jgiacalo
Responses from jgiacalo
| Best integrated amp for work? Look into the rega Mira 3 integrated amp; a compact, easy-to-use, great sounding amp. | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? Herbies Big Fat Black Dots are an excellent interface material. I use them between the lower and upper modules of my VSA VR4JR speakers with a significant improvement in clarity and dynamics and use them also for my monitors on stands. They come w... | |
| Not happy with my refurbed MC225: As Grinell suggested it may need break-in time. Withhold judgement of the upgrades until you've got 100-200 hours on it. | |
| Glue to attach speaker cloth to plastic? Excellent instructons, Neil. | |
| Backlit remote for Bryston BCD1 I agree with Al. That seems to be the way my remote works, too. | |
| Makeshift Isolation - Advice Needed A simple and farly effective solution to the negative effects of stacking equipment is to use V-Pads between each component. V-pads are identical to Mapleshade IsoBlocks but larger and at a fraction of the cost. These rubber/cork/rubber pads are a... | |
| hardwood floor and speaker Use Herbies Decoupler disks under the spikes. Read the reviews. | |
| Mcintosh MA2275 what's better I have a MC275 with similar tube compliment as your 2275.You might try upgrading from the stock tubes which are mediocre at best.I suggest replacing the KT88 power tunes with Genalex Gold Lions and the 12AX7 and 12AT7 tunes with Mullards, Amperex ... | |
| Cardas Cross vs. Kimber Silver Streak Try the JPS LAbs Superconductor 3 or Q. They have all you're looking for - a detaild, dynamic yet rich sound with openness and clarity the others cannot touch. They smoked my Silver Streaks. | |
| Preamp for McIntosh MC225 The c2200 would be a nice match as would a used Rogue 99 Maxum | |
| McIntosh C33 image question Does it have a balance control? I know it may seem obvious but once I forgot that my new C2200 had bass and treble controls and went through two sets of tubes to get rid of the brightness when the problem was my 4 year-old grandson playing with co... | |
| has lead shot surpassed cold Last time I purchased lead for my speaker was in 2005 and I paid $20. for 25 lbs. It is difficult to believe that the cost has gone up so much. | |
| Favourite Vinyl female and male vocals Jennifer Warnes and Eva Cassidy are two of my favorites. Fantastic voices and involving lyrics. | |
| Sounds better at home This confirms my growing suspicion that trying to emulate a 'live performance' with home audio is a pointless effort. If that were the case, then most of should be satisfied with mediocre systems.It seems the point should be refining your system u... | |
| Sounds better at home Grimace is right on in my experience. Last year I went to a Mark Knopfler concert at red rocks just outside of Denver. Fabulous venue, visually, but I found the sound at the concert to be total crap. Almost unlistenable, not to mention the thought... |