mickeyb
Responses from mickeyb
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing The border patrol is the best sounding dac I’ve heard. I found it very transparent and almost life like. I’ve not compared it to 10k plus dacs but some have said it’s the r2r arrangement. I’ve heard the denefrips dacs come close at twice the cost.... | |
| Some components too old now? I’m still using a 1964 Sansui 1000a tube receiver with a modern dac and newer speakers. Sounds great. Just had it completed rebuilt. Should be good for another 20 yrs.. The worst thing is purchasing the 7591a power tubes which are expensive. I agr... | |
| Preamp Choice... a hard call for me. Capnbeaver. That’s an optimistic name. It seems as if we should be asking you for advice. | |
| Is there a Northern and Southern California Sound Queens of the Stone Age. Chili peppers. SoCal. The mother hips, ty seagul, the Brian Johnstown massacre. NorCal. Very different indeed. Great music and hardware come from California. | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns Damn. Your way more middle class than me. I’m jealous. | |
| Well... guess I have to jump in the rabbit hole of speaker cables... lol Definitely not the Mac. Agree also. If anything it would sound slightly warm or syrupy not bright. | |
| Heard Maggie 3.7i with.. So much for the op’s question. This turned out to be another mc v. Others discussion. We all like what we like because it’s subjective. Let’s just agree we all like music and all have different hearing. | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? Tubes or class A amplification. I heard those speakers with an octave tube integrated and I started to cry. I hope you will also. | |
| An audiophilic music lovers Christmas! Got some nos 7591a power tubes from Westinghouse. Couldn’t be happier. Just biased them and they sound great. | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids I listen at 420hz. Anybody else? | |
| Wet carpet under system And some strong fans to circulate air. | |
| Wet carpet under system DEHUMIDIFIER. After you wet vac. Run it non-stop until moisture level is below 50%. | |
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? Kosst said it perfectly. The pass is much better and more like 100wpc in A/B operation. | |
| Isolated Ground causes ground hum. Please don’t add any ground rods yourself. Have a licensed sparky do it. I’m sure it won’t improve your current sq situation. | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification Who cares! I like class A and tubes. If class D can sound similar at a low price, low weight and save me money, I’d be a buyer. It will be the future. My kids will recycle my heavy old stuff to the scrap yard. |