jonwolfpell
Responses from jonwolfpell
| DAC break-in question As many others have experienced, I have observed clear improvements as equipment has broken in. Loudspeakers, turntables & CD transports that actually move obviously can change how they sound but electronics have “movement” too, just at a much... | |
| An IEC with grip There’s a lot of quite humorous but not very PC jokes that come to mind regarding the male / female plug matter which I will leave alone…. That said, I wonder why no one has come up with power cord locking devices similar to the older multi pin c... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? bill Pete- just a silly figure of speech. It was in 1981 & it was already 3 or 4 years old. I don’t remember the model number. | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. Of course it depends on what you value most; smooth rich sound w/ nice subtle details often w/ good 3 D imaging or more live, dynamic sound that can rock out without straining or requiring heroic amplification. Very challenging to find both in spe... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? I owned & really like the Aesthetix Calypso 15 years ago. It was very well built & sounded excellent in Avantgarde Duo system then. I owned an AR preamp 100 years ago which sounded good but developed issues & I sold it. I think their ... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Marshall Tucker Band opened for the Allman Bros in ‘74. Both were great!! | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." Excellent comparison rbstehno and fully agreed. Stereophile does a much better job than the Absolute Sound in this regard with John Atkinson’s testing of equipment at least for what test results are worth. The reviewers often try a few different s... | |
| 2025 Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Once they inducted Dolly Parton into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame it became very apparent that it’s a meaningless honor not based on true rock music accomplishments. She’s a fine person & really good in her genre but rock it ain’t. Additi... | |
| Directional wires/cables Thank you jeffbij for your excellent explanation of all of this. I really appreciate it & I’m sure many others here do as well. | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore I’m done going to see & hear great musicians in even moderate sized venues whose sound gets ruined by big line array speaker systems digitally amplified. Most of the beautiful nuance, detail, tone etc. of their fine skills played on great inst... | |
| How can they not effect the sound This sounds a bit weird but I’ve seen it done easily & successfully for a dented in soft dome Morel tweeter: simply use your mouth barely touching the tweeter & suck in like your drinking from a straw. Instant fix & sounded identical ... | |
| Got Innuous, now a DAC I have an Innuos Zenith & had a Border Patrol which was very nice & musical if not the most detailed & refined as better ones. I tried a few including the latest PS Audio Direct Steam which was quite good in some ways but was strangely... | |
| Pass INT-25, split decision and maybe option? Might want to check out the Roger’s High Fidelity 65 V - 2 tube integrated. Superior build quality, lifetime warranty & sounds great if powerful enough for you. | |
| Linn LP12 turntable If the linn sounds very good on a good system, you know it’s capable of doing so which is all that matters. Any system is only as good as it’s source. | |
| What has been a favourite moment in Audio? I saw two very funny things in an audio store in about 1980 in Cambridge, MA where my brother worked. The NAD 3020 Integrated amp was the new “hot” thing in very affordable & good sounding amp but had limited power & quality/ reliability i... |