jgoldrick
Responses from jgoldrick
| The Worst Room... I have a garage. Right now it is filled with saws, benches, tools, drills, grill, computers and a tent for spraying finish. The speakers are 7 ft off the ground. I recently created FIR filters using REW and rePhase for use in hqplayer. Really... | |
| Good 2 channel integrated amplifier for 702 s2 under 3k? I had the 705 s2's. I found that running NOS Mullards on the preamp helped quite a bit on the highs. An integrated with a tube preamp would help tame those highs, IMHO. | |
| Salk speakers Integrated Amp suggestion...... PS - Go to Audiocircle. Salk has a forum there. They might help. | |
| Salk speakers Integrated Amp suggestion...... +1 about calling Jim. I have the Exotica monitors @92db with a Pass XA-25. When I conversed with him via email while researching, he confirmed my hopes that the monitors would be a good match with the amp.Love my Salk speakers. | |
| Can you get proper imaging if speakers are not the same distance from center? "But I wonder if there will be a marked improvement if I" .... the audiophile Sisyphean task! | |
| Best DAC / Budget I've been there. I had the Modi, Then a $1500 Project, next a $2500 Metrum, now a $6000 Totaldac d1 core, which I love and does complement my vinyl. Personally, I like R2R, but that kind of limits you to PCM, in my thinking. Why pay all that fo... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget I have a pair of Salk Exotica monitors. Love em. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Dr John - Gris Gris, 1968. | |
| Please Educate Me Note that Excel and Word act differently on a Mac than a Windows machine, and not at all on Linux. So there are differences from one machine to another. And one may prefer one machine over another based on those differences. Granted, we audioph... | |
| What is your favorite ''slow dance'' song of all time? Still Loving You - Scorpions | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! Sound quality vs cost improves dramatically up to the $2500 or so range, then proceeds to level off almost completely. There will be a greater perceived improvement in SQ with a $1500 piece of equipment vs a $3000 one than a $6000 piece of equipm... | |
| Audio research ref 6SE vs world @aricaudio The Aric Audio is a great preamp. I was in no way trying to knock it, just noting that the Pass had warmth. | |
| Audio research ref 6SE vs world I recently replaced my Aric audio unlimited line stage with a used Pass xp-10. I noticed more detail, but the warmth didn't change. | |
| Confession of a poor power cord pairing for a Pass Labs XA-25 I, too, got a XA-25 from Reno. $3500 demo, but you could not tell it wasn't new. It replaced an Odyssey Khartago. I love it. Great place to work with.I also have it paired with a Pass XP-10 I got used. My speakers are Salk Exotica monitors. ... | |
| Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!) I have some tinnitus myself, not bad, I have some B&W 705 s2's, and I find them a little bright at times. I recently bought some Salk Exotica R monitors. Not bright, very good detail, excellent mid-range, good base for a monitor. I actually u... |