jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| GaN amps: Peachtree or LSA Voyager? My theory is the the way various amps make distortion has a lot to do with it. I used to think it was how well the amplifier was able to get phase relationships right and I still think there’s something to that, but by no means is it the only thi... | |
| Spendor D9.2 Run In agreed @kren0006 other factor here is that some speakers with hotter top ends, if they are not torture chamber loads as seen by the driving amps, can sound really lovely with tube amps proac response speakers were/are a prime example of this...... | |
| Is an unbalanced preamp a bad thing? @ghdprentice Achieving really high end audio is a journey of love, the solution clouded with ambiguity. There is ambiguity at every turn. Your preferences are different than every one else’s, yours will change over time. Every series of compone... | |
| Spendor D9.2 Run In @roxy54 We’re in agreement, but when I think about it, it is a little surprising that they would have gone so overboard on the treble. terry miles, who for many years succeeded derek hughes at spendor (post sale of the company to philip swift... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? with due respect to other responders - there are clear and salient alternatives to the chord qutest, as good as a dac as it is at $1500 used, the other terrific alternatives are, based on my travels through dac land... prime examples - denafrips... | |
| Alright, it's too quiet around here. Let's have some fun. corazon partio by a sanz some pop songs just have that perfect melody and hook, feels sooo good.... this one does it for me :) | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? works quite well for dated and ugly customers... | |
| GaN amps: Peachtree or LSA Voyager? ralph, a sidebar question you have talked many times about how what we hear in different amps’ sound are a function of distortion artifacts the amp produces when it is driving a speaker load -- dynamic signal into dynamic load as a function of si... | |
| Onkyo has filed for bankruptcy @mahler123 You know jj49, sometimes people just can’t switch jobs like other people change socks. Day Care arrangements may limit some. Others may be approaching retirement age and not exactly look like the belle of the ball on a resume. They m... | |
| Spendor D9.2 Run In philip swift some years decided on the bifurcated strategy to cover market/buyer segments for speakers classic series for classic looks/bbc design. a/d series for modern slimline floorstander looks, and increasingly, a modern sound - meaning he i... | |
| Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000 knowledgeable well informed diy always saves money relative to buying high grade branded gear ....and can bring other pleasures too (i.e. sense of personal accomplishment in improving a piece of gear) - there are risks too obviously best of luck | |
| Question about speaker angle i think perhaps we are making this topic of toe-in angle harder than it needs to be 1) start with manufacturer suggestion 2) if it is a common speaker, note the suggestions of other users, perhaps 3) rotate in or out based on your preference, j... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? +1 @ozzy62 lovely room, all that glass and foliage outside... but not so much for sound... | |
| How accurate are cable descriptions for your system? @hilde45 ’conceptual looseness’ is a nice, respectful term for what happens way too often in the cable business, with is pure b-s to suck $ out of wallets, playing on frailties of the audiophile mind and ego... i am not quite as nice as you... :) | |
| Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000 over time i have had the 535 545 (i and ii) 555 - it was years ago of course yes papa nelson pass designed them when he was a pup - but one needs to separate design and execution... the adcoms were designed and spec’d to a specific (quite modest... |