jwpstayman
Responses from jwpstayman
| About the cheapest cable elevators (for those with empty pockets) Without spending ANY money, you can take an empty cd case, stand it up with the hinge to the left and open the case. PERFECT for a cable elevator and any audio guy worth his salt has some empty cd cases or some cd cases for music he will never, e... | |
| System Upgrade Hi Mdmdwyer- Yes the amp is a bit on the low side for this setup, but there is ONE thing you should check first. The DSD DAC has an internal volume control. Make SURE that you have that at 100% otherwise it does sound a bit dull and muffled. Ho... | |
| Trouble finding bookshelves for PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two I would also consider/look at/listen to the Acoustic Zen Adagio Junior speakers, which will be a good pairing with your amp and are terrific sounding. I would consider them a stand mount rather than bookshelf, but they do fit your needs wonderful... | |
| Medium-priced balanced interconnects for a 6 meter run HI Tcatch- I have used the DH Labs Air Matrix in 1M and 6M lengths with equal success. IT is well made, uses great materials, is well shielded and dead-on neutral after break in ( not to start another thread on THAT topic). You will be happy wit... | |
| Room improvement Audiomaze- start with the basics. FIRST thing you need to do ( once the speakers are in place and with Maggies, that will take a LOT of experimentation) is to get a decent microphone and do some rudimentary analysis of the room with a test disc/c... | |
| Audioquest question HI Bluorion - I would stay with Audioquest as they WILL be shielded cables which may be a factory with a Cary pre. Both Kimber and Wireworld are unshielded cables. | |
| Careful if buying Purist Audio Neptune fluid cables. Jim Aud is a great guy and I am sure that he will take care of the problem for you. IN the meantime, I hope you have spent your last money with the dealer that offered you such POOR after-the-sale service. | |
| Gobel and the Bending Wave HI Erik- the bending wave driver IS alive and well. The original designer of the Lineaum tweeter and later the Impact speakers (Paul Paddock) has designed a HUGELY impressive new speaker called the Forty 10 for a company named MCAudiotech (http:/... | |
| Speaker Clarifiers? I actually have tried both the standard and the Reference Signal Purifiers in my home system and will honestly say that they do make a substantial difference ( IMPROVEMENT) in the overall sound from the speakers in the room. They go onto the posi... | |
| Martin Logans and power cords Yes - there is some upgraded performance to be had when using a well-shielded power cord, but you certainly don't need to go crazy as the diminishing return kicks in pretty early for this application. I've had good luck with Shunyata Viper (older... | |
| the nordost blue heaven power cord to be snarky- it does a great job holding down the truck when I go to Home Depot.Now, seriously, if you want people to actually provide meaningful comments, you might ask if Blue Heaven is a good power cord on XYZ component- otherwise this is not ... | |
| Harmonic Technology Interconnects The new REC-TA (rectangular conductor) models from Harmonic Tech in both silver and copper ( interconnects and speaker cables) are exceptional cables and at a very good price point. Considering their performance, they are significantly better tha... | |
| Pre-Preamp? HI Dave- the Prima Luna Dialog Pre has NO phono stage at all, so you need to get a separate phono stage, another pair of interconnects, and a power cord in order to use your turntable with that preamp. Take a look at a Rogue RP-5 which does have ... | |
| Looking for an integrated tube amp under $2500 I would take a long, serious look at the Unison Research integrated as they would fit the bill perfectly either the all tube or the tube/hybrids. Great reputation for reliability as well. | |
| Phono stage recommendations oops- meant to say "current input" instead of voltage input for the Little Loco from Sutherland... my bad |