larryi
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| Best Audio Store in Washington D C ? JS Audio has most of the big audiophile brands--e.g., Wilson, Revel, Meridian, McIntosh-- and enough rooms to demonstrate the gear. This would be the best, single, conventional store. Evolution Audio, near Tysons Corner, has brands such as Magico,... | |
| High quality AC turntable motor Lewm,What I was getting at was that ac controllers that change speed between 45 and 33.3 without splitting the phase cannot really do a good job. The capacitor that then does the phase split/rotation, cannot be of the right value to do the job cor... | |
| High quality AC turntable motor If the controller does not split phase (relies on a capacitor in the motor to split phase), then I would expect that one is better off moving the belt on a pulley rather than electrically switching speed. The motor controller for the Basis turntab... | |
| Hookup wire for tube amplifier? Jetrexpro and Dracule1, Since there is no consensus on what is "neutral" or "no effect," every comparison is with respect to some other component. I would expect Teflon to be different from other kinds of caps, so in that sense, they have a sound.... | |
| Hookup wire for tube amplifier? There are so many factors that go into wire design, not just conductor material, such as insulator dielectric properties, basic configuration of the conductors, etc., that I would never focus on design aspects, much less one particular design aspe... | |
| Hookup wire for tube amplifier? I don't think any generalizations about wire hold true. There are good examples of all kinds of wire. I have never heard Audionote silver wires to sound overly bright in any of a number of tube systems I heard them in, my own included.The only way... | |
| Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst? Mitch,I would not guess about others, but, my experience mirrors yours. I like the sound of my CD player, but, I find much more pleasure in the music using the server--it is so much easier to locate and sample long-forgotten purchases, and I enjoy... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... I wish ALL reviews were "negative" in the sense that they emphasize what the reviewer thought were either issues/problems or had the potential to be such. That is the only way that the opinion of the reviewer can be useful--pointing out areas that... | |
| custom tube amp builder who has excellent skills Check out Fred Volz at Emotive Audio. He does custom work that is both nice looking and sounds great.With Deja Vu Audio, sound is the entire priority, but, who knows, you might like the looks too. Deja Vu has some very retro looking gear (made wit... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... I hardly ever agree with Mr. Fremer on favorite gear, but, I appreciate that he is willing to more directly speak his mind in a review than most reviewers. I also appreciate the comments of those who disagree with reviews. I find it interesting th... | |
| Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst? I just set up my new music server this week (Naim NDS Server/DAC, Uniti ripper, Qnap NAS) so I have begun to rip my CD collection. This is going to take quite a bit of effort, particularly, the editing of metadata. In addition to ease of accessing... | |
| 12' x 14' room; $10k budget for speakers; help Smaller rooms also usually means limited options for speaker placement. One of the most versatile speakers I have heard is the Gradient Revolution. This speaker sounds great in a small room and can be located close to the back wall or even corners... | |
| tube gear vs solid state...cable effectiveness Perhaps, wire seems less important to tube equipment owners than solid state owners because the first step taken to tailor the sound of tube gear to one's particular taste and system interactions is to change out tubes. With solid state gear, ther... | |
| The most dynamic speaker you've heard... I haven't found any speaker that has exhibited exceptional dynamics under all conditions. Great horn drivers are truly exceptional at lower volume levels and can make music sound lively and engaging at surprisingly low levels, but, they tend to "s... | |
| Singer sounds lower than ear level, help raise it It helps to try all sorts of placement. Proper location of a speaker is largely a random hit or miss thing and even a movement as small as 1/2 inch can make a huge difference if you happen to be moving into or out of a strong mode.For your particu... |