larryi
Responses from larryi
| Volume Increase of decrease as system improves As I improved my system, the volume level I listen to has gone down. My system sounds dynamic and lively without relying on high volume to deliver juice. | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? While I have heard several Volti speakers (you did not specify your model), I have only heard one First Watt amp, the F2, I believe, in my own system. I had a friend's amp for about two weeks. I really liked the sound of the amp, certainly one o... | |
| Electronics for Harbeth, Especially Monitor 40 series I hardly ever think of solid state amps as "fast" sounding. To me, most of the better solid state amps sound just a touch lifeless when played at lower volume levels. Speed and lower level dynamics are not the strengths of most of the better sol... | |
| Why So Many Raidho Speaker For Sale? If I had to guess, it is the case of a lot of speakers being bought because of so much favorable press, and then the owners finding that the speakers don't actually suit their taste after they have lived with them for some time. That would happen... | |
| How long will tubes last in a pre-amp? Long before the tube fails completely, it can become progressively weaker. Depending on the design of the linestage, it is possible for the unit to sound reasonably good with weak tubes in it or it can become quite lifeless sounding and noisy. T... | |
| Electronics for Harbeth, Especially Monitor 40 series I have only heard the 40.2 with tube amps. It sounded particularly good with a new re-build of the old Western Electric 124 amp. This amp puts out about 12 watts; I don't think high powered amps are a requirement with these speakers. If speaker... | |
| Looking for preamp recommendations to go with First Watt J2 - Under $1K on used market Another possibility is a different form of passive that employs a transformer volume control. Instead of attenuating by burning off the signal in a resistor, transformer volume controls (TVC) attenuate by converting voltage to current. At lower ... | |
| Looking for preamp recommendations to go with First Watt J2 - Under $1K on used market Tom, First Watt specifies the input impedance at 100k ohms, but does not give a sensitivity number. When you play CDs, you achieve adequate volume without the amp distorting? If that is the case, then you do indeed need more gain from your lines... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear I suppose much of what I currently run is rare and quite nice sounding. My preamp is custom-made by Aldo D'Urso in Italy. This makes it "modern," although very few of the components are actually modern. The chassis, tube (310 and 311s), input a... | |
| HIGH Quality Electric Service Panel I know someone who use to design high end music and theater rooms. He would start with a high quality electric panel I believe he liked Equi=Tech. | |
| MBL omnidirectional speakers. How do they sound ? I have heard them numerous times at shows and in a couple showrooms. At their best, they sound VERY good. The best that I heard them sound was in quite large rooms, rooms that were closer to small auditorium than even a large living room. Also,... | |
| Must speakers have certain volume to sound convincing ? I have found that how loud a system needs to be played to be satisfying is not just a matter of the type of speaker or particular models of speakers. The nature of the amplifier is as important. I have been at demonstrations where people who are... | |
| Must speakers have certain volume to sound convincing ? I particularly like horns because they can sound dynamic, lively, and satisfying at quite low volume levels. It is just a guess, but, I bet that is part of the reason they are so popular in Japan where everyone lives close together and no one wan... | |
| Music Server Thanks everyone for the response so far. Although I have not been in the market for a server for some time, when I did look into the matter, I did not particularly like computers running software approach as much as a purpose-built server. I fou... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals I like Marianne Faithfull's "Sister Morphine" more than the Stone's version, but, I don't know which is the cover (Jagger and Faithfull co-wrote the song).Peter Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is another decent cover.I like covers that ch... |