johnnyb53
Responses from johnnyb53
| Need Advice on Subwoofer Selection I say regrettably because I've always felt that subwoofers were an ersatz way of achieving full range sound quality and that a properly designed 2 or 3 way speaker in the appropriate room should provide more than adequate bass. I think a separate ... | |
| SF fans, old Concerto or new Luito bookshelf ? It'd stick with the Concertos. The Liutos are pretty good, but they're a budget compromise version of what SF was doing in the '90s. The tweeters on some current models of high-end SFs have improved over the years, but overall I'd pick the Concert... | |
| How do you organize your LPs? I have major categories of classical, pop/rock, jazz, country, and comedy/novelty. The classical section is organized by music periods in chronological order--Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, and 20th century. I also have ... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? 08-04-13: StringreenHi John... here's another test for yourself... can you tell which is the VPI Traveler, and which is the Caliburn. Go to Analogue Planet, and download the flac files that Fremer supplies comparing 10 turntables/cartridges. I thi... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? 08-03-13: StringreenJohn.... Maybe you DO have bat ears, Sherlock is fiction, too many variables in the Fremer test, maybe the (probably) Walker had a more open sound due to less resonance et al that pleased you..... I stand by my question.Sherloc... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? 07-31-13: Stringreen...but is it worth it. Would the less than bat eared audiophile be able to hear the difference between the very slight error of today's arms compared to this arm. Can you reading these posts distinguish between a 9 and 10 inch ... | |
| What the best 89-90 db speaker I can buy for 3k? GoldenEar Triton 2 or 3. Triton 2 is $3K, but for 13x17 room the Triton 3 at $2K/pair should be plenty. Both have the advantage of a gain-adjustable built-in powered sub in each column, making it much easier to match the speaker to the size of the... | |
| Audioengine A5+ The desktop system that operates at a level far above anything else I've heard is the Mini-Maggies, and at $1500 it should. The transparency and jump factor has to be heard to be believed.It's not snobbery or price-related perception; it's unequiv... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Lewm: I wouldn't expect an automated manufacturing version of this arm to come in at $300, but Panasonic/Technics made *millions* of SL12x0 tonearms while maintaining a mere 7.5mg bearing friction. This was based on a 30+ year-old design and imple... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? If there's any trickle-down technology I'd like to see happen fast, it's THIS! If Shroder were willing to license the design, it could be mass-produced, making the arm affordable to a wide range of customers. I'd love to see this become the new RB... | |
| Wish List For Vinyl Pressings All the Buddy Rich albums he did on World Pacific Jazz, 1966-1970. The World Pacific/Liberty/Blue Note library is now owned by Capitol/EMI. Capitol proved they could make a great reissue with the 40th anniversary Dirt Band "Will the Circle Be Unbr... | |
| How to get iTunes to play FLAC I convert the FLAC files to .WAV files. I can import them into iTunes and play them from there. You can get a free conversion toolkit called xACT, which stands for X Audio Conversion Toolkit. I was downloading FLAC files from HDTracks and converti... | |
| Tandberg 3000a series I worked at a stereo store in 1975-6 that sold Tandberg, Revox, and Nakamichi (as well as Teac), and I owned a Tandberg reel-to-reel. To these ears, the Tandberg reel-to-reels sounded better than the Revox A-77 and their 330 cassette deck trounced... | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." The last few posts reveal the perspective as to which is better--how much sound quality do you get for your money? In my case I've never spent a lot for a CD player, maybe $500 tops. I did have an Audio Alchemy transport feeding a $700 SoundStream... | |
| Audio Technica AT-OC9ML/II Questions For another $200, how much better is the OC9ML/III (mk III)?One advantage of either one is its MicroLine stylus, especially since MCs can't have replacement styli; they must be re-tipped. My local analog specialty store told me that microlines las... |