kasboot
Responses from kasboot
| Sony XA 777 vs modified Denon ? Sony SCD XA 777Es is not an Audiophile player people. On redbook CDs It sounds dark , veiled, with a congested soundstage that only extends between the speakers, and complete lack of soundstage depth. Timberal accuracy and imaging are abismal. Thi... | |
| Best Thread on Audiogon? The best one I heard was " So, what are you listening to"? | |
| What's better 100w class a or 200w class ab? If the FIRST watt is not RIGHT, why bother!!! | |
| Return to Audio: What Products to Consider? Here is my 2 cents Andrew...You are right, high price does not necessarily mean high quality and good sound. A good CD player is the Cambridge Audio D500SE, for about $300 used, this is a great buy. It can do 24/192. For speakers check out www.zal... | |
| shielded cables & IC's or not? On the contrary, shielding can actually pick up RFI and EMI eminating from nearby power cords, etc, and introduce it into the signal path resulting in unfavorable sound characteristics that I have previously mentioned. You may want to do a trial o... | |
| shielded cables & IC's or not? Generraly speaking unshielded cables sound "open" and by that I mean, the sound stage is not restricted in both width and depth. Shielded cablles generally "choke" the music and by that I mean they close off the sound stage and your music sounds l... | |
| Thick or thin speaker & interconnect cables ? The thinner your interconnect; generally the better. I personally prefer 26 AWG Silver wire as interconnect. Shielding is not a good idea especially if you are using SETs. Shielding which is a favorite catch phrase of cable manufacturers actually ... | |
| Tube Preamp Advice Needed Personal attacks are much too mundane and common for me to engage in.....and let's leave at that | |
| Tube Preamp Advice Needed by the way, did I mention the Decware ZTPRE has a 30 day money back gurantee, at a small restocking fee...... | |
| Tube Preamp Advice Needed Absolutely correct Abecollins....The DECWARE ZTPRE is a bargain. I can not understand why people spend thousands on crap like ARC or Conrad Johnson or Joule electra or Jadis (good stuff but OVER priced and probably do not come with a life time war... | |
| Tube Preamp Advice Needed Let me ask you something.....who has a Dual Mono tube preamp with dual mono power supply which is housed in it's own seperate chamber with LIFETIME warranty and it's also SET design with point to point soldering. No Circuit boards. Purist/minimali... | |
| KEF 104/2 Ref: Needs new crossover and drivers Thank you all for your responses. Unfortunately I can not sell them as they originally belong to my wife and she won't let go of them.....go figure | |
| KEF 104/2 Ref: Needs new crossover and drivers Some of the drivers have some rot, but as you all know these speakers are remarkably veiled in their presentation. I understand that generally speaking replacing drivers are not recommended. But I was hoping to use an updated driver from KEF with ... | |
| looking for a speaker with one driver. You can try www.thehornshoppe.com, try doing a search on Google for lowther speakers. There is a David Dicks in St. Louis who sells Lowthers. Fostex drivers are ok. I build a Fostex based single driver full range , bass reflex speaker. They image ... | |
| Best speakers for 2000-USED Try NorthCreekAudio.com. They have a kit for the Rhythem Unlimited project that costs $2300 with the cabinets. This is the same speaker as the Pro Ac 3.8 at less than 1/3 the price. The Pro Ac sells for $7500. The kits have BETTER crossover and a ... |