jonwolfpell
Responses from jonwolfpell
| Simple tube-use question Take a pic of the info on your phone before removing it so you’ll always have it. I do that w/ lots of things I want to remember. | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? I had no idea that in 2003 when I upgraded from a Michell Gyrodec / Rega arm to a Basis 2500 w/ Basis Vector 4 arm & an Art Audio Vinyl One Phono Amp that I would never buy another one! The Basis was amongst some of the very best available bac... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Back in 70’s, I thought the ADS 810 was better in every way than the similarly priced Bose 901 & heard them side by side several times. I’ll bet they’re still better & would buy them used today before over a new pair of 901’s. I actually ... | |
| Who's winning? Being happy with what you have or at least what you have at the moment is usually based on having realistic expectations. I really enjoy both a great song on my average car system as well as my very nice home system. Similarly, I enjoy watching my... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Innuos products are excellent! Built very well, sound great & very good customer support. They offer several different models at various price points. | |
| 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... |