john_l
Responses from john_l
| Which comm. speaker mfgr. makes the best cabinet? I give richard vandersteen the kudos for his vandersteen 1, 2 & 3 speaker cabinets. They are very rugged due to the fact that their cabinet is basically a strong wood frame covered almost entirely in cloth - very little to scratch. They are al... | |
| Stacking OK???? I second perfectimage's important comment Even if it is something flat you still want to have something made of soft paper (coasters!) or felt. Rubber feet will eventually leave a residue, and even flat plastic will leave a mark from being shifted... | |
| Cowboy Junkies 'Open' on SACD While the Trinity Session is my favorite, I think the junkies have had some great tracks on a few of their other CD's. Pale Sun/Crescent moon was an excellent album, as was their live album '200 more miles'. Slow, Sad Waltzes (their outtakes album... | |
| Why the lack of interest in Accuphase? For integrated's you have some major competition from the Jeff Rowland, Levinson, Magnum Dynalab, ARC, and now BAT. Honestly I've never even SEEN an Accuphase component in the U.S. They look extremely well made. You might also add in a picture. I ... | |
| Wynton Marsalis recommendations My favorites are Hothouse Flowers and Black Codes. | |
| BAT VK50SE or CJ Premier 16LS Series ll VK50SE is the best preamp I've heard. | |
| Non-Buying Buyers-check's in the mail? Yeah Right A good way to do things is to ask the buyer to send you an email when the check has been placed in the mailbox. This way you can find-the-flake in a narrower time window. | |
| How are the phono sections in lower priced BAT??? You can't get a phono section for the 5i, 50 or 50se. You can get them for the vk3,vk30 or vk30se. I use my 5i with an arc ph-3 and have outstanding vinyl playback. I do plan to try out a vk30se with phono stage someday. | |
| CD Player Recommendation At the 1800 price point you have lots of options. The sony 777ES or XA777 would be my personal choices. The SACD tips them into favor for me. They are great stock but getting them audiomod'ed makes a huge improvement. Other great players are the r... | |
| Best looking / worst looking amps & preamps My all time favorites are the Audio Research Ref1 and vt100 in black. I just like the well-built minimalism. Silver is good too. Other greats include Hovland pre and amp, and of course the Tenor amps !Left Field: I also really like the Funky pass ... | |
| Bananas over ARC VT-100 Hey Glen,Oddly enough I have used SPM banana ended cables with my vt100m2 - they worked fine. Do your banana ends have this opening along the cylinder side of the banana that allows the 'cylinder' of the banana to compress & make a thinner cyl... | |
| Bananas over ARC VT-100 I have the mk II so the connectors may be different. Minehas these huge binding posts that will take either spade or bananas. You put the bananas in by inserting the banana plug into opening on the back of the binding post. Have you tried screwing... | |
| Found an amazing transport from 1995. Beautiful piece. | |
| How good are the Sony 9000es mods.? The mod's DEFINITELY WORK. I have heard Richard Kern (audiomod.com) and Dan Wright (modwright.com) modifified scd-1 units and cannot recommend them enough. Both guys have great reputations. I just bought a used richard kern modified audiocom scd-1... | |
| Wife stepping on speaker wire How about going to officemax and buying a cable cover ? I have the same situation - I just put a thin piece of foam over the cable, and a small throw carpet over that - works fine. |