knghifi
Responses from knghifi
| ARC Quality Issues Ref75 Ref5SE Ref10 12-24-14: No_moneyI'm not sure Dweller? I know when I buy tube sets from them they are labeled Ref2 MkII. For the prices they charge I assumed they where all well tested and matched. The argument I always heard was that many tubes wouldn't pass, t... | |
| ILLusion Liquid Air Umbilical for Modwright units Brownsfan, I find TS 5U4GB has the best combinations of attributes I desire. Great detail and resolution but still very musical. Excellent imaging, dynamic and big sound stage. I bought several from Brent Jesse. In general, I find GE and RCA warme... | |
| XLR vs RCA All my interconnects are XLR. What Kijanki said PLUS it's easier to take off and put on so preserves the connectors. | |
| ILLusion Liquid Air Umbilical for Modwright units Surprisingly my Illusion Umbilical cord arrived today and after 3+ hours, it's a nice upgrade from stock. NOT inexpensive but definitely worth the $$. On familiar recordings, it's easier to decipher complex and compressed passages. Sound is more c... | |
| ILLusion Liquid Air Umbilical for Modwright units It comes alive after 200+ hoursJerry shipped mine today so hopefully get it Friday.A bit off topic ... I already got Brownsfan .02 between PS 9.0 and 9.9. Wig, how does PS 9.0 compare to 9.9 in your system? What tubes are you rolling in 9.9? | |
| ILLusion Liquid Air Umbilical for Modwright units How long does it take to break in an Audio Magic Illusion Umbilical cord? | |
| The cloud? This whole Cloud thing is such a marketing joke!Are you kidding? I use iCloud to backup my iPhone. It works great restoring a corrupted phone and initializing a new phone when I upgrade. | |
| ARC Quality Issues Ref75 Ref5SE Ref10 12-18-14: HifimaniacThat's why I switched to VAC gear! Sounds better too!Hmm! Weren't you singing a different tune when you had VAC Phi pre and mono amps? Why did you switch FROM VAC gear? LOL!I'm not bashing but a big fan of VAC. I'm using a VAC ... | |
| ARC CD 3 Doesn't read disc? ARC CD 3 Doesn't read disc?Computer Audio! | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference 12-13-14: Ricred1Should I upgrade from the Perfectwave DAC II to the Directstream or keep the Perfectwave DAC II and upgrade my transport from a NAD 565bee CD player to a PS Audio PerfectWave Transport? I just upgraded my preamp and this will be m... | |
| VAC amps and Focal Grand Utopias at $195k a pair 12-11-14: Charles1dadHi Fplanner,For sake of clarification, Jwm's example of someone selling equitment and denying it concerns a friend of his. He wasn't referring to you. I never understand how these situations evolve regarding preferences. It is... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Seems someone belly ached about me pointing out how a certain member here flips his gear more than Snoop Dog changes his shoes, and thus has no credibility.Some like to roll tubes, dacs, amps ... After all, this is a hobby and that's the definitio... | |
| VAC amps and Focal Grand Utopias at $195k a pair If he was a confident person he would not have avoided you at all.How did you conclude it's lack of confidence? Is it possible they just don't like each other? Different personalities?I don't know Fplanner or Dev and never met them so I will not s... | |
| Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs... All I'm going to say is in an internet forum, you have no idea who is behind the screen and on the keyboard. All you got is contents of their posts to determine if they have any credibility, and whether their advice and experience are worthy of co... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Anyone know if the HAPZ1 will read my CDs burned on my Olive 06dh?Not familiar with Olive but after reading the user's manual, you can try.1. Buy a 3 TB self powered USB drive for < $100 and backup your Olive. Basically export the music so you ... |