mattmiller
Responses from mattmiller
| Happy Birthday Phonograph The Disc's were much more fun for comedians than the cylinders back then. Smash! LOL | |
| Advice for mounting a TT shelf on a wall Mount it at a correct HEIGHT so your back dosent go out or your on tip toes. Mount on a short door less wall if possible. Matt | |
| Speaker Questions Stay away from the Polk Audios, theres a reason you dont see them in recommended ...(they dont sound good) and nothing you do to them will change that. Difinitive Technologies makes great speakers and KEF and JBL anything but Polks! Matt M | |
| Shrill high frequencies Try MIT or Transparent cables and IC's instead of the Cardas/Nordost Frey. That should do it. Matt | |
| Flat speaker cables versus round core cables Flat speaker cables like the ones Nordost makes tend to be the cables people go to when they want to brighten things up. In a sytem that tends to be very warm or laid back sounding this helps a lot to make things more lively. For me Analysis Plus... | |
| I'm broke Albert Collins Albert Collins song is called BROKE. Black Jo Lewis and the Honey Bears have a song called I’m Broke. its really a good song and fitting for today’s Inflationary climate...LOL I love Albert Collins too. | |
| Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true? A bunch of active speakers are not going to suddenly start producing notes because another pair of speakers are playing near them. Now if you stick a bunch of passive radiators in there it could be quite different. | |
| Bluesound Node volume pot setting for an integrated amp I would set the Bluesound at around 85% and use the volume on your integrated amp to adjust. Matt M | |
| What is the best sounding GZ34 / 5AR4 rectifier tube you've ever heard? The best 5AR4 is the brown bottom Mullard made in the UK. I had one on a Modwright SWL 9.0 Signature edition Pre amp. Matt M | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? At that level there is no BEST only different. Matt M | |
| Sub Confusion "SVS SB-4000 is a worthy competitor at a fraction of the price and offers better integration with its mobile app." Ummmm do SVS subs connect via the main amps outputs? I dont think so. the above statement will never be true, just because theres a... | |
| Please Help - Marantz PM 7000N May I suggest a pair of KEF LS50W ($2500), these speakers only require a source (like a music server or a smartphone) you dont need any other equipment they have built in amplifiers and DAC’s and volume control. These speakers borrow the same conc... | |
| Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding? Its not the tubes,so many people point to tubes when theres noise. 99% sure its not the phono pre amp. | |
| A suitable cart and possible practical tweaks for a Rega Planar 3... You cant go wrong with the Dynavector 10X5, it is a amazing sounding combo with the RB300 tonearm. However, the key to great vinyl is the phonostage. I really liked the Rega P3 with the Dynavector using a Musical Surroundings Phonomena II , this w... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd It would be easy to say Miles Davis ...Kinda Blue, that record really did it for me. BUT if I can only bring one then i’m bringing ....Back at the chicken shack by The Incredible Jimmy Smith! or Billy Cobham... Spectrum, dam I cant decide!! ... |