jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? i agree with sentiments stated that overdamping is a common fault when using these tonearms/systems that allow fluid damping to be appliedless is more for surebut some is better than none has been my experiencelike all else in analog system owners... | |
| Help! Anthem STR preamp ARC sounds bad now compared to off yes i am young in my audio journeyarc means Audio Research Company to me... but i am a noobdon’t know much about anthem, i will admit that, stopped paying attention when sonic frontiers folded and chris j started partconnectiononwards | |
| XLR cable with warmth without losing resolution i would agree w stringgreen below | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? i have the townshend elite rock mk 3 (with rega origin live arm) and also a well tempered amadeusi find i like the sound of a well damped arm over an undamped one (i.e. vpi jmw 3d, or a jelco) -- seems like the cartridge can dig deeper into the mu... | |
| Help! Anthem STR preamp ARC sounds bad now compared to off arc? huh? | |
| ROTEL RA-985BX no idea... sorryno idea what your speakers are... what they need to drive them, what sound you are afterrotels are decent mid grade gear, good value, reasonably well built, sounds ok, lots of other integrateds sound better | |
| Need Tubes i agree kevin deal/upscale has gotten more corporate and greedy and unaccessible compared to years pastwell he is getting older, maybe thinking about retirement, probably want to bank it for a few years, hard to blame him | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) yes tell don what is the input impedance of the amp you are feeding he will suggest the correct capacitorshis older and newer versions of the linestage are very similar in sound... mostly the features different... newer ones has fancier display bu... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? chas lloydwater is wide | |
| I am indecisive about choice due to room size don’t under estimate your NAIMbetter bass is not usually more bass...very sound advice from tomic ... both points! | |
| Do pure copper banana plugs make a difference in the quality of the speaker sound. i go bare wire when i can... i also go commando ;)seriously, any decent made banana will do... just make sure contact is good | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) easy now wolf - take a chill pillyour freya is good... really isit's ok | |
| Selecting Preamp for MC452 amp seeking most enjoyable experience possible in price range all your components and speakers are on the bright/sizzly side -- or to put it more nicely, they give priority to detail, transparency and speed over warmth, tonality and body to the sound character... :)if you like mac stuff get one of their tube... | |
| Amplifier warm up yes ss gear sounds better when warmed up, running a whilei am not sure leaving a power amp on 24-7 is a good idea... stuff does degrade over time with heat... if you are listening every day maybe ok, but if not using for a while, maybe still bette... | |
| Negotiate good price look at all the serious responses this troll got... tsk tsk tsk... troll antennae not working??? |