jkf011
Responses from jkf011
| Diminishing Returns Magnepan .7s and 1.7s if you have the power. | |
| Weird problem noticed last several playings... A follow-up that isn't good: as above, I called Conrad Johnson and they said the tubes were well past their expiration date. So I had to wait a week for tubes to arrive. I got them in today and, while it sounded better, something still wasn't rig... | |
| Need preamp recommendation Have you looked into Conrad-Johnson? | |
| Weird problem noticed last several playings... Because I wanted to see if people thought it was the preamp and what they thought if?t might be, duh. Why ask? | |
| Weird problem noticed last several playings... CJ says it's definitely the tubes. They say I haven't replaced then since '14, but it seems sooner than that. So regardless, they are sending 2 new tubes I bought. So we'll see if that fixes it. If not I am going to send it to them for full upgrade. | |
| Weird problem noticed last several playings... CJ is very adamant to only buy tubes from them as they have tested and selected what they think best. I am going to call them today. | |
| Weird problem noticed last several playings... Yup. There is high end on both speakers but mid-range background vocals, guitars sound muffled. Everything sounds sqiushy and no punch. | |
| Weird problem noticed last several playings... Well I think I will hope for best and get new tubes. Any recommendations or should I just get what CJ sells? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Well I have a double outer ear infection so, especially, the mids sound muted but on TIDAL: The Alan Parsons Project, EVE. | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? Been doing it for 20yrs since I bought a lightly used CJ PV10AR in '04. First with one NAD 214, then in '13 with two. Then in '18 I replaced my old Klipsch RF-35s with Maggie 1.7is and one of the NADs failed so I replaced both with a Emotiva XPA-... | |
| Best bookshelf loudspeakers under 10,000 for the pair If I had something like your budget I'd sell some un-needed equipment after I buy these: https://www.stereophile.com/content/dutch-dutch-8c-active-loudspeaker-system | |
| If you had to start all over again in this day and age Nearly 40yrs an audiophile and I wouldn't change a thing with the budget I've had over the years. I ha e what I think sounds best for my taste, room, music, and the money. I think a better question would be: if cost was no object what would you ch... | |
| Suggestions for $2k budget How much reliable power dies your (presumably old) Adcom have into 4ohms? If it has a lot of power/current then would recommend the .7 Maggies for a smaller room and they need space behind them and a fairly closed shaped room to get enough bass wi... | |
| have you ever bought stereo without listening first Because audio salons can't make money like they used too. In the '80s when I sold high and mid fi retail and bought my stuff there and from similar mom & pop shops (in Cincinnati and Atlanta) their margins were always razor thin. Now non-exist... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Streamer through TIDAL: "Best Friend" and "Mirror In The Bathroom," The (English) Beat"The Girl Of My Dreams" Bram Tchaikovsky |