jrwaudio
Responses from jrwaudio
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Because of the ceiling hight, are Magnepans not a consideration? | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Picked strawberries for 25 cents a basket at thirteen, picked tobacco (good money) at age fifteen After High school worked at a steel mill for six years, went out west and worked at a sawmill on Vancouver Island for two years and still have all m... | |
| Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices? I'm pretty happy with the understated, but elegant design of my VAC PA 80 80 that I've owned since the mid nineties | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? The Wonderful World of three bline mice"Misty"Eva Cassidy " Autumn Leafs" | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? @twoleftears Usually the car that goes around corners better will out perform acceleration. Driver dependent of coarse | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? I saw Pink Floyd kick off tour of Dark Side of the moon,......amazing! Also liked Jethrol Tulls Thick as a Brick concert. David Bowe was great! And the Stones Voodoo lounge tour also stands outOh almost forgot The Moody Blues | |
| Putting weights on speakers? I added 25 lbs to the top of my Maggie's but it was one hell of a balancing act!! | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments I was going to take guitar lessons, but after seeing this, I threw in the towel!!Unbelievable guitar playing!! 17 year old French girlWatch "Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata ( 3rd Movement ) Tina S Cover" on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/o6rBK0B... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? "Not so fast, Grasshopper!" Careful I took martial arts for eight years!! Yes early 911's pre fuel injection are pretty easy access for basic maintenance from the engine bay and underneath. Modern cars, forget about it! My Spectron musical MK ll ... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Those jokes made me laugh!! Why does a Yogo have a heated rear window??? To keep your hands warm when you push them | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Have you ever open the engine lid on a 911? Not a lot of room in there to work on things!I just snapped off my speaker binding post on my Spectron amp! So do investigate to see whats involved in replacing it? I can solder but I suspect there isn't... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k Bought my ARC LS 15 back in 1995 and still using today and love it's musicality Can't really remember, but I think I paid less than $3,000 | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? I guess firstly I'm a Porschephile and audiophile second I just sold my 96 993 speedyellow 911 Turbo but still have a 78 911 SC I've always been interested in well engineered sporty cars. When I was 24 I bought a BMW 2002ti and at that time no o... | |
| A warm DAC? I would say my Exogal Comet plus is on the warm side | |
| 4 or 8 ohm connection for a 6 ohm speaker? Love Novia Scotia!! Haven't been there for yearsI have my Maggie's on the 4 ohm tap of my tube amp, and to me they sound great. Nominally there are a 4 ohm speaker though |