there's curently one for sale here. (I have no affiliation with the seller)If I had the funds I'd offer to buy yours. | |
| What's supporting your speakers? My ex-wife's trust fund. | |
| SS vs Tube for preamp ? Get a passive transformer volume control (TVC) such as Bent Audio NOH. You won't look back. I just came from a friends house, and we compared three tube preamps: Bottlehead Foreplay, Cary AES and a DIY grounded grid preamp that he built. The Forep... | |
| low tech rubber tweaks If you get a bunch of 1" superballs, try this: Cut three of them in half. Put three of the half-balls on your shelf, put a sheet of plywood or MDF on top of the half-balls, and then put the other three half-balls on top of the sheet with your comp... | |
| Sony NS999ES ModWright upgrade vs. external DAC A recent thread on inexpensive DACs:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1076201363&read&3&4& | |
| Damping the Njoe Tjoeb 4000 I've done the inside of the cover, and as much of the chassis as I could get to easily. If I were to do it again, I would remove the transport and circuit boards and do the entire chassis. Make sure to damp the "loose" corners of the cover (at the... | |
| How tall are Daruma isolators? Can't you remove the feet from your player? | |
| Electronic keyboards grammar... Try posting your question here:http://www.harmony-central.com/Synth/ |