jwmazur
Responses from jwmazur
| Tube amp selection- for Magnepan 1.6QR I had the VTL MB250's driving my 1.6s. I had a Copland preamp in front of it. The MB250s are triode-operated amps so I had the sweetness of triodes along with authority. That system had a lot of dig to it with the bass and pacing it gave the music. | |
| Berning ZH-270 Replacement I had a ZH-270 that was mated to Chris Sommovigo's Stereolab Angelus speakers and it sounded terrific. I moved it and other componenets in my system to help come up with the down payment on a condo. Then the bottom fell out of the market and not l... | |
| Replacement EL34 Mullard valves for Leben CS300X Doesn't the CX300 use EL84's? | |
| Bedroom system for my 10 year old son Pick up a used Great American Sound (GAS) Thalia or Thoebe preamp and mate it to a GAS Son of Ampzilla power amp. Cheap enough on Ebay, fun names, and gets him into having pride of ownership and separates like the big boys. Surprisingly, this gear... | |
| Magnepan vs Ohm/Walsh ? I have had both. I sent the Ohms back to where they came from. The Ohms didn't hold a candle to the Maggies for my taste. Besides, I tried other omni's like Decware's version of the application and they too were better than the Ohms. | |
| Seeking a "high end" integrated amplifier Luxman! I own the L590A that runs Class A but you can get into the lowest priced Luxman new at $3500. Everyone that has laid their hands on these integrateds to review them has just loved them. The latest Stereophile has a brief mention of the $35... | |
| $5000 integrated budget: Please help me choose.... Check out Luxman. They have class A-operated integrated amps at 20 and 30 WPC and 2 class A/B ones that have around 100 WPC. I have done separates since getting into this hobby. I recently picked up a Luxman L-590AII 30 WPC integrated on Audiogon ... | |
| Dac recommendations for Mac Book Pro Try the Apogee Mini DAC with a 30-day money-back return policy from Guitar Center. Make sure you order the unit with FireWire connection. I went even further and got a 12 volt power center from Audio Magus that sqeezed more out of the performance.... | |
| Apple 24 Bit 96 KhZ I can switch the sample rate of the Audio Midi on the fly with my Mac Mini using the latest iTunes software. I don't have to close iTunes and launch it again when the sample rate setting has been changed. The reason I know this is I am using an Ap... | |
| Looking for some cheaper Speaker Cables-$600 or so Check out Paul Speltz's Anti-Cables. I bought them after expensive cables and I am not pining at the thought of not having the high-priced spread. They just plain make all the other cable manufacturers look like con men. | |
| Best DAC under $ 2,500 on used market You might want to check with Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio as a safe bet. For that kind of scratch you could get something new from him plus he is always up on the latest in technology. He has a new DAC product that you might want to talk to him... | |
| Musical yet Detailed DAC Around $700 I have made the choice of going to an Apogee Mini DAC after several weeks of auditioning. I use it with the optional FireWire connection available on the Apogee. I had been using a USB DAC running off the Mac Mini that I have been satisfied with f... | |
| My First USB DAC Sounds Dull, Please Help Have you checked to see what their return policy is if you can't resolve this? I am sure they would want your complete satisfaction. | |
| To DAC or not to DAC... As far as tube DACs, check out positive feedback online. They did a review of the MHDT Paradisea DAC in issue 31, I believe. Got heap-big praise. | |
| To DAC or not to DAC... I am currently evaluating an Apogee Mini DAC with FireWire option. I bought it from Guitar Center because they have a 30-day return policy. This DAC will give you all the data connection possibilities, USB, Toslink, SPDIF, and FireWire. While I ha... |