jmkrajnik
Responses from jmkrajnik
| Need to learn about Audio Research Most of the advice here is pretty good, except for going to solid state. Tube equipment always sounds better to equivelent solid state, even today. Here is an article that talks about why w/o all the drama. https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-cool-so... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? Best turntables I've ever heard, bar none: https://www.idler-wheel-drive.com Have a Clearaudio and an upgraded Oracle to the MK VI. My Nantias modified idler arm is the best thing I've ever heard other than a fully restored Ampex professional r... | |
| Pure Silver Wire richardbrand: Do you have experience in designing sound equipment? Your comments are unusually insightful. I wish there was a greater understanding of what is going on with cables. A lot of the comments I agree with from personal experience. M... | |
| Directional wires/cables mgrif104: could have been pre broken in. Break in is real. Think of recharable battery memory as another variant. You have electrons ;moving around a system. Electrons are the basis of chemical reactions, so by using electricity there is going... | |
| Directional wires/cables It is amazing how people ignore facts, and go on what they think is right no matter what. My favorite foolish statement this time around in this was when someone stated that if electrons went through metal, they would all build up at one end of t... | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS Here is a good idea to investigate: https://www.high-endaudio.com/used_he.html Arthur Savadore is probably the most knowadgeable person I know of in this hobby, and he has a set at your price that may fit your needs perfectly. Any time I've tri... | |
| Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse Thanks! | |
| Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse Well, I am still using my Eclipses I bought 33 years ago. Still work fine, and still enjoy them. Very inefficient: I have each of them biwired to a MC275 mk5. You need a lot of power. Yes, the bass can be a bit shy. Using Anticables improved ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Yea, I've heard one $2500 in total system that really sounded good, and I remember a $70,000 that really stank. In this hobby, there can be no correlation between cost and quality. If he asks your opinion, give it. If he doesn't, let him enjoy ... | |
| MC cartridge for Clearaudio Concept 1600$ It sounds quite a bit better than the standard cartridge. Fuller, more detailed, and more natural. Not as good as my other two tables with high end cartridges on them. You'll need to choose your stepup transformer to match. Im using an older M... | |
| MC cartridge for Clearaudio Concept 1600$ These are classic and very good sounding for the price. https://www.denon.com/en-us/category/turntable-cartridges/ I use on on my Clearaudio Turntable, It is way better than the MM cartridge that came with the table. Cartridges are probably De... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Actually you can fine tune digital. I've heard it being done successfully on friends' setups. Mostly, it is tweeks to the setup environment--dampeners, isolating mats. One tweak I did myself was to try a lot interconnects. Got some significant... | |
| Why do people like reel to reel players? The best thing I've ever heard was a rebuilt Ampex from their glory days. Sorry, I don't remember the model. I really think the the idler arm setup in reel to reels is the most important reason that they sound so good. Properly set up, idler ar... | |
| Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore? Still use my tuners. Have a McIntosh MR-71 in the great room, and have a MR-88 in my bedroom. I wish I could adapt my MR-71 for HDRadio. We have a lot HD stations around here. The MR-88 sounds better when there is a HD signal, the MR-71 sounds... | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? I'm going to answer this one a different way, based on your comments. It seems that you are have a lot of problems with your tube amp. I'd probably just get another tube amp that is more dependable. Audio Research and McIntosh are the ones I ha... |