mattmiller

Responses from mattmiller

The use of the word "musical" as an adjective
Musical means... "something real sounding and a joy to listen too". Matt M 
Mullard cv4003 & 12au7 Blackburn
What!  Are we tube experts? Call Andy @www.vintagetubeservices.com  
Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy!
There are many reasons for this...Noise SUX!! I have had some problems myself with noise that lasted for almost a year! Then I finally narrowed it down to my turntables cartridge leads, one had lost some insulation and showed some bare conducter! ... 
Replace PS Audio DLIII + Pass Preamp With Directstream Jr?
BETTER? is very subjective term at this point. Different- Is a better word to describe the change. Only you will know if you like what this does. I happen to prefer a active tube line stage pre amp in my system. You may love having none. Matt M  
Cartridge with broken coil wire
I would send it to the manufacturer if possible.  
speaker wire recommendations needed
Kimber is very nice cable and the 8TC will sound great. The only other suggestion would be to check out Morrowaudio.com , you can shop used cables or new , plus they always have specials going on. And you can call them and have them make you anyth... 
Bizarre issue (Audio Alchemy)
Yes I think the PS Audio Detect needs to be totally removed, use some cheap power strips if u need to. Try this out and let us know what happens. Matt M 
Hegel vs Rogue
Get the Hegel/ Schitt combo. I'm sure you will be blown away! Matt M 
McCormack dna1 to Sony 1040
If you could find a nice dedicated pre amp to go along with that McCormack it will sound leaps and bounds better than using a Sony receiver in any capacity. The Sony shouldnt be in the same room with that McCormack.Matt M 
2 Channel Subwoofer connection
Subs that use 4 (2 neg and 2 pos) wires from the amp to receive the signal is an old outdated way of running a sub, how can you say the active sub dosent see the 2 additional wires connected to it..it does, and it has to deal with it. I call this ... 
Cable thoughts
Buy Morrow Audio Cables, Pay for the burn in, live with them and pull your hair out, grind your teeth for another 200- 300 hours. And then one day turn your system on and be floored! These cables will change your life!www.morrowaudio.comAnd you do... 
Mcitosh balance canle
McIntosh does not make cables...  
DAC with multiple selective digital inputs
Why not upgrade to a OPPO 105D, this kills all birds. You get a New Blue RAY/universal player with all the video bells and whistles, all the digital ins and outs you could ever use, and its a Stereophile rated A device because of its Dual Saber DA... 
power
There are a lot of speakers that work very well with low watts, I would  say..5w to 25w. But in the real world most speakers need Power to open up and sound great or to bring out the speakers full potential. Matt M 
power for mc452 and c2600
How about NONE...Ive owned a MC352 for 10 years and its always been plugged right into the wall socket directly with never a problem (and I move a lot), the problems start when I’ve used cheap devices in the past (they color the sound badly and ro...