jeff_jones
Responses from jeff_jones
| Digital Cable Choice; how critical is it? Barrelchief, digital cable sonic difference = placebo effect = no measurable difference on recorded waveforms downstream of your dac. But they do look cool! | |
| A question regarding "tubes" If your willing to spend a lot less, Njoe Tjoeb. I like the stock unit sound for my cd mix of a bit of everything (a bit forgiving but not carried away with it). The upgraded dac version of the Tjoeb is supposed to be more detail oriented if that ... | |
| Looking for CD player with volume control? Njoe Tjoeb, happy with mine. | |
| Sacrilege Going from Tubes back to Solid State Haven't heard the more recent Bat SS's, but before buying I would. | |
| 25' balanced ic that a mere mortal can afford? THANKS FOLKS!! | |
| Dynavector XX-2 Anyone find them a tad slow on the bottom? Am in process of tweaking one in my system & don't know if this is a setup/system match issue or just the nature of the beast. | |
| Stylus Force Guages - why extreme accuracy? Jfrech - Me too. Sdcampbell - may depend on your particular components, but on the tables and carts I've played with, lighter tends toward a more detailed sound and heavier toward a more romantic presentation. My by ear adjustments have stayed wit... | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? V.D.Hul is right. Another issue is that the cables are often emotionally stunted from the rough words they hear from factory workmen while still in their formative stages. The best manufacturers buy cable from a secret plant in Sweden, all workers... | |
| Do Cables Wear Out? Technically, he is correct, an example being that automotive spark plug wires in 5,000-30,000 volt circuits should probably be replaced after about 100,000 miles. I wouldn't worry about it in your application for the first 75 years or so however, ... | |
| More Electrical System Madness Any surge suppressors or power conditioners in your system?Else, tube problem is not impossible. Good Luck! | |
| Snake oil, subs and alcohol There are lots of stories like yours, when something happens that forces us to seperate what is real from what is percieved, the results don't often tend to be flattering. Thanks for the thread! | |
| Fine Tuning Vandersteen 5s An offer gone missing 4yanx - "the obvious question (for which I probably know the answer) is, can a guy lay his paws on one of the Vandersteen-produced CD's?". I'll bet you know the answer too, Vandersteen might sell you one and a manual if you don't have it, else som... | |
| Fine Tuning Vandersteen 5s An offer gone missing mre2007 - Rives will work, a cd from Vandersteen with 11 frequencies matched to the 11 potentiometers makes the job easier. Also, time alignment goes out the window for the bottom firing bass (low frequency = long wavelength = even if the bass was... | |
| Fine Tuning Vandersteen 5s An offer gone missing Ditto what machine said. Vandersteen would tell you that after all the adjustments are done, a careful listen to something like Ray Brown's Solar Wind is in order. FWIW, I had a dealer set mine up initially and he really screwed it up. | |
| shielding of interconnects: positive or negative Would be interesting to compare the capacitance specifications of the two cables if you have access to them. A guess is that the shielded cable had higher capacitance and this gave you the treble you did not like. If the guess turns out to line up... |