mammothguy54
Responses from mammothguy54
| ~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought Dynaudio Contour 60 or the forthcoming next generation Contour 60i at $11,000 (I have a set on order). With that next gen model on the way there are a number of Dynaudio dealers selling their floor models of the Contour 60 at a bargain price. Sm... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. Well Chakster, I didn't mention your name because I am not one to bash others. But since you are requesting it then, yes, I was referencing you.I can see that your opinion and, more importantly, your manners, are what they are.Stay safe and be he... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. I agree that Technics turntables are a fine product. I sold many of them during that part of my CE industry life. They sounded very good, worked flawlessly, and never came back with a mechanical issue. Very happy customers. The direct drive of... | |
| Manufacturers with Excellent customer service Indeed, Upscale Audio (Kevin Deal and all of the employees) are exemplary of how professional help in this industry should be.My experience with Balanced Audio Technology was by far the best I have ever had with any brand of product, no matter the... | |
| Hearing loss and HiFi Pipebro, try this. Now at the age of 66 I have noticed a bit of a roll-off in auditory reception, mostly in the upper range of frequencies and mainly in my left ear. Through simple experimentation I found that by pushing out my left ear, from be... | |
| Why Crazy Prices paid for Pioneer 100 JBL L100 AR1 AR3 AR3A In the mid-1970s I was in retail at Pacific Stereo (a big chain retailer, with 84 stores, mostly throughout California but also with 10 in Chicago and 8 in Texas). I sold a ton of the JBL speakers, plenty being the L100. No doubt, they went loud... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. So Chakster, then why is it that the vast majority of the most high-end turntables are belt drive? I welcome your explanation. There could be something to learn from it.And, per your comment, then my new Rega Planar 10 turntable is junk? I beg t... | |
| I think some cables are just a little too expensive. Hey, check this out, a cable comment!If you have read some of my other dialogue/comments on other threads than you would know that I really enjoy the Audioquest brand of products for signal cables, speaker cables, power cables, and AC conditioners... | |
| Looking for a speaker cable with a relaxed sound. mglik has it right. The better quality the cable, the least amount of distortion (change) it will have upon the signal. | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? three easy payments, I believe that ebm is describing to use the Critical Mass Center Stage as footers under the amp and, thus, between the amp and the Ultra Stealth platform. That is the same method that I had described in the page 1 of this thr... | |
| Isolation Devices You can go to a variety of quality audio component rack companies websites and they will show pictures of their racks, with spikes, sitting on a hard material coupler over a hardwood floor. The point is, the spikes are meant to directly interface... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? Mechanical drainage of micro vibrations makes a tremendous difference, in a positive manner, on the total sound quality. It's really amazing how much improvement a quality footer can provide. Sorbothane was popular in the 1980s and is still bein... | |
| Guidance on Speaker Wire Woots, the brand of balanced signal cable is up to you. As long as you choose a balanced cable and not an RCA cable. However, I say that only if your preamp has balanced outputs (many do, in addition to RCA outputs) and your amp has balanced inp... | |
| Guidance on Speaker Wire sgreg1 is exactly correct. If you can run two 60' lengths of speaker cable than you can obviously run a pair of 60' length signal connecting cables. That is still a long run so it would have an impact on the cost-per-foot of signal cable, unless... | |
| No longer need 16' speaker cable pair- options? Zavato, you can find plenty to read about on why the shortest length possible of speaker cable is the best option. A longer signal connecting cable is a better choice than a longer speaker cable. As dweller mentioned, if your speakers are capabl... |