jmbatkh
Responses from jmbatkh
| Goertz or Grover? I've owned several pairs of goertz mi-1 and 2 and now use huffman. The comments about oscillation with goertz are correct. I had real problems with one amp.That said, the huffman zx are superior across the board, in my experience. More transparent... | |
| Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs... Please note- in my comments I did NOT say they sound bright. I said their dynamic qualites may be too much(i.e. too forward) in an already bright system. In a neutral system, they are near perfection, IMO. With cables, even more than other compone... | |
| Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs... I can't comment on each of the brands you mention, although I have owned some Tara and AP. The ZX are definitely upfront and immediate in character- not exaggerated, but closer to live music than most. Not laid back, certainly, hence my warning ab... | |
| Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs... I just switched my excellent XLR ICs to ZX. They are the fastest, most uniformly transparent and dynamic cables I've had, and I've had dozens of well known models in the "under $1000" class. A real ear opener. I immediately bought a set of RCA ICs... | |
| Help with making a decision - Fried Studio V mars I owned a pair over a decade ago, and sold them for ~$1200. Not well known, so it is hard to get a fix on the price now, but I would guess $900-1000 now. Thye are quite good; it would cost 3x that to do better today.I recommend you run an ad at th... | |
| Which USB Cable do you like using I've gone from AQ Carbon to AQ Coffee, which was a big step up, and now Mapleshade's best. The Mapleshade, for less $, easily sounds better- smoother, less electronic, which is saying something, as I thought the Coffee was quite nice. | |
| Discovery Cables contact. I would contact him through his ads on Audio Asylum. User name = "wires". | |
| Best monitor for under $4000.00 You can get Selah Audio Tempestas in basic cabinets for ~$3300. Some of the world's best drivers, artfully combined. Best I've heard. They are his top selling model, yet none have ever been re-sold, to my knowledge. That says a lot. | |
| Phil Jones' AAD 2003; any information? I've owned 2 pair of 2001s, and seriously considered the 2003. I enjoyed them greatly. I found the highs to be a bit elevated; I put a 1 ohm resistor in series w/ the tweeter, which worked well.As with the Platinum Reference series, Phil Jones was... | |
| 'Holographic Sound Stage?' I've been at this hobby seriously for 45 years, and owned hundreds of components, and I had not heard a system that produced what I would call holographic imaging until a couple of years ago. By holographic I mean images that are completely divorc... | |
| The usual suspects: S1, Cirrus, Tempesta, MMM1 I found the Tempestas really need at least 100 hours (Accuton says 300 hours) to open up in depth, width, dynamics, and coherence. Up to that point the images stay closer to the speakers themselves. | |
| The usual suspects: S1, Cirrus, Tempesta, MMM1 Virgosmerlo-I'm not sure if you're the same person or not, but if so then I mis-interpreted what you told me at the time, and if so, I apologize. I thought you had been listening to the Cirrus. That was about a year ago! | |
| The usual suspects: S1, Cirrus, Tempesta, MMM1 I wanted to add one additional bit. The Tempesta is Rick's best selling model, yet to my knowledge there have been no used pairs on the resale market at all. I've been watching for another pair to buy. There have a number of Cirrus and the others ... | |
| The usual suspects: S1, Cirrus, Tempesta, MMM1 I've had Soliloquy 5.0 of those you mentioned, and own Selah Tempestas and SSRs now. Both are head and shoulders above the 5.0.The cabinets on the Tempestas are not built like the Cirrus, but the cabinets as Rick supplies them are very dead. I hea... | |
| JBL L166 Horizons - How much? If in very good condition, up to $5-600. Average, $4-500. Poor, $300.Packing is an art with speakers. There is lots of shipping damage. Sell them locally if you don't feel like you're an expert at it, or have a shipping store do it at buyer's expe... |