jgreene
Responses from jgreene
| What is the best dielectric? Teflon (PTFE) is better than most, and found in Nordost and other high-end cables. Air separating the Teflon is better still. Certain [noncombustible] gases even more so. | |
| Sunfire Subwoofer MKIV if it's just the driver -- the speaker part -- it should be a snap to unscrew the rubbing one and pop in a new one... if they'll sell just the driver to you. | |
| Help I think my AC is polluted My BAT amp's 1000 KVA toroid transformer hums loudly when my girlfriend uses her hair dryer. Scared the heck out of me when it first happened; I thought that something had gone bad in the amp. But it was low-voltage. I just turn the amp off now be... | |
| Power and Sound Quality, Other Things Being Equal I owned two amps in Classe's old CA-N01 series, the 101 and then the 301. They were apparently (according to rumor and hearsay on the internet) based on the same circuit topology, and differed primarily in power ratings -- 100 W/ch (8 Ohms) for th... | |
| Are we all destined to be "womenless" audiophiles? I'm very lucky to be with a girl who thinks tech is cool and that having a nice stereo is a marvelous indulgance. A girl-friend who's been dating lately told me about a recent date. After things had gone well for a couple of dates she got back to ... | |
| Preamp choice You might try a tube pre. Tube pre and solid-state amp have, I've found, the best combination of warmth, accuracy, and bass power.I have a Conrad-Johnson tube amp connected to my Audio Research 100.2 solid-state amp. Best combo I've ever had from ... | |
| Need help choosing a power amp I've owned a number of amps. The two for under 2K that I'd recommend to anyone are the Audio Research 100.2, for around $1650 used, and the Classe CA-101, around $850 used. They're both robust 100 W/channel solid-state stereo amps with clean, enga... | |
| BAT vk-200 or Krell KSA 80/100 Amazing amp. I've had more expensive, tubes, class A, but none better than my 100.2. It's better than the VK-200; I owned one of those, too. | |
| Best integrated amp for imaging/soundstage at $1K? Ditto on the CAP-100 recommendation. I sold mine last year for $750, though, so the one currently listed seemed priced a little high, even from orig. owner. I've owned several Classe pieces, incl. more expensive separates. By itself, the 100 is a ... | |
| Which Conrad Johnson pre is a step-up from PFR? I've owned a PV-12, a PFR, and a Premier 17LS. If you don't care for the newer, more analytical CJ sound -- I didn't -- you won't like the Premier 17LS, which has a reticent and recessed sound. The PV-12L, from the mid-90s CJ line, is marvelously ... | |
| info needed on the conrad-johnson PV-10/MV55 A good match: yes, probably so. Spendors are typically fairly efficient and easy to drive, both attributes that CJ's tube gear likes.Resale value: A'gon says $1080 and $510 for MV-55 and PV10AL, US dollars. Actual resale price here have been 10% t... | |
| Speaker Efficiency Question? see Rabelais' responseshttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1108496641&read&3&4& | |
| SS integrated amp w/ A&B speaks & remote If it's still available, the Classe CAP-150 now up for salehttp://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatran&1111327577is a much better buy than a Creek. I've home-auditioned the Creek 5350, owned the Creek 4330, and sent them both away in favor... | |
| new amp for system I've read great things about the BAT VK-200, a balanced amp that's now been replaced by their more expensive VK-250. I own an Audio Research 100.2, a fantastic SE and balanced amp. My ARC sounds far more powerful than its 100 W/channel rating, but... | |
| Review: Esoteric DV-50 CD Player I listened to classical and rock -- Gilbert and Sullivan and Frank Zappa -- on a DV-50 in the local dealer's high-end room. The Esoteric was feeding BAT compoents and Joseph Audio speakers. The sound of the system was extraordinary: pure, deep, de... |