kennyc
Responses from kennyc
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry The idea behind the Hana is to use the knowledge/experience of well seasoned high-end cartridge engineers, coupled with quality ready available parts to keep costs down. This recipe has been a huge success. | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry There are a great sounding cartridges mentioned in the thread, but the price/performance of the Hana line is tough to beat. That’s why they sell so many of them while garnishing many positive reviews. The Hana assembly line is shared by far more... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry I fail to understand the purpose of ranking components by value. I see often contentious posts: Cartridge vs cartridge setup Cartridge vs cartridge+tonearmEverything in the audio chain matters. Do cartridges sound different? Yes Is a subpar cartri... | |
| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? my broken speaker sounds pretty neutral | |
| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? Our audio acuity is much more complex than the current science can define.It can be easily empirically and consistency proven that cables measuring the same usually sound different. Also, we don’t buy cables based on measurements, rather, we buy t... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? While there’s been a few practical advice posts regarding the OP, there’s been much debate on the morality aspect. Although many valid points were made, I think the expectations are unrealistic and focus is wrong/unhealthy.Seller risk is a fact.My... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? costliest mistake in this hobby? it's "Starting"...according to my bank account | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? While most seem to say that vinyl sounds better than digital, digital also can sound great. Digital also offers the following advantages:- cheaper price of admission- cheaper media- more available media- much more available songs, albums- purchase... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? If you want an “analog” sounding DAC, I don’t think you can for $1500. The Prima Luna EVO 100 Tube DAC Is $3k. The Halo Audio May DAC starts at $4k. You may like the Halo Audio Spring DAC which starts at $1.7k. The other DACs suggested sound great... | |
| Subwoofer Suggestion @kuloI suspect you know the truth. You’re very fortunate to have great sounding highly resolving speakers. Imagine swapping out one of the Focals mid/bass drivers for a lower quality one- you probably wouldn’t have liked the lack of cohesion/sound... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? I believe most people are honest and show at least some level of empathy. We help each other to achieve better things.Then there are few people who do not look at you as a person but rather as a mark/asset ready to be exploited. They even come wit... | |
| Subwoofer Suggestion @kulo What are you trying to achieve? Is it to seamlessly fill in/extending the lower bass resisters while maintaining a cohesive fidelity or do you want the movie theater chest thumping experience? These are 2 very different goals as the AudioK... | |
| Paradigm Persona: what do you think? Speakers preferences can be very subjective. For instance, while demoing speakers I tried very hard to love Wilson’s, KEF, Revel, etc, but while sounding great they didn’t rock my boat (getting deeply touched/lost emotionally into the music).But M... | |
| Guidance on Speaker Wire +1 @elliottbnewcombjr For better performance, it is much better having long interconnect cables (balanced if possible) rather than long speaker cables. Generally, you should try to keep speakers cables as short as possible | |
| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? From what I’ve researched, the Critical Mass Center Stage 2 seem to be the best by a significant amount. For most positive reviews I’d expect perceivable, good, very good, and the very rare great, after around 10 days of declined performance, the ... |