jmcgrogan2
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| What CD player/transport has the most stable mechanism? As @bdp24 mentions above, isolation could help you "get by" with a less expensive CDP.Another alternative for the DIYer is a sandbox isolation platform.http://www.cognitivevent.com/sandbox.html | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers Hey Jerry (pops), I am very glad to hear how happy you are in your retirement! I hope that you never have to go back to work.I do recall that you were miserable at work though, and as you said, they did offer you a package.Every situation is a lit... | |
| What CD player/transport has the most stable mechanism? I agree with jond, probably the Esoteric line of players are most famous for their transport design. | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers @sunrayjack12, you make a good case. My father died at the age of 62, and never made it to retirement, so I can relate.If I KNEW I was going to kick the bucket before I hit 70, I would probably walk away much sooner than 65.However, I also work wi... | |
| Picking up my Prime on Saturday Congrats! Let us know what you think when you finally have it set up in your room. Sorry, by "it", I meant the VPI Prime. | |
| Can Pass XA60.8's drive Revel Ultima Salon2's without their tongues hanging out? The 60.8s stay in class A until 122 watts peak. What do you extrapolate from that? That they should have plenty of power to drive most speakers to more than satisfactory levels in most rooms. | |
| What is most important part of a system? This is how I would put in order:1-Source2-Room3-Speakers4-Amp5-Pre-amp6-Power7-Cables I can sort of agree with this order, as long as the recording is considered as part of the source. i.e. Personally, I find the recording quality to be at lea... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Unfortunately what we have here is just another situation where some folks just can’t hear the difference. It happens all the time. It happens with many tweaks, especially the more controversial or preposterous tweaks, you know the ones I’m talk... | |
| Picking up my Prime on Saturday Congrats! Let us know what you think when you finally have it set up in your room. | |
| Can Pass XA60.8's drive Revel Ultima Salon2's without their tongues hanging out? The XA-60.8's should be able to drive the Revel Ultima Salon 2's .Of course some of that may depend on how large the room is and how loud your average listening levels are. In a really big room at loud levels the XA-60.8 may run out of gas.I gue... | |
| What is most important part of a system? My own answer, expressed in general terms, is that a chain is as strong as its weakest link, wherever that link may happen to be located in a particular system. +1, well said Al!!I agree with this method 100%. A system is about balance, and ... | |
| What is most important part of a system? Just like any question in this hobby, ask 10 different audiophiles and get 11 different answers.That said, my answer would to the most important part of the system would be: the room. | |
| Connect banana jumpers to locking banana speaker cables? I plug the + speaker cable from my amp into the + on the bottom set of binding posts, and the - from the amp into the - on the top set of binding posts on my speakers, all spades. Jumpers are bananas just jumping top to bottom.As long as your con... | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers True, we never really know what life has in store for us. I'm hoping to work until I am 65, but that is not a given.It sounds like you've worked hard enough, it's time to enjoy yourself.I've owned a VPI Prime for about a year now, very nice table/... | |
| Recommendations of good sounding newly pressed LPs In addition to the labels listed above, I've found Stockfisch Records to offer very good quality vinyl. |