jjgasp
Responses from jjgasp
| Bang for the buck vs. “money no object” cable recommendations TWL - Triode Wire Lab | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover Ditch the amps you have and just get a PS Audio Sprout100 or a vintage Fisher 500-C with the budget you’ve got. Will blow away any preamp you can get for your current amps. | |
| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? Oops, left out Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans. | |
| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? Led Zeppelin, Elvis and Frank Sinatra | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? A few different acts at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival over the years. Bonnie Raitt with a completely shot voice, with the backup singers constantly jumping in mid verse to try and bail her out; Eric Clapton totally mailing it in after ... | |
| Recommendations for modern integrated with tone & balance controls other than Mcintosh Luxman | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget Volti Audio Rival if you can go without a custom veneer and can live with the Baltic birch plywood stained or varnished. | |
| Luxman L-590AXII vs Pass Labs INT-60 Interesting, two of my more recently owned integrated sand I think of both longingly, like ex-girlfriends of yore. I won’t go into great detail, but instead get down to the highlights. What I liked about the Luxman - tone controls, built-in pho... | |
| VPI Classic 3 Upgrades or Move On to Something New Currently swapping in and out two integrateds with built-in phono stages - Vinny Rossi L2i SE w/L2 phono module and Linear Tube Audio Ultralinear w/ MM/MC phono stage. | |
| VPI Classic 3 Upgrades or Move On to Something New Thanks to all for your valuable feedback. Much appreciated. | |
| Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC? Auralic Vega G2. I regret letting it go. | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? 1) not listening before buying2) not properly packing before shipping3) not figuring out synergy between amplifiers/speakers4) not considering room’s impact on soundI'm sorry, you said just one. | |
| purchasing US made speakers Volti, Klipsch, Zu Audio, Spatial Audio | |
| Luxman 590axii vs Pass Labs int 60 I owned both the Pass Labs INT-60 and Luxman 509x for an extended period. In terms of pure sound quality, to my ears I liked the Pass better. Richer tone, fuller but seems to have a good grip on things and a ton of power in reserve. Luxman seemed ... | |
| Solid states more accurate than tubes? Might want to consider Linear Tuba Audio for tube amplification with SS detail. |