megasam
Responses from megasam
| Ear Candy: Most startling recordings. Without doing a history lesson of "head" music from the 1970s, during the early 1990s there was some good techno/electronica albums that made full use of studio tech to create incredible soundscapes......here are some quality examples artist/album... | |
| Best speakers for near-field listening? Your room is too small for good system, near field set-up means listening position and speakers form equilateral triangle, so your speakers are only going to be about 4ft apart also which gives very small 3D presentation, small monitors are best, ... | |
| Monster Cable Interconnects? SD & TM are correct, at $200 for 1m new for Monster M1000 there are much better copper cables available, Monster sounds soft missing fine detail and no extended 3D soundstage.....most people buy them to tame bright system, but you sacrifice go... | |
| Use of Balance Control feature Graig, are you using balance control because your point of focus is not centered between speakers, or are you adjusting each time for every different recording you play to make up for some recording imbalance? Also how far apart are your speakers ... | |
| Interconnect with good bass Get HT Truthlink for $125 1m used here at Audiogon, should see one soon if you are patient, big cable that delivers the goods, great sound/cost ratio. Cardas produces powerful bass if you get Cross or Gold Cross, will cost more than $100 used thou... | |
| What deserves to be Remastered on CD? Trey not all remasters are improvements on rock/alt CDs, many times they pump up the presence and give you a brighter CD that has diminished 3D and no air/bloom around instruments (and charge full list price!)......that said there are many great s... | |
| Opinions on Silver Audio Hyacinths? Kenny makes good point, SA Hyacinth provide GREAT performance/value ratio, it is slightly better than silver bullet 4 from SA.....and yes SA Appasionata is a step up, but you must pay up for SOTA performance..... Rosstaman has nailed the HT PS II ... | |
| Buyer's remorse - your worst purchase? SDcampbell, I am one of those who posted the "warning" in AudioReview about buying Monster HTS 3500 thinking it is even better than HTS 2000......I immediately noticed drop in overall sound quality, returned item immediately for HTS 2000 and Robt ... | |
| Opinions on Silver Audio Hyacinths? I own SA Hyacinths and HT Pro-Silway II, both excellent and do not have the typical brightness that say Kimber silver has......if cost were no object I slightly prefer HT PS II, but it costs much more. I am using Musical Fidelity CDP, preamp and m... | |
| Various Bearing Isolation Devices Mike, why did you replace Rosinante with granite, was this your idea or did Visitek recommend this as surface for Aurios MIB? I thought you were happy with Rosinante, please fill us in......Sam | |
| Best CD/DVD cleaners & tweaks? Auric Illuminator is 2 step tweak........first black opaque pen used to blacken inner/outer edges of CD, 2nd blue gel is applied to both sides and buffed off......the claimed total effect is improved read of CD data for various reasons, and thus i... | |
| Best CD/DVD cleaners & tweaks? I have tried a couple of CD treatments, using duplicate CDs to test effectiveness, and Auric Illuminator is my choice. First let me say I am very reluctant to apply any treatment to my CDs, if you have been around for long enough you know the hist... | |
| Various Bearing Isolation Devices Marlec, KC2 is a fat heavy snake! You will have to be creative and maybe move CDP to lower shelf and use hanging support straps, or create some support arms that extend from rack......experiment and be creative, results are worthwile, BTW sounds l... | |
| Various Bearing Isolation Devices Marlec, congrats on your discovery, rollerblocks do not have to have perfectly level surface, but both Aurios MIB and Symposium Rollerblocks to freely float CDP, must have cable weight/forces nuetralized so as not to impede CDP. Short ICs are usua... | |
| Bi-Amplification advice Elvin, go to SoundStage "synergizing" column archives by Greg Weaver, for 3/98 good article on bi-amping and bi-wiring, http://www.soundstage.com/synergize/ With all do respect to RE above, passive bi-amping is not a waste of time and yeilds very ... |