jmcgrogan2
Responses from jmcgrogan2
| Can't drive Proac Studio 110 with low budget amps First I'd try moving the speakers closer to walls and reflecting surfaces, which may re-inforce bass. Secondly, these speakers deserve better amplification than some mid-fi receiver. Try a seperate power amp. You should be able to get by with at l... | |
| Affordable SS amp that has tube characteristics Well looking at what is out there currently, and your budget and high power, warm sound quest, I'd recommend the pair of Jeff Rowland Model 7 monoblocks if you can swing it. I'm sure you could get them for around your $3500 mark, and those beasts ... | |
| Affordable SS amp that has tube characteristics Well you do mention what is not in your budget, but you don't mention what your budget is.There is a Classe CA-400 (400 wpc) and a Classe 25 (250 wpc) currently listed between $2000 and $1500 respectively.Other brands that are on the warmer side o... | |
| Best integrated amp up to $6000? Maybe a used VAC Sigma 160i, or an older VAC Avatar. | |
| bi-wire vs jumpers Generally, shotgun refers to a scenerio where two runs of cables are used when one run will do the trick. I'm curious to how it came up on a bi-wire thread too. I guess they are implying that instead of using two runs of cable per speaker one shou... | |
| A clue for the clueless This is Audiogon, clueless sellers and buyers abound. | |
| bi-wire vs jumpers bi-wire vs jumpers if you had to choose, regardless of cost, which would you preferRegardless of cost I'd choose bi-wire. Generally, cost is a consideration, but if not a consideration, I'd externally bi-wire from monoblock amplifiers, each amplif... | |
| Can "Dark"Sounding Speakers Be "Brightened"UP??? Can "Dark"Sounding Speakers Be "Brightened"UP??? Yes. There are many ways to arrive at a similar destination. Dark speakers can be lightened up by using brighter gear and/or cables, and vice versa. Many people do this without realizing it. They ma... | |
| Aq sky vs stealth indra I have owned both of these interconnects. The AQ Sky is a very good interconnect, but the Stealth Indra is one of the top two interconnects I've ever heard in my system (the other being the Jade Hybrid Gold). The Indra is very articulate, yet neve... | |
| Lyra Skala The 'paper' is a dirt guard, to keep dirt, dust and grime from getting up into the coils. | |
| Speaker Choice for Aesthetix AMPLIFIERS? Did you give up on VAC and Pass Labs? | |
| Starting from Scratch -Please Help Pick 1 out of 3 Pass Labs is very good gear......for solid state. Tubes give the music that "fuzz on the peach" quality that solid state cannot replicate, IMHO. | |
| Starting from Scratch -Please Help Pick 1 out of 3 I really enjoyed my Verity Audio Parsifal Encore's with my VAC preamp/amp. As I stated earlier, I haven't heard either the Harbeth SHL5 [or] Devore Fidelity The Nines. | |
| What is my weak est link...? Suggestions please. I second Schubert's reco. | |
| Starting from Scratch -Please Help Pick 1 out of 3 The 'weak bass' theory is waaaaay overplayed, IMHO. I was afraid of tube amps because of that old wives tale too. Since then I only recall thinking "Wow, that's a lot of bass, especially from a tube amp", when listening to BAT and VAC tube amps in... |