jymc
Responses from jymc
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Going back to the many skeptics and sour grape guys in 2021. Tell me.....how many companies are there where the CEO (Kevin Hayes) is highly likely to answer the phone when you contact the company??....and then he will speak with you for as long a... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? The majority of the highly technical responses above lack practicality if one wants to avoid making a turntable system a many years long project. There is definitely a sweet spot that "might" be achieved if just three vinyl system components, tur... | |
| Pass labs XA-160.8 monos - or - Mark Levinson 536 monos for Magico's fsmithjack I own a VAC Signature MkIIse preamp with line and phono stage. I don't think it can get too much better from a sonic perspective....BUT (and a real big BUT), at this price level, we are deep into diminishing incremental returns territ... | |
| A move from Harbeth to... Wilson? so Jaylat says above that a $15,000 system sounded better than a $1,000,000 Wilson Audio system. No, we should generally not equate sound with dollars spent, but maybe for good measure, Jaylat should have his ears professionally examined. | |
| Denafrips Terminator vs. Venus Do not agree Conos1983. I'll support an earlier honest comment that the Terminator and Venus sounded NO different in the 2 poorly recorded videos. I do not know how and through what equipment chain the YouTube recording was made, but it was NOT ... | |
| Upgrade Bluesound DAC or go to Aurrender? The one caveat may be the noise floor associated with a power supply comparison between streamers. However, hook up an S-Booster power supply to the Blue Sound Node 2i ($350 bucks??), and I'd challenge anyone to a sizable bet that you could not d... | |
| Upgrade Bluesound DAC or go to Aurrender? Ask anyone if they like their $2000 or $5000 or $10,000 item of any high-tech category, and 90% of time they'll say how great it is, UNLESS OF COURSE, they've already decided to dump it. The above discussion is nearly pointless. I've conducted b... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. C’mon guys, it totally depends on what kind of music you listen to. If you’re into heavy rock, rap, electronic, there are other much better choices. BUT if you favor acoustic forms of music from vocals, acoustic rock, folk, jazz (standards and mod... | |
| Speaker Thoughts - YG Acoustics Hailey 2.2 vs Magico S5 MK II I've listened to YG Kipods and Anats extensively at several shows. And I just spent 3 hours alone in a dealer's showroom listening to S3 and S5 (both MkIIs). The YGs were in a large 50x30 foot room. The experience was the life-like realism of l... | |
| DAW vs Alexia 1 vs Sasha 2, descending order of $$ the degree of empty emotional opinion, absent objective controlled analyses of numerous variables associated with speaker and electronics models, is almost laughable and amateurish when comparing high end gear. | |
| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? I can only chuckle at the "authoritative" comments I read when evaluating luxury 2 channel audio electronics. All electronics will have their particular sound signature. While I may lean toward analytical detail and you prefer warm and lush, I t... | |
| Comparing these CD players with my gear... Hmm mgreen....you mean I can resurrect my old Rotel CDP out of storage in my garage and achieve the same level of sound as out of a Linn CD12 or an Esoteric K1? Thanks for the tip. | |
| Ayre Codex - to keep or not to keep I'm surprised an Ayre rep has not attempted a response to the above noted problems. Ayre has quite exceptional customer service and is known in my experience to be responsive to customer questions and issues. | |
| Quandry: Used Magico V2 vs. new S1 no disagreement from me Schubert. My only argument is that you ATTEMPT to duplicate at home what YOU hear at a live concert. I could be sitting right next to you at the concert and hear something slightly different from what you're hearing. Duplic... | |
| Quandry: Used Magico V2 vs. new S1 no disagreement from me Schubert. My only argument is that you ATTEMPT to duplicate at home what YOU hear at a live concert. I could be sitting right next to you at the concert and hear something slightly different from what you're hearing. Duplic... |