jl35
Responses from jl35
| Would you choose 1 ou 2 subwoofers for a stereo set? I agree, definitely 2 big subs for a big room... | |
| Aesthetix Romulus, still competitive? My Romulus semi-Eclipse, with NOS tubes, still sounds great and holds up very well... | |
| New Pass Labs Go To No idea about sales, but Pass offers great technical support and customer service. I’m a 20 year customer of Mark’s...called Pass Labs directly last week: phone answered within seconds and all my questions and more were answered and explained by K... | |
| Leave system on or power everything down? maybe you just don't like waste, even it it's not a green issue... | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing I had 2 Simaudio CD Players, and both had major transport problems...have the Primare CD35 and think it is excellent... | |
| Leave system on or power everything down? Processor and DAC on 24/7 , amps on/off once a week... | |
| Totem Towers Friend had Aria preamp with Belles Aria Mono Blocks...very similar in sound (and price) to Aria Signature Integrated...Belles website used to have a nice article about advantages of integrated over separates, not sure if it's still there... | |
| Totem Towers Totem Sky Towers match very well with my Belles Aria Signature Integrated | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I've also heard expensive systems that sounded poorly to me, and inexpensive that were quite good...but to listen to top quality gear in a synergistically combined system, with room and all other factors discussed here well accounted for, is an in... | |
| Service After the Sale and many online dealers offer no support either...my worst was a Nuprime transport dying under warranty and no assistance from Nuprime or Audio Advisor... | |
| Pathetic range of Topping remote I think it's Randy Newman's fault. 1977 I believe... | |
| Pathetic range of Topping remote my SMSL DAC had good/normal across the room range, never tried more than about 12c feet though... | |
| Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore? Interesting how the PS Audio DAC got such a seemingly bad review a few months ago, yet ended up a Class A rated DAC in the newest issue Oct. 2023...not sure if the mags have really changed, or just losing interest in them after a few decades... | |
| Nakamichi CA-7A Preamp The Nelson Pass designed series for Nakamichi has always been very popular and very well thought of...and yes, if you bought from SkiFi ... | |
| Turning amp up - any limit? Maggies and Sanders Magetch. how far the dial goes up is irrelevant, that speaks to the amp/preamp match, and also the source...technically, I think, the higher on the dial the less distortion from the volume control....but your system deserves a much better preamp...; |