jonwolfpell
Responses from jonwolfpell
| Birthday DAC +1 for the Border Patrol DAC. Small, sounds excellent in an all tube based system. | |
| Speakers with deep/powerful bass The Volti Audio Rivals w/ their 15” pro audio sourced woofers, while maybe only flat to 35hz, can play as loud as you want & sound great doing so in just about any size room. I have listened to Jethro Tull’s Aqualung on many good systems &... | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume From what I’ve read, the new KLH’s models 3 & 5 might do it for you. Worth checking out. | |
| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? Whole heartedly agree that Art Dudley is sorely missed! Beyond his obvious knowledge of equipment & audio reproduction, he was a great writer who probably could have made almost any subject fun & interesting with his unique, simple observa... | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers The Avantgarde Duos have self powered sub woofers so low bass performance of any amp will not be a factor. They are amongst the most revealing, most dynamic speakers ever made & until you actually listen to them properly set up with top qualit... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) Panzr- and Kloss did all his great work w/ a microphone, oscilloscope & his eyes & eyes. No computers, no real high tech materials, no exotic cabinetry. For folks who never heard heard a properly set up stacked pair, grill cloths removed, ... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. fsonicsmith1 - I like all your analogies but I’m glad you stopped before you went too far. Red Burgundy is made from Pinto Noir grapes, not red Zinfandel ( original indigenous North American grape) & the two are her different. Both can be exc... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. It’s clear that headphone & speaker listens are two different things. Listening on good headphones (Sennheiser 600) w/ a good headphone amp ( Naim) back in about 2002 showed me just how much I was missing through my speakers in detail & nu... | |
| Advice for a new analog system A thing to keep in mind w/ turntables & most hifi equipment, there are good & not do good examples of just about every design & school of thought. Direct drive, belt drive, massive platters, suspended plinths,etc. There’s lots of opini... | |
| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? Depending upon how long all of the speaker & interconnect cables have been in place, I’ve found that removing them & cleaning both the cable terminations & the jacks on the speaker or electronics & replacing them can make a positiv... | |
| Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube! Listening on YouTube to determine actual sound quality of a piece of audio equipment is of course useless…… It’s similar to try to discern the overall quality of a high end car or camera or even a restaurant range ( I’m a chef / restaurateur). Yo... | |
| Is a highly discerning system enjoyable? Think it depends on your definition of “hi res”? A good system w/ solid state electronics can sound quite different to one of similar caliber but tube based. I’ve a few examples of each that to me sounded great & some that didn’t. It’s simila... | |
| Which integrated for Wilson Sabrina's I second wsrrsw’s recommendation. Rogers High Fidelity EHF 200 Mark II. Quite powerful, great sound, very high build quality. I really enjoy mine. I believe you can try one & see if you like it. Call Roger & see.. | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up It’s difficult to really know for sure because I’ve not listened to the same music at 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours etc. It’s also difficult to remember & accurately compare w/ that time lapse in between. I don’t think our sonic memory is that g... | |
| DAC recommendations I’m aware that many dislike the Border Patrol DAC or possibly just the idea & maybe measurements but problem not from actual listening experience. I think it fits your description of what you’re looking for. It’s very natural sounding & no... |