jmcgrogan2
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| $40.000 speaker advise. Check out my list Holy cow Max! That's a lot to ask! I don't believe anyone here has heard all 6 of these speakers. I would be shocked if you found even one person who had. Those are great speaker choices to be sure, but I'm not sure that your speakers are your wea... | |
| Please help with speaker choices While I agree for the most part with Shardone about aesthetics, all of these speakers are easy on the eye. I do think it's necessary to point out that they do not all sound the same. The Verity, Sonus Faber and Merlin's are all from the same side ... | |
| Please help with speaker choices Peter,If you want to really 'rock the house', no, the Verity's are not for you. They play plenty loud enough for me, in my 24X15X9 room, but they are not rough and edgy. There magic is in the purity of the midrange. I mostly listen to jazz/blues/f... | |
| Please help with speaker choices Hi Peter,I see you are interested in the Verity Fidelo Encore and the Parsifal Ovation. May I recommend the Verity Parsifal Encore? These are what I use, and I love them. I've owned them for 2 years and have no desire to upgrade. You have to under... | |
| CD Player: "Love at First Listen" recommendation BAT VK-D5, 7 or 8 years ago. First time that a cd player 'stunned' me with it's performance. | |
| Poll - Active vs. Passive preamp Active preamp for me, ARC Ref 3. I've tried the passive route a couple times, and admit sometimes that their transparency can be initially impressive. However, I always wind up going back to the active route because I miss the body and rythmatic d... | |
| Do well-intentioned people move your speakers? I thought I had every problem, but I can honestly say that is one problem I've never had. | |
| I've Fallen in Love With My Mistress No worries Mich4t, simply hand in your Approved Audiophile card at the door on your way out. ;~)Cheers,John | |
| What's up with the 'Piano' gloss???? I think speakers look great with a piano gloss finish.However, I prefer my pianos' to have a nice wood veneer, like a a Quilted Big Leaf Maple.Chers,John | |
| Parts Connexion I have a Marantz SA-11S1 modded by Chris, and it sounds very, very good. | |
| What equipment or event thrust you into the hobby? When I was 10 or 11 years old, my older sister came home from a dance with a door prize that she won, an LP. It was Cream's Disraeli Gears. She spun it on the record player in her room and let me listen in. I loved it! She didn't care for it, so s... | |
| hum, please, please help This might be too simple, but how about replacing the dimmer switch with a regular switch? Dimmer switches are notorious for noise. Otherwise I agree with Mark and Marco that an isolation transformer should resolve the problem, but cost a lot more... | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? Hi Shane,Yeah, I guess it has been awhile. I got tired of making all of the changes so I stopped posting my system a couple years ago. It seemed that my 'System' was always obsolete. 8-)JohnPS: I'll PM you with the latest boring details. | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? Dave_b, click on Shane's (Downunder) 'System' link, right next to his moniker, to find out what the rest of his system is. I also own a ARC Ref 3, but there is no need to belittle the CJ ART preamp. There are many different flavors for many differ... | |
| JADE AUDIO Cables Hi John,Any update yet on the 4 ft. vs. the 8 ft. run of Vermeil speaker cable? Would you say the 4 ft. run is burnt in yet?One thing I noticed about the Vermeil interconnects was that their sonic character changed more for the better with burn in... |