mickeyb
Responses from mickeyb
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? Dedicated 20 amp circuit with an audioquest nrg power outlet and furman power conditioner. | |
| Audio tax write-off I am an s-Corp with a home office. I write off all my electronics. My accountant thinks I don’t take nearly enough deductions. He’s very aggressive, I’m cautious. It depends how you’re set up. | |
| Are my standards too high? Kenjit won’t go away until ya’ll stop commenting. Who gives a rats %~> what he says. Gotta give the guy some credit, he keeps getting responses to idiotic posts. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Roxy music/avalonGrateful Dead/terrapin stationblack sabbath/ paranoid | |
| Moving to France No no Miller carbon. He said France, not Seattle. | |
| Adding a SS amp as a 2nd amp for my tube rig has been a plus Have a krell class A amp and a Conrad Johnson tube pre. The sound improves after a half hour. The krell runs hot as it’s a true pure class A. I find the sound to be magical. I love to roll the tubes on the pre to hear the subtle differences betwee... | |
| ...bookshelf speakers that sound good at low volume... There was a pair of music culture rl-21s for sale on usaudio mart. Those are some of the best bookshelves I’ve ever heard. Very rare. Made in Germany by mbl designer Wolfgang meletsky. They do like power. Don’t know if your mono price is up to tas... | |
| cost no object integrated amps Jeff Rowland daemon. Nuts at 40k. | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? Older used Conrad Johnson pv 11or 10. Excellent tube preamps. | |
| Old vs New, an experience with Dynaudio. You must be something else on the yaio! | |
| Integrated brand choice -- Simaudio, Hegel or Mark Levinson? Luxman, accuphase or pass labs. All class A and oh so sweet. | |
| Offer / counter-offer? Audiogon rules Get ready. If you contact him again saying you’ll accept the original offer, 100$ says he offers less the second time. He’ll think you’re desperate. Good luck | |
| There's gold in them frequencies! Ouch👆 | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial Check another recording of the same song. This happens to me all the time. It’s all these remasters. They add stuff you’ve never heard before to give it that “master” tag. It sounds horrible. Drive me batty i tell ya | |
| ~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought Used sonus Faber. As high as your limit. Just fantastic speakers. Lush and detailed |