lwin
Responses from lwin
| How rare is an audiophile Yogiboy hit the nail on the head as there are a lot of people who enjoy music but very few who are audiophiles. I have been very fortunate to meet a few most of whom have become good friends. Nowadays there are so many distractions that for someo... | |
| Hardly see any Von Schweikert upper end speakers for sale here. Part of the reason could be that they just don’t sell many of their top tier speakers. | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Current and best speaker cables I have heard are Shunyata Research Comp Sigma 2. Before that I had a pair of the Sigma 1 and before that Cardas Clear Beyond. Both the Cardas and Sigma 1 were very good but the Sigma 2 were better in my system. | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? I agree with mapman in that I tend to listen in the 85 to 90 dba range. | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? +1 oddiofyl I just recently purchased a preamp from Fidelis and have dealt with them and the other two you mentioned in the past. All were low key ,respectful and polite. | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? I initially started with 2 GIK quadratic diffusers on a shelf in front of my tv screen between my speakers. I liked the results so much that I purchased two more and put them atop the original pair. | |
| Gotham Quadratic Diffusers Last week I added two more Quadratic Diffusers with disastrous results. All six of the shelf’s 40 pound rated dry wall anchors pulled out of the wall. Unfortunately ,my preamp was damaged. To prevent this from happening again , I added a third she... | |
| The Mood Was Ruined Totally agree. The only thing worse than musicus interruptus is coitus interruptus. | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? I have always said you are only as old as your music. A lot of my friends and family are attracted to what they heard while going to school and don’t progress from. For myself, I am constantly searching for new music even though I am now in my sev... | |
| Why Are We Breaking Our Brains? Being a wine geek and an audiophile I find your analogy thought provoking. I think that there are some major differences that account for the acrimony. Unless we personally made the wine outside of what we paid for it, we have no skin in the game ... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream MK2 DAC I had the MK I DAC which I traded in for the MK II. The MK I was a very good DAC but the MK II is in another league altogether. I have had it in my system for almost 2 months and I don’t think I have ever purchased a piece of gear that made such a... | |
| Gotham Quadratic Diffusers @benzman very nice room and system. Yes I think one row across would produce some nice results for you. As Joe Niels suggested I would contact GIK for a free consultation. | |
| Gotham Quadratic Diffusers Hi Joe: Ouch, I would also have canceled the order. You might want to try again. I live in Maine and I think the shipping came to somewhere around $35 . The Gothams are smaller than some of their prior diffusers. You can always place them in the c... | |
| Expensive Dac to keep or cheaper and change overtime @akg_ca At least you have listened to the PS Audio MKII DAC. I am tired of folks who make negative comments on gear they haven’t even listened to. In my first response I mentioned how good this DAC was with redbook CD ‘s. That is where the real va... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? Where they packaged one of the speakers they should at least be responsible for the damage on that one. About 10 years ago I purchased a Parasound amp on Audiogon . UPS packaged it using those cheap air filled plastic pillows . Half of them were d... |