jl35
Responses from jl35
| Vibration control. Tube equipment. What's the best way to do it ? I use Mapleshade boards and brass cones under everything...great stuff | |
| CD player choice: Linn Ikemi, ArcamCD73, Adcom GCD- 575, or Linn Karik I would sell them all and get a good quality CD Player...though there are a few who prefer older CD Players... | |
| DAC break-in question Tangentially, when I purchased a used Aesthetix Romulus that had been unplugged for a year, Aesthetix told me that a month on standby would bring it back to full performance... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? It is kind of an appalling judgment about people and their situations that you know nothing about...and the idea that streaming doesn't affect the equation ??? | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! I always thought that that statement simply referred to a very brief audition, that if loudness level wasn't matched, the louder one would initially sound better on a very brief back-forth switch...not in reference to longer term listening... | |
| Sound room humidity my humidity set for health and comfort only ... | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? Current ClearAudio from 2007, previous Thorens from 1989 | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? While streaming is not my primary source, there are many discs I do not purchase, that in the past I would have purchased, but after a listen or two on streaming I feel no desire to hear again...throws the whole ridiculous equation off ... and i a... | |
| DAC break-in question some manufacturers, like Zu, do break-in before shipping, but most do not have the time, space, money to do so... | |
| Integrated amp with preamp tubes The Vk 3000SE is typically well under your price point. The newer Vk-3500SE , still current, is more | |
| Integrated amp with preamp tubes The BAT VK-3000SE is terrific and has an actual tube preamp stage as opposed to a tube buffer... | |
| Mods To A Parasound Amp Not sure if the mod money (it's not a cheap process) would be better spent on simply getting a better amp... | |
| Should speakers be upgraded before preamp and amplifiers? everything matching well together is key...though sometimes the buying process can be thrown off by a super good deal ... | |
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest I have a tube pre and meters on my amps...my friend who has all tube gear and 3 reel to reel decks is as nice as anyone I've ever known... | |
| DAC break-in question The DAC won't know that the amp is off... |