mesch
Responses from mesch
| Vintage Onkyo gear vs Adcom I hit post too fast. What would your budget be if you sold preamp? | |
| Vintage Onkyo gear vs Adcom I believe I woulf sell the preamp and purchase a used integrated of more recent vintage? | |
| Use pink noise disc to warm up stereo Just turning a system on does't exite speaker drivers. Seems to me that they also need to reach thermal equilibrium to best operate. | |
| Which audio component would you like Santa to place under the christmas tree for you? 2psyop, I would be happy with the Bluesound Vault 2 we have been discussing. Remain looking into one of these. | |
| Need recommendation for CD transport (not Cambridge) Bel Canto makes a transport. $1500 retail I believe. I have not heard it, however. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Just want to thank those who recommended Eva Cassidy. Just wonderful voice. So sad she is isn't with us today. | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! Thanks again uberwaltz! I may contact you after further exploration and have formulated specific questions. | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! Thanks uberwaltz! | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! Uberwaltz, I am considering the purchase of a Vault 2. I would hope to copy my AIFF files on to the internal hard drive and rip additional CDs as purchased. Have you had any issues ripping CDs with the Vaultt? Thanks. | |
| Adcom? I once owned a Audible Illusions Modulus 3A. Very good preamp. I wasn't using it for it's phonostage, which I believed to be a waste of a fine stage so I sold it. Went line level. | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Buying used makes for many a budget audio component.The original Audio Alchemy 'DAC in a BOX' I bought used on Ebay for $50. I pair it with a Schiit Vahalla headphone amp. Of course I use a M2Tech Hiface USB/SPDIF converter when using computer. | |
| 4 ohm speaker to 8 ohm reciver You should look up the wpc on the Arcam for a 4 ohm load vs. the 8 ohm rating. Should be 1.5x, better if 2x. Also look up the impedance for your speakers across the frequency range. Hopfully impedance doesn't drop below 3ohms amywhere. Otherwise, ... | |
| Recommendations I would search for a pair of monitor type speakers. Keep an eye-out for used pairs for sale here on AG. Research ones that capture your interest. Used monitors can be resold at little to no loss. | |
| Adcom? Jim, I bet the Audible illusions with the Adcom amp was a great pairing. The pre likely smoothed out some of the grain in the high end of the amp. | |
| Adcom? Yea it looked like a much bigger amp. Handles were cool. I owned mine for 25 years. |