john_l
Responses from john_l
| California electrical shortage audio I wonder if we're going to see a sell off of Pass Labs equipment in California ? In my state with .05 cent / kwH electricity , I noticed my electricity bill went up by $20 a month when my aleph 2's landed. How much is California electricity now ? | |
| Some cable advice for this system The two best I've heard are Transparent Reference and Quattro-fil. | |
| What causes listener fatique? cure? I've found a few things that outright bother me:1) Cheap/older CD players have a digital brittleness to them.2) Mass market solid state electronics played through powerful systems. I find that cheap little boomboxes are not as annoying by comparis... | |
| best cool looking exposed tube for 2500 I really liked the looks of my old sonic frontiers sfm-160's. I think they are better looking than the current generation. A little more polished. You can pick those up for 1600-1800. A steal for the sound quality. Very warm and lush. | |
| Audiophile spending Hey Garfish: I think JA can make that statement because reviewers get equipment so cheap/free. I wish reviewers would keep an online record of things they get for free or the at steep discounts. I think that would add to their existing credibility... | |
| Nordost SPM vs. Quatro Fil Well guys, my earlier post now has one of the highest ratings of any of my posts. (i.e it's above zero) Thanks ! On the topic of audio, I just rewired my entire system with quattro-fil and spm speaker cables. Bought a valhalla bound guy's entire s... | |
| music you cant live without Kick @ Thread ! I'm gonna print this one out!Hey cornfed, can you tell me who produces 'badlands'?My list is:1. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen2. Bring the Family by John Hiatt3. The Trinity Session by the Cowboy Junkies4. Metallica's Black Album5. ... | |
| Vocalists/Musicians Wasting Their Talent Guitar Players:I think someone who is finally USING his talent again is Eric Clapton. I really like his new albums with his return to the blues. What was that 1980's decade about anyway?!? A great semi-known player is Eddie B. Campbell out of Chic... | |
| tips for Vandersteen 3A sig I had both the mccormack dna1/revaGold and an arc vt100m2 on the van 3aSigs. I thought the mccormack was a much better match for the 3aSigs. I found the vt100 sounded great, but was a little slower than the mccormack - as you would expect for a tu... | |
| tips for Vandersteen 3A sig When I had 3aSigs, I found the following made significant differences:1) Using a McCormack DNA amp with them really brought out their way powerful bass & helped alleviate some of the slowness.2) Using biwire speaker cables made a big differenc... | |
| Amps for Virgo : TUBE or SOLID? For sheer resolution, I am in complete agreement with Arahl. I don't think I've ever heard higher resolution than the pass labs/nordost/virgo combination. I sometimes preferred the 'aliveness' of the arc equipment, and sometimes the clarity of the... | |
| Nordost Red Dawn revII vs SPM The red dawn is quite excellent, but the SPM is noticeably better in a high resolution system. I noticed an increase in detail almost immediately - and that was just swapping the amp/preamp cable alone. Part of it being worth it or not depends on ... | |
| Interconnect for Pass Aleph 3/Aleph P With the pass alephs (aleph P and 2 monos) I tried and ranked (in the following order): Transparent RefNordost SPMKimber 1120Nordost Red DawnHarmonic Tech TruthlinkMIT 330This was with AP Virgo speakers and Cd playback. I think the nordost cable i... | |
| Nordost SPM vs. Quatro Fil Thanks guys. It doesn't bug me so much. I just found it amazing that TWO people took offense to the above! I have a feeling it's a handful of lurkers out there. cheers,John. | |
| Best 5K HiFi system for Cwlondon Conrad-johnson premier 11a tube amp - $1600, magnepan 1.6's (1400), XA7ES (1100) oval 9 speaker cables (300), two harmonic tech rca truthlinks (300), adcom gfp-750 (750) (forgo if it's a cd only system. xa7 has variable outs), Dinner&wine at O... |