jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| Rogers High Fidelity Integrated amplifiers gotta be careful with the notion that $/pound is a good measure of amplifier quality | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS in all seriousness, in all these years in this hobby i have never ever considered randomly replacing/upgrading a driver on what i believed to be an expensive, well designed, good sounding set of loudspeakers... to me, what we are paying for, above... | |
| Help! Cure for transformer hum? You can possibly find an old PS Audio "Humbuster" someplace. I employ one when needed...works great.yes, or frank van alstine’s humdinger ... he sells it with full money back offer if it doesn’t work on your setup | |
| Stuck point! So, will having a Rel subwoofer offset the lack of bass in a tube amp?yes, if it is a powered sub, like a rel | |
| What is wrong with my system? What made you purchase the B&W speakers that you have? THIS I think is question number one!i wondered about this myself... op is voicing such a level of frustration over the sound of his system... how did he get there??... the stuff is not che... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS you start with a perfectly good porsche, you change out the headlight bulbs, one step down the slippery slope, and before you know it, you are driving a lambo!! | |
| CD Player Recommendations… just a word of caution to contrast the several recommendations for marantz cdp’sthey do not stock lasers for discontinued units, and when the laser in your $3000 player fails, you try to get service/repair, you are told the part is nla... and you ... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS @stereo5🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣first its the tweeters, then the woofers, then the crossover, then the cabinet.... | |
| Purchasing from LP Gear lp gear is a good retailer, they will stand behind the products they sellbtw the art 9 is an excellent choice of cart... lovely sound, high compatibility, easy to set up and align | |
| ProAc D2 & REL T-Zero mk3 proac d2’s do not extend flat down to 30 hz... not even close... the stated specs list 30 hz response limit but without a +/- db indication... if they in fact do 30 hz they have got to be minus 8-10 db down from 1 khz... so proper subwoofer augmen... | |
| Reference 3a MM De capo BE vs Fritz Carerra BE i wrote a casual, mini review of the fritz carrera be here not too long ago, as did @hilde45 -- just do a search to locate thoseit has been quite a few years since i heard the reference 3a’s... so it is a fairly distant memory... i would say they ... | |
| Brilliant Video proving MQA is not what they claim. yep that ’conversation’ has been out there for a while... mqa is certainly dubious as a proposition, and very ’expertly marketing driven’ by those who financially benefit from it, past or present ... as someone said, correctly imo, it is an answer... | |
| Stuck point! very few tube amps, even very expensive ones (much less budget models) will produce bass in a way that approaches what solid state, esp. class d amps will typically doof course good tube amps will give you lovely, dimensional mids, smooth, natural... | |
| What is wrong with my system? i agree with @yogiboy I hate to burst your bubble but any B&W that I have listened to are bright.given the words of fairly extreme frustration expressed by the op on the sound he is hearing, maybe the best bet would be to get a set of warmer, ... | |
| Which makes the biggest difference? @ghdprentice haha - i quoted your earlier statement fully understanding what you meant to say! it is a chain, every component is a link... so the weakest link is what matters the most! that is the fun (and challenge) of this pursuit... figuring ou... |