jmcgrogan2
Responses from jmcgrogan2
| Cap life span? Many suggest changing electrolytic caps every 15-20 years. This is an estimate, like tube life, it can vary. My amp is 19 years old and I just sent it to the manufacturer and wanted them to change caps, they told me that the caps looked to be in g... | |
| Don't read you'll be sorry 07-30-12: TpreavesAnd why should I be sorry for reading this?Because that's 90 seconds of your life that you will NEVER get back. :) | |
| -3db limits for dummies Riasillo, why do you feel compelled to change them from zero? Just because you can? Most amps (like mine) have no built in equalizer, so 99% of us here listen to 0 db across the frequency spectrum all the time.I don't know if you can adjust the so... | |
| interconnect brand/model attributes???? Cardas, Purist Audio Design and Kubala-Sosna sound like what you are looking for if you are looking for more vibrant tonal colors, musicality, bass weight, a deep 3-D soundstage. | |
| -3db limits for dummies dB stands for decibels, which is a measurement of sound pressure levels (SPL's), on a scale of 0 to 194. A zero value on the decibel scale represents the weakest sound audible to humans and sound intensity increases in correspondence with numeric ... | |
| Basis Calibrator base - worth it? I had a Basis 2500 Signature for about 6 years. I bought the Calibrator base and dustcover abou 6 months after I bought the table/arm. I agree with Chayro, it does make moving the table easier, and the cable isolater was nice for my Vector tonearm... | |
| Sonus Faver Grand Piano Sonus Faver sounds like they are Chinese made knock-offs of Sonus Faber products. I doubt they have much value. | |
| Kubala Sosna Cables - Reality Check Yes, I would agree that Kubala Sosna cables are on the warm side of neutral. | |
| Conrad Johnson PV10A Mods/upgrades I haven't had any work done by Bill Thalmann, so I cannot speak for his work. I have had Bob Backert work on a BAT VK-75SE amp and the results were stunning to say the least. I would highly recommend his work. | |
| Which song you would love to wake up to? Born To Be Wild | |
| Best interconnect between pre-amp and CD player?? "How to choose the best sounding interconnect between pre-amp and CD player" Without getting on the IC of the month club merry-go-round where you could/may spend thousand of dollars looking for the smoothest, most accurate, and most musical, how c... | |
| interconnect brand/model attributes???? Dvdgreco, I would say that tonally they are similar, the GG Rapture's may be slightly more extended in the high's and the K-S fuller in the bass. As far as soundstaging goes, the K-S had a deeper more 3 dimensional stage, more similar in this rega... | |
| Tube guy gets a B&K: tubes vs solid state Charles1dad, I agree. For the sake of simplicity, I was trying to keep it basic, as generally there are two directions to go towards as far as tonality is concerned with audio gear. Someone either wants more warmth or they want more resolution. Fo... | |
| Tube guy gets a B&K: tubes vs solid state Csontos, you are certainly entitled to your opinion, just as others are entitled to disagree with you. | |
| interconnect brand/model attributes???? I've heard the Kubala Sosna Emotion, they will give you more of a 3-D soundstage than the Gabriel (Rapture), but I think they will actually have less high end extension than the Gabriel. I haven't heard the MAC Pallidiums.I don't know what your pr... |