joe_b
Responses from joe_b
| best amp new or used for 1200 Used Quicksilver Mono's. | |
| Tube amps... what is so great about 'em The "magic" of tubes will come from properly matching the amplifier, speaker cables and speaker. Otherwise you may find more trouble than magic.If your speaker impedence is uneven, if your amplifer's power supply is not strong enough, if your spea... | |
| Advice for the Budget 'Phile In your price range I would recommend considering the Vandersteen 1C as it will be easier to drive and sound better with the electronics you are considering. It will sound as good or better than the other speakers you are considering, providing it... | |
| transport sound changes in last 5 years Unfortunately, I have found significant differences in the sound of various cd players used as tranports and dedicated cd transports. You would think that "bits and bytes are bits and bytes" but it doesn't seem to work that way in the audio world.... | |
| Stereo Amp. for bedroom under 400USD. I use an NAD 2 channel receiver in my 2nd system. I did have an Advent receiver and Hafler separates at one point but I have never missed the these since going to the NAD. I do not know what their current model number is. | |
| CD Player transport for under 2k I have not listened to many all in one players recently, but I do like the original Rega planet for the money.However, the Rega will not challenge a Bel Canto dac, which is what I also own. If you can get a used Bel Canto dac, a used Parasound CBT... | |
| CD Player transport for under 2k Are asking about a transport to use with an external dac or an "all in one" cd player? | |
| Trelja in New York Thanks for the info-great post.Now I do not feel so bad that I could not make it (due to Mother's day).I would bet the Vandersteen 5 demo was in the Audio Connection room. They had one of the best sounds at the last show in '96. | |
| TUBE....Starting with Power or Preamp ? In order to stay happily married, I have to hide most of my gear in a large cabinet. My tube preamp was slowly cooking itself to death in there so I sold it and got a Classe preamp, which I use with Quicksilver Monoblocks (they hide behind my spea... | |
| Help with DAC follow up Sugarbrie,Some day I will connect with Stan Warren and get my Aiwa modified. He does not always seem to answer his phone and did not respond to a voicemail I left. | |
| question about BOSE reputation I recently bought a 27" tv for my basement. For fun, I then got a Technics surround sound receiver for $180 and a set of Cambridge Soundworks speakers for around $150. I plugged in a Radio Shack cd3400. This set up sounds as good or better to me t... | |
| Help with DAC follow up Hello Audioguy,I was pressed for time for time (as usual) and left out some info in my earlier reply.I have tried the Rega Planet as a transport and I think it is a better cd player than a transport. It sounded to me like you describe above. I was... | |
| help with DAC w/current system The Classe DAC has been discontinued which is why it is selling for such a low price. If you can get a home trial or are not afraid of having to resell it if it doesn't work, then it is worth trying. I was tempted by the Classe's low price, but in... | |
| I NEED HEADPHONES....NOW Prfront,The reason I do not use a headphone amp is that I have tried 3 of them at home and have heard others at hi fi shows, etc. Only one amp, the Earmax, was better than the headphone output of my NAD receiver (this is my 2nd system) and the son... | |
| Help with Micromega Unfortunately I did not save the phone numbers I had, but there is an electronics distributor in Canada who handles them and may be able to service your unit. I got their phone number from Audio Connection in Verona, NJ, who was a Micromega dealer... |