jmkrajnik
Responses from jmkrajnik
| What is the best 2 channel listening chair? Use the furniture in your living room/family room. Adjust the equipment to the room. You will use and enjoy your stereo much more. | |
| What are we objectivists missing? "I figure subjectivists are like religious people and objectivists are the scientists. There is no proof that a new cable, silver fuse, etc improves the sound, but they believe it does As @djones51 said, until you take vision out of any audio test... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Jeff Rowland Model 2. Listened to it in the store. Sounded much better than the Mac amp I currently had. Brought it home, and it sounded much worse. That was when I learned you needed to match the equipment to the room. I still remember my wi... | |
| Tube Integrated vs Tube Seperates Most of my tube experience is with Jadis and McIntosh--a little with Audio Research. Others, just a hear now and again. Of those, I've only heard integrated with Mac. Separates always sounded a lot better than integrated when I could compare. | |
| Are tubes psychological? The endless tube debate. Frankly, tables sound better and it is objective, not subjective. The problem is with the physics equations and what is defined as "distortion". What is defined as "distortion" by physicists is actually positive sound q... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? Interestingly, the source seems to be be most important part. Folks focus on the tweaks, but the turntable, CD player, etc seem to make the most difference. There wasn't much talk about the source in the comments. The room makes a huge differen... | |
| How long do good speakers last? Forever. My Avalon Eclipse' are 30 years old and fine.My dad's John B Lansing speakers were bought in 1961. Still working fine in our living room. They are now 60 years old, and are quite lovely endtables to boot! | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? This is an interesting one, and perhaps I have an answer.I think the "hate" comes from not understanding what McIntosh is best at. That is room flexibility. I've never had the luxury of having a dedicated stereo room, so I never could get optimu... | |
| Is There Any Reason To Buy A Reel-To-Reel Machine Nowadays?? Don't let any of the "digital" folk take you off what you are hearing. Digital was originally designed for cost optimization, not high fidelity. That is what Sony and Philips were looking for when they invented the CD player. .MP3's are just th... | |
| So you think wire conductors in cables are directional? Think again... Speakermaster, you actually have it right. Engineers are almost always blinded by equations. Engineers always hide behind equations when they don't understand the "unknown".It comes down to how the molecules pack when extruded. I had a discussi... |