johnnyb53
Responses from johnnyb53
| Replacing Totems One's Keep the Totems. Bring them out into the room for serious listening. You won't get great imaging from any speaker that's back against the wall.I didn't know your Totems weren't even elevated to ear-level.I consider the Ayre a keeper as well.Is the... | |
| Analog System to Beat Digital - - for little$$ ?? 06-27-09: JbryngelsonJohnnyb53 - Thanks for your note. It sounds like you have spent quite some time listening to this recommended system. Yes, I have listened to it a lot as I had to stop working 2-1/2 years ago and I spend a lot of time at home ... | |
| Turntable Upgrade Advice If you like the turntable, improve the WAF factor with a drop-in solid wood turntable base. Go here and scroll down to the bottom. Choose from walnut, cherry, or maple. Look at the sample in cherry. It completely changes it from '70s modern to woo... | |
| Kind Of Blue 1st pressing stereo... 06-27-09: Hxt1... What gets me is the condition of the vinyl itself! I guess I will have to listen to it verrry sparingly! I guess that depends on whether you bought it to listen to or for resale. If for listening, queue it up every time you get t... | |
| Kind Of Blue 1st pressing stereo... There's a store in Burbank that eBayed one (used but in NM condition) for about $450 around last November. | |
| Omnis with deep bass $2K 06-26-09: Tripperhttp://www.directacoustics.comI was wondering what Winslow Burhoe was doing these days. I know he's done a lot of things in speakers for many decades, but my first awareness of him came with his founding of EPI Loudspeakers, and d... | |
| Low-Profile Turntable It doesn't have to be a slim profile turntable like a B&O. Even a Technics SL12x0 is under 7", so I'd think that any turntable without a Herculean-sized plinth and suspension system would fit. For example, the Clearaudio Performance CMB Turnta... | |
| Analog System to Beat Digital - - for little$$ ?? I agree: Get a Technics SL1210 M5G (for the better tonearm wire), the KAB fluid damper, a better mat (e.g., Herbie's Way Excellent), Audio Technica AT150MLX cartridge, LPGear Zupreme headshell, and Cambridge 640P phono preamp. This rig retains the... | |
| Lossless conversion format help 06-25-09: MagfanCheck your signal chain. If there are major differences between the 'lossless' formats, maybe there is another player here. ??Good point. I plug my iPod Touch (playing ALC files) directly into my integrated amp with a Monster stere... | |
| speakers that rock Cerwin-Vega CLS-215. 93 dB sensitive, bass into the 20's powered by two 15" woofers, well reviewed even by audiophile magazines, and way under your budget thanks to vertical integration and economy of scale.They are bi-ampable and can absorb somet... | |
| Forced mod of Engergy V2.3 - suggestions? 06-25-09: Andyththanks for the tip. Called them. they are sold out.Why not follow this link, add it to the cart, proceed through checkout, and see what happens? There might have been an overlap in inventory info when you called. Orders sometimes g... | |
| Forced mod of Engergy V2.3 - suggestions? Audio Advisor is closing out an Energy Veritas 2.2 in-wall speaker at $299. Maybe the easiest thing would be to get one for parts.Question: Is Klipsch shutting down its recently acquired API division? Athena is already gone, and I'm seeing Energy ... | |
| Omnis with deep bass $2K How about if he could get some brand new $7500 omnis known for deep bass into the 20's, on closeout for less than $2,600/pr with free shipping and no sales tax? The current lineup of Mirage speakers appears to be getting blown out, and the $7500/p... | |
| Lossless conversion format help I also understand that lossless compression should produce files identical to the originals, but somehow, when I play music from my MacBook that I ripped with ALC, it's sort of irritating, where the music I've ripped as AIFF or WAV affects me in a... | |
| Next step up from my Rega P3 At $3K, I'd go for a new Well Tempered Amadeus. If the reviews are even half true, it would be a step or more up from the P3 in every way. Firebaugh has the track record, and now he's got an affordable and consistent source for manufacturing. |