joe_b
Responses from joe_b
| Speakers that have holographic imaging on vocals.. Agree with you on the Vandersteen's, Spendors and Spica's. Would add the Quad ESL-63 and Proac Response Series. | |
| Need suggestions for small room speakers I have a 2nd system in a room the same size as yours. Firstly, suggest you avoid anything with a rear port, unless you can buy or try w/rite of return. This will eliminate a lot of choices. I am currently using the Spendor S3/5. I have them on sta... | |
| New CD player or DAC I have owned both a Link Dac and Bel Canto and much prefer the Bel Canto (smoother, with better bass). I used to think that good digital cables didn't come cheap until I recently tried the Phoenix Gold Drx910. Unbelievably good for $30. If you go ... | |
| Where have the long-time regulars gone? I am not sure if I qualify to answer here, but since I have recently passed 300 threads, I guess I may qualify for at least "irregular" status.I only try and answer those threads which meet some narrow criteria:1. Try to encourage and help newbies... | |
| Best imaging stand mounted speakers? Suggest you investigate the Spendor S3/5. Read the reviews in the Absolute Sound and enjoythemusic.com. They will only work in a small room, they don't do low bass and they need an SS amp of about 80 or so wpc. But they reproduce a sense of space ... | |
| CAL Sigma tube DAC question.... I don't know what kind of cd player you have. I have briefly owned a sigma. It was very detailed and dynamic. However, it was not smoother or richer sound than the dac I already had, a Micromega Duo BS2. If you're looking for something to smooth o... | |
| Very tube-friendly monitor speakers? The early versions of the LS3/5A were at 15 ohms impedance and later production models were 11 ohms. I believe current production (available only mail order from UK) are 11 ohms. All models were around 82-84db sensitivity so driving them with smal... | |
| Quad makes Electrostats, why now box speakers?? How much are the smaller models? Anyone compare them to the Spendor S3/5? | |
| Review: B & W Loudspeakers Nautilus 805 Monitor I have found B&W's, expecially the current and recent models to be very revealing of any flaws upstream, which I think accounts for the diversity of opinions on them. I went thru 3 amplifiers and a cd transport before I found a combination tha... | |
| New cd changer? Suggest you try the Sony SCD-C555ES. It was available for as little as $600, new. It was discontinued, but may still be available. I have found it to work very well as both a player and a transport. | |
| BC silver serpent or Apogee Wyde Eye? I haven't tried the BC Silver Serpent, but tried one of their earlier models and did not like it. I have owned both the new and the older Apogee in both the rca and the balanced versions. I used to think it was one of the best values around until ... | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? It's not how much you spend but how you spend it. I have heard a lot of expensive systems that I thought sounded awful, but they were not put together well. A cheap, but properly set up and interfaced system can outperform an expensive conglomerat... | |
| Which headphones should be purchased? Suggest you check out the forums at headwize.com and headfi.org. Use their search engine and you should find some useful info. I would avoid the Bose headphones. For traveling I use cheapo noise cancelling headphones which stink sonically. In the ... | |
| recommend a simple but hi-quality active pre-amp? I have been very satisfied with the Quicksilver LS (non remote version). | |
| What are your thoughts on the Dragon tape deck? I agree with the positive sonic assessments above. It is a great sounding deck. My only negative comment about it was I found it didn't "like" a few cassettes that I had. By this I mean these cassettes would run a tiny bit slower than they should.... |