karmakarma
Responses from karmakarma
| Buying new pre-amp Hi Tony, Can't speak to the specifics of either piece, but the age of your Crown probably means there has been a gradual decline in performance as caps and other components degrade. Hey, we all get old! I have not heard the Emotiva but would encou... | |
| cd player upgrade I settled on a German-made reference CD player after testing and owning many, many players including Cambridge, which I find to be excellent values. In this case you will get a brighter sound than the Adcom. I do like the Wolfson DACS for bass. Th... | |
| cable lifters, how to maximize benefit? Hi, I'm pretty sure no one will tell you they can do an A-B test and tell whether their cables are elevated or not. However, I use them, because it seems to me that it is the accumulation of tweaks that makes a system sound better. I use isolation... | |
| jitter reduction? While I have not yet incorporated my Mac into my audio system, I can state that I have heard great improvement with the Camelot Dragon Pro II when it comes to jitter reduction. Some of the notable names, Genesis Lens and Monarchy, work but the Cam... | |
| Receivers with 220V Power Supply You can widen your search if you use a step-down transformer. Just a thought. | |
| Step Down transformer W/Asian/Euro Integrated amps Hi, I used one on a Chinese amp with no apparent issues. No way to do an A/B comparison, so I cannot say if the sound was degraded. Probably not. | |
| I need help selecting a tube amp Hello, I can't speak to the specific speakers, but I presently biamp with a SS Van Alstine 220 wpc amp for the woofers on my Meadowlark Hot Rod Herons. I found that a Jolida 302a (50 wpc) with the volume at 2 o' clock gives me lucious mids and hig... |