kennyc
Responses from kennyc
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? Recordings: Analog versions differ vs Digital versions differ = apples and oranges | |
| is McIntosh known for good dynamics? @ghdprentice - dang, you’ve talked me into trying a WA5. I’ll likely get the WA5-integrated as I’m also investigating tube sonics starting with flea watt amps on my 100db speakers. | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? No, still exploring | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion @ullogu1 the Joseph Audio Pulsar, maybe Joseph Audio in general, are musical speakers and one of the few that seem universally liked. Many find B&W too bright. | |
| Im going to regret my cable question The rockets are fine for the money, but likely much better to stretch for the great price/performance of Silversmith Audio Fidelium or Kirmuss Adrenaline whose reviews are extremely positive | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) Different presentations: Digital- filters Analog - cartridges - Koetsu stone, Lyra Atlas, DS Audio, SPU, DAVA field coil, Grado Epoch, ETSURO-GOLD,…… | |
| Back in the vinyl saddle again. +1 @jasonbourne71 - change the cartridge Hana offers great/bargain price/performance Soundsmith offers quality sonics and bargain priced low cost retip replacement | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? Audiophile blanket? Although inexpensive, I’ll pass on this tweak 😉 | |
| Mike's Barn. @mikelavigne I really enjoyed your sharing about your audiophile journey, your generous helpfulness, and your patience with difficult people. Many thanks, you are a blessing in my audio journey. | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? This seems similar buying a car new or used. Once we buy the car, we usually don’t care about newer models coming out, but rather we are satisfied with the function and use of our purchase because it is doing “exactly” what we expected at the time... | |
| Is this a new trend? If you triggered and interest... then it can pop up all over. Once you notice it, then you start noticing them... @ghdprentice This could be true! Lately I’ve been marveling about the high sonic quality of bookshelf/monitors, often seeing the... | |
| Stereo Times review on the Tekton Design Encore Monitor +1 fan of @teajay - one of the better/best audio reviewers/writers | |
| Stereo Times review on the Tekton Design Encore Monitor Not all “experts” are created equal. Also, there seems to be 3 reasons against negative professional reviews: 1) P reviewers choose interesting components for their audience, usually meaning newer designs with good reputations - so expect reliabil... | |
| From Audio Note AN/J-D to where? I have 2 systems- technically high-end speakers with a powerful amp, and the 100db Volti Audio Rivals to explore low watt tube amps including flea watt 300b, 2a3, 45. I choose the Volti because of its high efficiency, neutrality, and full range -... | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? +1 Joseph Audio Pulsar, musical, many fans with very positive reviews. Zu Druid 6 - 101db is an extremely efficient speaker which is typically matched with low wattage tube amps including flea watt. I’ve demoed Zu a few times at audio shows, b... |