larryken
Responses from larryken
| Integrated amp and low sensitivity speakers buy speakers and them come back to the forum. | |
| Dollar to Satisfaction Ratio not met. Why continue with the combo when you have already arrived at the solution? Our hobby is about synergy and when we find it we hold onto it and maybe tweak a little here or there, so we don't loose the synergy that's taken so long to find. Synergy t... | |
| Monster Cable Monster=Bose, spend your money elsewhere. BTW I often wondered why Monster didn't sue the Boston Redsox for their "Green Monster" wall in left field. | |
| Best dac from computer to tube amp ???? Weiss? nice amp....wonder what Joe Fratus would recommend as a dac. | |
| My "ah-ha" moment with NOS tubes... I found the white label Amperex PQ 7308 to be the best also....military strength build also. | |
| used SET amp under $1500 suggestion like Zman I'm an Almarro fan....the 318B compares favorably to any price SET amp. Had the amp 4 years, never a tube failure, the big russian power tubes are only $40 each and if you bias correctly they run forever. | |
| Zappa question I've seen Frank and his ever changing line ups a few times...a real musical genius I think...too bad he succumbed. My favorite is Hot Rats followed by Wakajawaka. | |
| MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server I use a 5 year old MacBook for my server....have used the Mini as well, could detect no difference in sound quality and I'm not comfortable with "headless" operation. | |
| What does this mean ? acronym for universal plug and play. | |
| How Much DC is OK on a Power Line? DC can come from your neighbors on the same feed as you....I notice my transformer will hum only occasionally at different times of the day...has to be from something my neighbors are running...have tried DC removal devices and none ever worked | |
| Drop-outs exactly what is your computer, what software and how is it all set up????? dropouts can be symptoms of a hard drive on its' last legs but hard to diagnose with the limited info you have provided. | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Arvid Henrikson, this guy plays the trumpet like it's a flute...mindboggling ECM sonics too. | |
| What power cable for DAC? agree with the Zman. | |
| Question to play 24 bits files ?? you don't want to utilized Windows Media Player as your playback software. use JRiver software to playback files...the PC audio people use that alot....go to the Computer Audiophile website and also Well Tempered Computer website....all your quest... | |
| Pre amp recommendations for BAT VK500, besides BAT I paired mine with a VK5i tubed...great match |