jrw1971
Responses from jrw1971
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration OP, I can’t help but think of an earlier phonostage I loved before moving on to the ARC REF3 phono: the Manley Chinook. | |
| Warm romantic & detailed Love my Harbeth 30.2s in a similar sized room, plus a REL sub. Everything you described in your wish list. I’m extremely impressed with the Harbeths. Fourth pair of different speakers I’ve had in that room, and these really nail natural tone wi... | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience Your inquiry describes perfectly my NOLA KOs. Love them in my smaller room. I use Wilson Audio in the bigger room, which I can’t say enough good things about. But your description seems closer to the NOLAs. For the money you mention, you can g... | |
| Monster Regret!! Paul McGowan — founder and Prez of PS Audio — has a gazillion helpful videos on the Ask Paul section of their website. A few of them answer your question. Not surprisingly, their view is: use a P-15 or P-20, but if you can’t, go directly to the ... | |
| Suggestion for phono preamp in sub 2k price to complement Rega Planar 8 with Apheta 3 MC I’ve owned the Chinook and the PS Audio. High marks for both; I recommended the Chinook to my father recently for his MM. Chinook does give you what you want from tubes, and the PSA gives you what you want from SS, with a hint of tubiness. But ... | |
| Looking for phono preamp suggestions I’ve owned too many p-stages to count, and I think my Audio Research REF 3 blows away anything else I’ve heard. Tubey in a good way: involving, high def, dimensional, but surprisingly authoritative. Injects life into the sound. Like a Chinook t... | |
| Lumin or Aurender Love my Aurender A10. Sounds as good as my PS Audio Directstream (streaming via their “Bridge" network card). But aside from SQ, nothing beats that Conductor app in my book. Can sit and play stuff from my iPad forever, constantly finding new ar... | |
| Who buy PS AUDIO ? Gshack: agree re the remote, big time. One idea: I don’t know the Zu stuff other than what I’ve read, but try a good subwoofer with a high level input for some additional punch. Not for thump or shaking the molding, but properly integrated with ... | |
| Who buy PS AUDIO ? I use the P-15 and late night still seems/feels better. I chalk it up to state of mind, focus, and less light — personally. | |
| Who buy PS AUDIO ? My big system is predominately PS Audio. BHK 300s, BHK pre, DSD DAC, and P-15 regenerator running Wilson Audio Sabrinas, with VPI, Lyra, and ARC REF 3 on the analog side. I use PASS Labs and Vandersteens in a smaller system, with the DSD DAC and... | |
| Want to get into Streaming PS Audio Directstream. To my ears, the best DAC under $15k, and — again to my ears — better than the much more expensive dCS Bartok. I’ve owned one for a few years, have upgraded everything in my system at least twice, except this component. In... | |
| What to upgrade to? Bob — Just came through a similar dilemma (in my case, a few extra bucks to spend; nowhere near retirement; and pre-Covid by a few weeks). Existing system was very strong, but I decided one can always have a better cart and phonostage, and — othe... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Lowell George "Thanks I’ll Eat it Here." First pressing, clean as can be. This recording is always a tad veiled, but still a toe tapper with lots of fun sonics going on. |