jfuquay
Responses from jfuquay
| Help with TT ideas for my first TT +1 for Discogs. I buy classical and jazz, but assume rock is the same experience. I have had great luck with quality and prices, and while USPS Media Mail, used for shipping, is cheap it can be pretty slow. The Discogs blog is also a very good so... | |
| What to upgrade next. I would think a good DAC would be a great place to start. The Musical Fidelity V-90 is a real value for $299 new. And since you mention your desktop is noisy, you might look for a Software-based fan controller. My iMac In my listening room was ver... | |
| Opinion: Half of the reason to listen to choral works is the acoustics in the recording Add organ music to that thought. And I guess that’s because organ and large-scale choral are meant to be heard in a Spacious sanctuary and benefit from all the reverberations of a big hall. But yeah, something that puts me in a vaulted space is pa... | |
| laid back stereo power amp I really like my Rogue Sphinx with my .7s, so one of the Rogue amps paired with your tube pre might do it for you. Plenty of smooth power. I do use the 1 ohm resistors Magnepan provided for the tweeter section. I won’t recommend a Musical Fidelity... | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? Teac A-H01 integrated amp for $330 new. I needed a small, versatile amp for a new living room setup. I tried to replace its built-in DAC with a $299 Musical Fidelity V-90 but the Teac held its own. Before I remembered that incident I was going to ... | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? Built a Pass Pearl phono preamp. I was mostly curious to see how much more is in my LPs, and it turns out there is indeed more in those grooves. I thought my Rogue Sphinx Phono stage was pretty darn good, and it is, but there’s just more through t... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers I have Maggie’s in two other systems, but I built a single-driver speaker after building the Pass Amp Camp Amp (8 watts class A). I was so pleased with the amp’s pure sound that I built another, and then a Pass diy Balanced Zen preamp. Each of the... | |
| Magnepan dealers Anything that gives people a chance to audition live is welcome. I can’t imagine buying speakers without hearing them first. Audio Concepts in Dallas had .7s and even the Rogue Sphinx amp I was interested in. Once we got a source I liked tapped in... | |
| Good entry level cables Blue Jeans Cable is good stuff at a good price. I used 10AWG on my Magnepan speakers, LC-1 for interconnects. The ICs have more bass than AQ Evergreen without being boomy, which Is welcome on my Maggies. I have no idea why, but it’s noticeable, es... | |
| Newbie to the awesome audiophile world You can’t go wrong with Blue Jeans Cables LC-1 interconnects or Blue Jeans’ base speaker cables. Agree on a new TT and cartridge if you want vinyl. The Ortofon 2M Red is a great value. Getting used speakers is smart, but it will limit you to local... | |
| Any love for Musical Fidelity integrateds? I bought the M2si when Upscale Audio had it for $599. I was looking for an integrated with more power at 4 ohms for small Magnepan MMGW speakers. It was a very lively amp, solidly built and had good sound, but in the end just a little too bright f... | |
| Buying a new TT today I’m going to give you two responses, one involving upgrades and one involving a new setup, because I’ve done the first and considered the second. The Debut Carbon/ Ortofon 2M Red is a good deal. I assume you have a DC model TT and don’t have hum o... | |
| Sexy singer(s) and/or song(s) Whenever I play Melody Gardot’s “Your Heart is Black as Night,” my wife always says, “oh, the sexy one again.” I really don’t care for what “squeaky” female vocalists. Give me Nina Simone or Mary Chapin Carpenter any day. | |
| Diminishing Returns The great thing about shopping for speakers is that it’s so subjective (it’s all in your head, you know). All you have to do is discover what you like. That said, the last time I was auditioning speakers I thought Wharfedale beat Elac and others. ... | |
| Who buy PS AUDIO ? I’m a lifelong “value” shopper, and for my budget that meant PS Audio was too expensive, even if I do think Paul McGowan is just great. But last year I decided to upgrade my DAC, a $300 Musical Fidelity V-90. I had auditioned that puppy against $1... |