jrw40
Responses from jrw40
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different steve audio, i left brand names out for the reason you might think, x brand rules vs. x brand sucks. but here we go . pro-ject perspective 2 with carbon fiber tonearm, benz micro mc cartridge. cairn nitro preamp with phono card cairn fog 3 with up... | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different my question was raised mostly because ill read a guy like mike fremmer who will say his listening to a 500.00 analog set-up blows away just about anything digital out there. and im shure thats mostly bias talking , i just dont find it to be the ca... | |
| pro-ject speed box 2 , all they say it is ? thanks for the excelent input, it does seem worth a try. ill post my results soon. | |
| Balanced outputs vs balanced design im wondering if a set-up offers single ended and balanced ins and outs can it be fully balanced? my reason for asking is i have a cairn nitro pre and ko2 amp with a fog 3 cd player . great sounding stuff , but they are the very vague with the spec... | |
| Report from Rocky Mountain AudioFest chazzbo, the new pioneer S-1EX were being powered by belcanto gear.the sound was very good, the room was crowded when i was in but wothy of a serious audition.also was surprised by the dali speakers,better than expected. | |
| Report from Rocky Mountain AudioFest i thought the best sounding rooms were the mbl, and the wilson audio powerd with bat. a little disappointed in some of the little hotel rooms, thought it made for terrible auditioning. sonus faber i thought got short changed in particular, because... | |
| "S" shaped tonearm ? wow, you guys have covered alot of ground. though very intresting reading. i think johnnyb53 probably has it right.thanks to eveyone for there input. | |
| "S" shaped tonearm ? great answers! it seems to me denon offered one of there older high end tables with interchangable arms both straight and S shaped.the 60L ? i dont recall but does anyone recall there thinking on this? also there latest table the dp500m has an S s... | |
| integrated as a preamp thanks for the advice,when i get it hooked up i will play around a bit , see what sounds best. | |
| integrated as a preamp my speakers jrwdo have 2 sets of posts but wont that short change the ones not hooked to the new better sounding class A amp? | |
| Integrated amp reccomendations the cairn 4808 is an excelent integrated .sam tellig of stereophile gave a class a . alan at audiowaves is closing them out for 995.00 . it was money well spent for me. i wrote a review on it if you would like more of an opinion. | |
| Record Cleaners / RCMs if you want to go cheap, i recently purchased the " spin clean record cleaner" its a manual tub with a couple of brushes in it. very low tech. but effective. it set me back 60.00 . got rid of alot of snap , crackel and pop on most of the records ... | |
| distortion at the end of record thanks for the great advise, ill try it out and see where it goes. thanks again jim | |
| cable upgrades , real or rip off again thanks for the feedback, i can tell from the wide range of responces that this is not an open or closed debate. i did however find bigtee's blind test very intresting. | |
| cable upgrades , real or rip off i thank you all for the advice, im still not sold but will probably end up trying it out if possible before buying. thanks again |