kennyc
Responses from kennyc
| Lifting the Christmas veil Maybe the OP can give audiophile bachelor’s advice of finding a spouse with a high WAF. Congratulations on reconnecting to your music. | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? This seems somewhat backwards. Don’t we usually research gear first then purchase to try in our audio chains? Then subsequently we’d discover if we like th... | |
| New Ortofon website with tonearm cartridge matcher Incomplete/lacking- didn’t even have the Kuzma 4point. | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? Purchased a mint vinyl Blood, Sweat And Tears – Bloodlines - Analog Productions from Discogs. | |
| Linn or T+A My impression is T+A HV electronics sonically punch above their price point. I took a serious look at the HV integrated but went with Constellation separates. I’ve been deeply researching the latest high-end audio components for the last 7 years ... | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp +1 Backert Labs +1 Aesthetix Calypso | |
| DAC Recommendations In 4k Range Used Denafrips Terminator or Holo May, but T+A DAC 200 and Lampizator Baltic 4 (tube) both sonics punch significantly above their price points. | |
| Do dormant cables need "RE" Broken In? If so how long can they sit dormant? Some forums reported that periodic cooking of one’s cables yields sonic benefits, so I’m considering purchasing a Audiodharma cable cooker. A lower cost alternative is Hagerman Frybaby. | |
| Bookshelf Speakers for office ~$500 Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-600M On sale here used KEF LS50 | |
| Fleetwood Deville vs Wilson Sound OP- fantastic that you demoed for yourself- much better to understand sonic differences than mere words can convey. I too am a Magico fan- the S3 (2023) sounds similar to the M2/M3 - one of these may be my end game target. I’ve listened to many W... | |
| Any normal size speakers that sound like Volti When it comes to WAF, wives differ. Some are flexible, others very particular about the room furnishings. Maybe place 4 other small boxes into room then ask wife if ok. | |
| Best Used Speaker Under $4,000 w/ Respectable Lows Used Monitor Audio Gold used GoldenEar Triton used Kef R7 Meta, R700, R900 | |
| Why "bookshelf" sspeakers? Lower costs, pointsource preference, nearfield listening vs less bass extension and energy. Footprint is difference so small it’s usually immaterial | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated Amp: Odyssey Khartago or Stratos Integrated: used Cambridge Audio Edge A | |
| What is proper ratio of money spent on amp/preamp/integrated vs speakers? 1:1? IIRC Robert Harley’s book “The Complete Guide to High-End Audio” has a suggested % allocation. BUT, it is only a very loose guide maybe more useful for a rough idea in a new audio chain. Normally, one looks at their audio chain a then address the... |