jsm71
Responses from jsm71
| Subwoofer Decision @bdp24, this has been an interesting and timely thread. I’m encouraged to read that ESL speakers respond so well with Rythmik subs.My dedicated music room is pretty much finished sans subwoofer support. I use JansZen’s hybrid Valentina ESL speaker... | |
| Brand new to vinyl: Help! Yes, enjoy and I haven't seen a cartridge yet (or speaker) that didn't improve some when broken in. | |
| Brand new to vinyl: Help! @thyname, are there any high end audio shops within driving distance? I don’t recall if you said what part of the country you live in. If we knew that, the locals or those familiar could tell you where to stop in.Most high end shops will absolutel... | |
| Morrow IC's I find that Morrow's cables are best for lower current needs, phono cables and interconnects. Once broken in of course, they sound quite good at the omnipresent sale pricing that you must take advantage of. They are clear, clean, and revealing, ... | |
| First Tube Amp @recluse - have you read Terry London's review of the Double Impacts?https://hometheaterreview.com/tekton-design-double-impact-floorstanding-speaker-reviewed/ I email frequently off this forum among a birds-of-a-feather group who share common comp... | |
| Has a component ever changed your focus? For me, the component change was my room. I was running and enjoying Maggie 1.7s but I knew speakers well out into the room wouldn't cut it if our next retirement house didn't offer a dedicated listening room so I needed to find my retirement spe... | |
| What was the first system you heard that made you think the high end made sense My pivotal experience was as a child in the late 50s, listening to my parents 78 records on a monophonic console system with built in phonograph and radio of course. I would lie on the floor with my head centered under the only speaker and listen... | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? I have not bothered to to perfectly level the rack’s feet so there is some play / wobble if disturbed. Until you bother to set up the equipment you have effectively, why are you asking about other products? | |
| Elrod vs Cerious There are a couple of lengthy threads here covering Cerious Technology cables. One is for their initial Graphene Extreme offering, the other for their best line, the Graphene Matrix. I don't recall Elrod coming up in those threads, but they are ... | |
| First Tube Amp I like Atmasphere's post better. Less words. LOL. | |
| First Tube Amp Congrats on taking the leap and seeing what all the fuss is about. It took me many decades before I had the nerve to try tubes and ultimately change my system to exploit tubes for all my electronics. I won’t be going back to solid state. It took m... | |
| What's your investment threshold? The basic premise of these being “investments” is wrong. these are all expenses, not invest,entsI disagree. Per Wikipedia: In general, to invest is to allocate money (or sometimes another resource, such as time) in the expectation of some bene... | |
| Old or new gear Most of the amps people have suggested with the exception of the Atma Spheres are traditional tube amps using iron core transformers. In your price range you will be hard pressed to differentiate other than by feedback and time in market. Take a... | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? @invctus005 I really like the ART 9 too, but over ANY Lyra? Strong words, partner.+1 on Van Den Hul. All the ones I've heard sounded very high quality. | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? I never felt it was the giant killer people here thought it was. It's nice, but I did not find it a musical as the Delos.I think this is where system dependencies and preferences alter opinion. I find the richer midrange and overall bigger sounds... |