larryken
Responses from larryken
| Vikings Fight Song: Try again very funny, thanks, what would Steeler fans think?? | |
| Auditioning a Tube Amp listen to good recordings with the human voice...does it sound natural and real? see if you get an impression you are listening to music not equipment, you should get a positive emotional response that is hard for sand amps to produce | |
| Adcom GFA-555SE ? you can do better elsewhere for the same money I'm sure...former Adcom owner. | |
| Floorstander or bookshelf? treat the room first....biggest bang for the buck and most necessary | |
| CD Stoplight pen vs Sharpie Green Marker sol322 gave good advice....supposedly the markers help prevent laser light dispersion....if you can hear a difference and like it go for it....tweaking if part of the fun of this hobby. | |
| Electro-Harmonix:steel pins, gold pins, platinium steel corrodes, gold and platinum do not. | |
| Hyperion 938 or Defenitive Technology Mythos ST?? only you can decide by listening...easy to get sold if you only go by reviews...each speaker has a different design approach. | |
| SET the best? It is a matter of taste. I was a high current SS guy for many years and morphed into SET once I heard a nice setup....music sounds very natural and I found myself listening to the music rather than the equipment. Downside is tubes require a little... | |
| Adcom GFA-5800 Opinions agree completely with Riley...if you like the sound don't look elsewhere, it costs a lot more.Larry | |
| Speakers help for a newb... von Schweikert VR1's with their stands, around 750 tops....add a sub later if you feel like it, you can't go wrong....your amp has to put out 100 watts a side to power these. | |
| Interconnects for Rotel Amp. + CD anti-cables....don't waste your dough on big money cables.Larry | |
| xlr vs rca I'd stay away from the adapters..the cardas i used on my cdp put huge noise into the system...balanced is not always better anyway but some components are optimized for best performance with xlr's, like BAT gear. my raysonic cdp has rca and xlr bu... | |
| Adcom 555 Mk 2 Questions it's a very harsh sounding amp... | |
| do fancy fuses help? waste of money. | |
| What's wrong? Nuforce/Capri no better than Sunfire TVAD gave you real good advice.... |