jonwolfpell
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| Volti v Charney v Rethm I’ve only heard the Rethms at a few shows with unfamiliar associated equipment but they did sound beautiful in the midrange & very pleasing overall but not truly full range & not near as good up loud. They & I’ll guess the Charney’s, w... | |
| Clean power and it's affect on sound quality My speaker’s face west -.probably why the Dead & the Doors sound so good…… | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? High sensitivity speakers w/ true bass extension necessitates large volume cabinets which can mean more $ & potential room / aesthetic placement challenges. That said, as John Atkinson often points out, high sensitivity drivers have substantia... | |
| Is tube sound vs solid state easier to distinguish using headphones? I’ve never done direct comparisons between tubed & solid state headphone amps but have many times over 40+ years w/ speakers albeit it never involved the recent super high solid state amps of $30 K + or so. We all know the negative aspects of ... | |
| Free air, tighter bass - snake oil or cheap tweaks? Back in the later 80’s during my first real chapter of high end audio, I had a pair of Conrad Johnson Premier One powered Duntech Marquis’s ( forerunner of Dunlavys) which were very good & only missing the last little bit of full low end exten... | |
| Turntable Cartridge upgrade question. I also recommend the Hana ML. It’s very balanced & does everything well if not quite state of the art at any one thing. It’s quite low output will necessitate a good phono amp which can get pricey so maybe their higher output version might be ... | |
| Help me pick some new or used speaker cables I really enjoy Triode Wire Labs (out of Massapequa, NY) cables & not crazy priced. Worth checking out. | |
| A valentine poem to tubes Glass amps are a pleasure That many folks treasure While sand amps abound And M... | |
| A valentine poem to tubes So clever & funny! Thanks all. | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers For a specific example of the inconsistency of measurements vs perceived sound, consider Benchmark amps, preamps & DACS. From all the reviews I’ve seen, they measure as good as if not better than just about anything at any price but don’t soun... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers Without trying to be too "new agey", everything changes & moves in a spiral from the massive galaxies in our universe down to the smallest nano - particles & all in between including footballs, branches on a tree, threads on a screw, sprin... | |
| InnuOS Sense 2.6.0. I have an Innuos Zenith Mark 3 & tried to do the update but it froze up during the process & the unit wouldn’t boot up at all., contacted support & they were quick to respond, set up a personal time to live chat & logged into the u... | |
| Best Covers So many great songs! Bonnie Raitt’s cover of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” is also very good. | |
| Cream — Stormy Monday Soulshine is up there w/ the Allman Bros classics w/ great guitar work & Gregg’s vocal is also outstanding. I never got why some of of Cream’s recordings are so poor. It’s a shame because the music is excellent! Their engineers must have b... | |
| Integrated for Devore O/93 Might want to check out Rogers High Fidelity. As high a build quality as there is in tube amps, sound excellent, lifetime warranty! There are a few available on Audiomart and both new & used directly from the manufacturer. There are pretty ar... |