jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| worn out Numbers i clean my gear with sandpaper and turpentinei don't have any print on faceplates anymorethat way only i can operate my system;) | |
| Analog or Digital and why? sometimes i want discover new music, music that comes recommended from various avenues in the genres i enjoy (and some other genres occasionally too!)sometimes i want the comfort and enjoyment of listening to old chestnuts i lovewhen i have found ... | |
| AT-ART9XI Cartridge - Reduced Compliance a thicker straight stylus sounds better than a skinny bent one :)i love my art9 (original) and would not feel the need for more detail, i like its balance and slightly warm naturethen again i run a solid state phono stage.... ymmv | |
| Musical Fidelity, Hegel, Intoll amps suggestion? hegel will be a little smoother sounding with a lil better bass control (depending on the speaker) than musical fidelity | |
| Hot Schiit for Bifrost listener when i had a bifrost (multibit) it ran cool | |
| Tube amp crackle noise with pre-amp volume at zero. yes bti red led will light up on the power tubes if one operates outside of what the primaluna amp bias range allowscoughing tubes usually small signal tubes... try fresh set, or move tubes side to side to isolateprimaluna supplies sino shuguang t... | |
| High Performance Audio - The End? @daros71 I largely agree with your post, except to say that even the 'realistic' school of audio recording and reproduction is still painting a watercolor more than taking a realistic image of the eventhow do you fit a live band, jazz ensemble, mu... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? reading the recent posts reminds me of when i used to regularly attend various high end hifi shows at CES, Rocky Mountain fest, etc etcit is a shame folks on this forum can’t hear others’ systems playing their chosen music ... doing so would likel... | |
| Tidal vs ATC my 2 centsi don’t know tidal speakersbut have lived with (and still keep) atc active scm 10’s and 20’sthey are wonderful, incredibly well engineered speakers... alot of what has been said is true - they are very neutral fast and revealing, no help... | |
| Vintage ARxb turntable. Refurb or replace the arm is the problem on the tableit sooo affects the sound | |
| Alternative speaker suggestion to B&W 805d3 +1 harbethsharbeths (and also spendors) are indeed the classy antidote to ’too bright for their own good’ speakers like b&w, kef, atc, totem and so many others | |
| I underestimated the impact a new cartridge would have dynavectors are just wonderful... they and benz’s are my faves among a few random othersbeen thru many others (art9, koetsu, shelter, zyx (ugh)) - come back home to my glider, gull wing and xx2 and tkr | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? cj et-5 and other et’s do run their tubes hard, they get noisy and need replacement, but there are good/smart solutions to this - just talk to upscale (and jeff fischel at cj)but let’s stay on topic - these units are well above the OP’s budget | |
| HoloAudio May Dac, New King of dacs? Stereophiles review on it? just got the morpheus... interesting to compare it to the metrum jade which i lovecees went, started sonnet, now back at metrum with the investor spat sorted out... interesting to see how the two companies will run and interact, as both evidently ... | |
| Integrated amp suggestions. @tawwregarding ayre gear, i would agree that the sound signature is- deep dark dark black background, from which detail emerges very naturally without a sense of brightness or emphasis- not the last word in deep bass slam/extension, although it is... |