larryi
Responses from larryi
| Oppression within the speaker industry and how it can be stopped? For such "oppression" to be a reality, you must have a conspiracy or dominant monolithic power that controls the industry, which is simply the opposite of reality. With a low barrier to entry into the market, there are hundreds of different compa... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k I don't think there is any reasonable answer to that question, particularly because no particular requirements are specified. Is remote control a necessary feature (to me it is), is a balance control important (again a necessity for me)? Do you ... | |
| Best Amp and Pre-amp with silver transformers and silver wiring I own a very nice amp with silver wire output transformers--Audio Note Kageki. But, I cannot say that it is necessarily the transformer wire composition that makes it a very good amp. I also own a pushpull amp with copper wiring that I actually ... | |
| Cartridge reliability I have never had a problem with Lyra cartridges. The out-of-the-box quality, based on alignment of the cantilever and stylus, has been flawless, and I've never had problems with the cantilever tilting in one direction over time. While some may b... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Keep in mind that sibilance is in a lot of vocal recordings; if you try to kill it by rolling off the tweeter (the resistors you mention), something else might be lost. The most annoying vocal sibilance I hear tends to be in classical choral reco... | |
| More power for moderate listening levels? I have heard, and liked, the HL5+, and to me, even with lower-powered tube amps, it can play quite loudly. But, my idea of loud might be different from yours. In building any speaker, compromises must be made, and I doubt that the HL5+ was desig... | |
| How to damper booming bass... The first step with ANY sound issue is finding the best placement of the speaker. While moving speakers away from the corners of the room will reduce boom, a more precise way to find the best placement is to use one of the methodologies that invo... | |
| More power for moderate listening levels? This is not an easy question to answer, and it would depend on particulars that are impossible to factor in, such as your own personal preferences and priorities. My own priority is for the amp to sound good while playing at lower output levels w... | |
| Cartridge suggestions for SME Turntable latitk,You have a nice table and arm combination. A friend has that arm (with upgraded bearings) and it is very good at bringing out the best tracking performance of a the Lyra Titan and Transfiguration Orpheus cartridges we tried in that arm. I... | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” I agree that the Nancy Wilson, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole recordings on Capitol sound really good. I had an opportunity to hear a master tape for a Nat King Cole recording and it was unbelievably vibrant, and realistic sounding.There is some... | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” Some of the very best stereo recordings were done in the late 1950's. It is a bit sad that the state of the art has not advanced that much. For example, a number of 6-eye Columbia's from that time are incredible sounding, such as Ellington's "Bl... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? Music Technology does terrific work and they are fair when it comes to pricing. That is not to say that the shop that did the original appraisal is overpriced or otherwise not a wise choice. At this juncture, that shop is the only one that reall... | |
| Now Hear This Thank you for sharing that episode. I watched the whole thing and loved it. I really liked the way they incorporated jazz and jazz improvisation to both contrast and bridge the gap between classical music formalism and other musical performance ... | |
| I really wanted to dislike D'Agostino Erik,I like what I heard from the D'Agostino amp/Wilson speaker combination. I've heard that setup at several shows, so it seems to be recognized as a good match in the same way Wilson's were often matched with Spectral a while ago.I have not giv... | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? I have not listened to ethernet vs. usb myself, but I have two local dealerships that I like, and both don't like usb connection. My own system, Naim 555 server and uniti/core ripper and storage, is ethernet connected. The Naim has the server an... |