leatherneck1812
Responses from leatherneck1812
| You know you're an audiophile if-- You have put together an awsome high powerd SS system. You have been through a dozen power, speaker, interconnect cables. component matching has taken years. It sounds spectacular, you love it....then the doubt sets in. What if tubes really do you... | |
| Ikemi owners? My Ikemi was skipping on some discs but played most just fine. (commercial not burned)I had it cleaned and the laser realigned and it worked flawlessly on all discs after that. I only have 1 cdr burned from a mac by a friend and it plays as it sho... | |
| different wood for a DIY isolation platform Wood adds tone because it resonates. What tone sounds right is system dependent.Jatoba is beautiful wood. I have 2" Maple platforms I made as well as multiple blocks 2 x 2 x 1 that I have been experimenting with in place of the feet on my amp, tun... | |
| Modded CD Player or Stock CD Player? Modded = best sound for your buck and worst return on your investment. If you buy used modded, you can try several diferent units if you feel the need and have minimal risk on resale. | |
| CD player recommendations under $2K used Linn Ikemi is everything you are looking for if you can find one. | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Another vote for Totem Arros. There are 4 pairs for sale right now. All in your price range. | |
| Integrated amps on a 1,000 dollar budget Arcam mates very well with the 602. Great sound and build quality. It would be perfect plug and play , easy to use, no tubes, compact. You can get a Diva for well below $1,000.00 | |
| 2-3K, Integrated or Seperates Integrated. 1 less power cord. 2 less cables. Less electricity. Less space needed. Less time tweaking and more time listening. At 2-3k lots of choices on some very fine amps. | |
| Where are you today? I started with SS integrated. Went to SS seperates, then tube pre, tube mono blocks, ice integrated, SS mono blocks.Today:Response audio modified Jolida 502b I am hooked (currently) on modified tube integrateds. I love the sound and the simplicity... | |
| Power conditioner or not? I don't have any experience with Niam, but I had a BPT 3.5 power conditioner which I felt improved my system overall. I then put in dedicated power lines with cryoed outlets and found I prefered my system with no power conditioner. | |
| Wife/girlfriend or audio: if you had to chose? Audio (31) All good. First wife (18) ten of those were good. Not 10 in a row, which kept things interesting. Girlfriend (6) All good. I bought her dance lessons for Xmas. Goes a lot farther than any diamond I have purchased! It requires effort on ... | |
| Make sure your speakers spikes are coupled Don,I am using the hardwood floor spikes with the rounded ends that came with the speakers on the maple plinths.Russ | |
| Personal speaker evolution I started in 1976 with some speakers from Team electronics. I think the brand was Atlantis? I was 16 and within 6 months I had went through every speaker they sold and ended up with with Bose 901s the best thing they had. I had the stands but even... | |
| What Integrated Amp for Reynaud Offrandes Gary,Are you getting new Offrandes?I look forward to hearing how they sound with the New Audio Frontiers 845 SE Russ | |
| What Integrated Amp for Reynaud Offrandes Gary, I have Offrandes. I have had them running with a Krell fpb 300cx/modwight 9.0 preamp, a pair of Manley snapper mono blocks/modwright, and now a Jeff Rowland Concerto integrated. All different, all good in thier own way. I bought the Manleys ... |