jmcgrogan2
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| What most important in the sound of your cables? Well, how about that? I just did a little research on Veloce, and it turns out that they are based 7 miles away from my home. That's even closer to me than Walker Audio! Small world. I've been over Lloyd Walker's home a couple of times.Unfortunate... | |
| What most important in the sound of your cables? I never heard of Veloce before you mentioned them Calvin. Then again, I don't keep up with the glossy rags like I used to. Are you still running Vienna Acoustic Beethoven speakers? That seems like an awful lot of electronics and cables for those s... | |
| Cary Audio V12R Check out Audiogon and/or Orion bluebooks, or Ebay completed listings, that should give you some idea. | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Mark Levinson (the gear, not the man). | |
| 4 ohm taps on an 8 ohm speaker Thanks a lot for the explanation Al, you ARE the man!!! I think you nailed it with the first line in your last paragraph: "The bottom line: It pays to experiment with the different taps, and no harm will result regardless of which tap is selected.... | |
| Why Merlins sound better then Sonus Faber Unistar99, that is twice now that you have asked if you are wrong. How can you be wrong when judging subjective items? Who can tell you what flavor you like best? As Rockadanny and Tboooe have noted, this hobby is very subjective, what sounds best... | |
| 4 ohm taps on an 8 ohm speaker I've also noticed the same thing on my VAC PA 35/35 amp. My speakers are a nominal 8 ohm load, but they sound so much better attached to the 4 ohm taps. Kevin Hayes of VAC has always been very encouraging of experimenting with the different taps. ... | |
| Benz micro glider vs dynavector 20X2 While I do agree with Czarivey's assessment of these two cartridges sonic characteristics, I am running a Dynavector XX-2 mk II with my SLP-98P preamp with good success. The warm, sweet SLP-98 works better with the precision of a Dynavector than t... | |
| Active vs Passive Pre amps You are correct David12, this isn't a new subject here at all, in fact, it's quite old. It seems to come up once every week or two. Just as any debate here on these forums, tubes vs. solid state, digital vs. analog, etc., there will be proponents ... | |
| What happened to Jfox Grant, I'm glad to hear that you are alive and well. Keep on trucking.Cheers,John | |
| What most important in the sound of your cables? Cable burnout....I'm with you Lak!!! Just like women, many cables can sound glorious at first, but after living with them for a while, I always seem to find their flaws.....and then their flaws seem to magnify themselves in my mind and I wind up m... | |
| Upgrade advice needed I agree with Meiwan, just use the W4S as a DAC and get a nice tube integrated amp and use it's preamp inputs. It would also help to switch to just plain copper speaker cables. LAT's Silverfuse alloy is mixing silver with copper, which will help en... | |
| Where to improve phono chain? I agree that your cartridge and phono amp would be the places to start. What is your price range? Maybe a ZYX UNIverse II cartridge would be a good place to start, then add a Allnic H-3000 phono stage and you should be set. Spending other folks mo... | |
| Speaker cable manufacturers Detailed and smooth are rather exclusive, as you get more detail, you get less smooth. | |
| Speaker cable manufacturers Nordost top stuff is very expensive, as is MIT's, Purist Audio, Tara Labs, Analysis Plus and many others. You could probably get a used pair of Nordost Heimdall in your price range if you want though. Very clear and revealing, with a nice deep sta... |