jerry_gt3rs
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| Dealers with excellent listening rooms? Goodwin's High End in Waltham Ma. 10 miles west of Boston. They rep some of the finest equipment available and always provide superior sounding systems. my best to all, Jerry | |
| What do/did you do for a living? I own and operate a Porsche service and repair facility outside of Boston. I have been doing it for well over 40years. I turn 66 next month and staying busy trying to keep up with my 5.5 year old daughter...System is made of up of Magico/Octave/B... | |
| Does anybody pay a pro to dial their system in? Yes, I have had the best set up guy I know come in for a few hours to help dial in the system. He is a very good friend and has set up some of the best systems that I have ever heard. He has been over a few times after major system/component chang... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Years ago, I was driving from Boston to Hackensack and back a few times a month to see my wife that was doing her residency in NJ. A good friend of mine suggested that I should rent a car for the trips to keep the miles down on my car. I explained... | |
| Looking for High End Car/Truck Audio Dealer in New England John, give Jim or Derrick at Sound in Motion a call. They are in Watertown. Tell them Jerry at epe sent you. | |
| MY SONIC LAB Cartridges fjn04, I have the MSL Ultra Eminent EX which uses a boron cantilever, so the presentation may differ slightly from the cartridge that you are considering slightly. I would say the overall character of the sound is quite neutral or what I would re... | |
| Any Octave Owners out there? That sounds great.. I am busy with work and a 3 year old, but it could be fun.. by the way, who is the dealer that you are working with? | |
| Any Octave Owners out there? I am not sure where you are located, but I am just outside of Boston and you are more than welcome to come by for a listen. I do have the luxury of a purpose built room for my system. It is very well treated and has almost no parallel walls. It’... | |
| Any Octave Owners out there? Regarding tube rolling, while I am certain many here will disagree with me, I tend to believe that quality manufacturers are very are very conscientious when it comes to choosing parts for their products. Fact is I am quite pleased with the perfor... | |
| Any Octave Owners out there? The Q3s are also 4 ohm and sealed sealed box design... The octave seems to control the bass very very well. If they have the V80se you might want to take it home and give it a shot. I’m not one of those more is always better but it might be a bett... | |
| Any Octave Owners out there? Audiosaurusrx,I have the V80se with a SBB and I like it very much. I am using it with Magico Q3s which are about 90db efficient and i think the combination sounds great. I have no direct experience with the V40 se, but I assume the difference is p... | |
| Speakers choice with Octave v80se I have the same V80 se with a SBB.. it drives my Magico Q3s very well. They are 92db efficient and I have no trouble getting very nice room feeling volume output with the octave. Good luck, Jerry | |
| How old are you? I am 63 and have been into the hobby for 50 plus years...I am also happy to report that my 3 year old daughter love music too! Go figure, I guess the apple and tree thing is alive and well at our house! | |
| A good time to buy now, or in the near future? MC...Looking for value appreciation from a Porsche 997.2 is very optimistic in my opinion... unless it’s a Metzger car with a manual gearbox In my opinion, you are definitely barking up the wrong tree. Way too many out there and they are no suppor... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Perhaps then we should eliminate the Porsche owners that can’t actually drive them properly from the “Porschephile” group too then. Having been a professional Porsche tech for almost 40 years, I can assure You that group would be minuscule as comp... |