karls
Responses from karls
| Spades or bananas It doesn't need to be a good mechanical connection, it needs to be a good ELECTRICAL connection; there's a difference. You're flowing electrons, not water (although there were some idiotic water-filled cables on the market a few years back, maybe ... | |
| Best Sounding used amplifier under 1000??? I agree, Bryston is a great first choice. Also consider the McCormacks, excellent sound for the price. | |
| Vandersteen or REL or.......?????? Think small I've never owned a Q series, but my impression of the Qs from talking to various people and reading various things is that they aren't quite up to the musical fidelity standards of the ST series; they are more designed for HT use where output leve... | |
| REL Stadium III vs. Stadium II differences? More substantial cabinet (always a good thing), improved amplifier section, plus more flexible hookup arrangements, can hook up high-level input for 2-ch and line level for HT LFE simultaneously. But I agree, call ambrosia and ask. | |
| Ever hear of Mu Metal for video shielding Subs? mu metal is very good but you don't really need its sophistication for simple shielding-- any highly magnetic iron or steel sheet will work. Note that magnetic in this case means "capable of being magnetized", not actually in a magnetized state! I... | |
| Krell Amps and Pre-amps For Krell1: I am not trying to trash Krell, they obviously are an expensive and heavy amp and use good-sized transformers. BUT that is not nearly the whole story in power supplies. As I mentioned, Ayre is one of the few companies I am aware of tha... | |
| Are you allowed to increase the selling price ? just a thought, perhaps it would be good to introduce a "buy it now" price in the auctions, as an option for sellers who want to use it. That sort of takes the place of placing simultaneous auctions and classifieds. | |
| Krell Amps and Pre-amps I have always liked PS Audio, they aren't flashy but they do a great job. I haven't heard their recent amps but I have great respect for their P plants. But one comment here: Any amp (or other component) that really needs a P plant is showing you ... | |
| Krell Amps and Pre-amps Neither Krell nor Levinson have yet gotten it right enough that I can stand listening to them, although I haven't heard the latest generation stuff yet, and they keep getting closer. Krell has always been unnaturally punchy and technicolor, and Le... | |
| Do you approve of "How Stereophile Market itself"? Please don't lump Phillips in with Sony; they aren't at all the same. Sony has been a major player in trying to drive down recording quality standards via lossy compression algorithms (in addition to having abysmal quality control in their own ele... | |
| One woofer or a pair? In my experience, the only way to get away with a mono sub is if the crossover point is exceedingly low, meaning less than 40Hz. Anything above that and you will be able to localize it. I also agree about the virtues of downloading; it seems to co... | |
| Pros and Cons of Ribbons Another good source of ribbon opinion is www.sequerra.com, he's not unbiased but it's interesting reading anyway. They are better than dynamic drivers in most ways except efficiency, power handling, and fragility. If these don't concern you, go fo... | |
| Spades or bananas There isn't going to be any difference if you use quality stuff like WBT. Just be careful, because while almost any spade will make a good connection if it's crimped and tightened properly, I've seen banana plugs that were pretty cheesy and wouldn... | |
| Thiel 1.6 vs Proac 1.5 Tom, I'd suggest that what you are hearing is that the 2102 (or other tube amp) is a much better match for the Thiels because its particular colorations tend to cancel the speakers' own colorations. Neither one of them are perfectly neutral, but w... | |
| Electrical current polarity I know you're not crazy, but I'm wondering how this is going to affect the sonics if you happen to for example plug your source into one outlet box and your amp into another with opposite phase. Obviously, the neutrals and grounds should be at the... |