jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? i found the sutherlands well built, clean sounding but lacking in drive and pacesuggest a lehmann decade or ayre p5xe for ss or manley chinook or audio research tube phono stage | |
| Recommendation for a replacement speaker cable so what was your criticism of the mapleshade helix? i know it well as it is still one of my two go-to cablesi have spatial m3 sapphires now... | |
| DAC finalist please help for the money it is very hard to beat an mhdt tubed dac for sheer musicality - they are well below a grand used, and allow tube rolling to tailor tonalityif you go denafrips i suggest you wait for a used pontus rather than an ares 2... for all its... | |
| McIntosh vs Accuphase? @nitewulf accuphase sells at a premium to luxman in japan... i am well aware as i used to work thereget your facts straight - man | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? @jbhiller your point on cary is fair... i am just referring to their dennis had heyday years’ gear... i still have a 300b se-i -- lovely and luscious sounding, and i had but sold their glorious 805c’s which i remember fondlythe company has taken a... | |
| What amplifiers/integrateds do you like with Cornwall IVs? i am not a klipsch guy but i would think best of single ended/triode amps from:decwarelinear tube audiowavelengthcaryaudionair tightaudio notewould fill the bill... at least that is where i would head if i had a 100 db efficient speaker i liked... | |
| Tim deParavicini has passed away rip tim d p | |
| Sky HIGH fi i don’t think folks who frequent this board and have been messing with hi end hifi for 20-30-40 years are their target marketfrom how they present themselves they are after relative newbies who are just getting into and understanding older hifi, a... | |
| McIntosh vs Accuphase? i disagreewith accuphase you pay more but get more | |
| 100 W Tube Amplifier Malfunctioned yes i would get them fixed and sell them as fast as i cani don't like equipment made by people or a company i don't like/respect | |
| McIntosh vs Accuphase? Rob the bank or refinance your kidney and house. Buy the Gryphon 300 Diablo intergrated ampfunny...or it is meant seriously, it is awfully bad advice, on many levels | |
| Entry Level Tube Preamp or Higher Quality Used Model? yuphigher level used, much much much much better for $ spentbuy the best cj you can afford, or if you must have balanced, then audio research | |
| ProAc DT8 vs D20R i agree w statements about...1) if the placement position cannot be altered, it somewhat diminishes the value of upgrading speakers ... but that does not mean improvement cannot be had... i would reiterate going with a single bass driver proac mod... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? @nyaudio98 @prof actually if you look through ALL the responses, while alot of speaker makes are mentioned, there are a few names that appear most frequently, so there is significant infomation value to the op in that... like most things in life, ... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? harbethproacquad esland now i add spatial ...wonderful truth of timbre and tonality, which i value greatlythese are the speakers i own :) |