mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? After years of this I have happily ended up with Sound Anchor stands under everything, that are spiked with either Eden Sound Bear Paws (speakers and component rack) or Audiopoints (amp stands and subwoofer). These provide very solid support and h... | |
| Cable design After a huge caveat of "not in every case," I can make the following comments regarding general characteristics of the items you list, based on my experience,with regards to interconnects;Design: a twisted pair is generally superior sounding to a ... | |
| speaker wire termination Described above is the dreaded "tinning" that Rlwainwright warned against. IMO, you would be much better off by getting some good spades (cost is about twice to four times as much as crappy spades) and use one of these tools (linked below) to crim... | |
| DIY question on a preamp problem could use help... Hi Bill, I am way late here but I was busy in May and never saw this post. An easy way to check out the gain issue would be to try something as simple as Rothwell in-line attenuators which cut the gain by 10dB using a divider network. I used to ha... | |
| 5 best selling newish speaker brands in 2013? Why do you want the "most popular" brands?You may do better asking about the "best sounding speakers" for the types of music you listen to.Also, the amplifiers you drive them with make a big difference with regards to overall power and how the amp... | |
| Moving from PC to Mac I just went through this and found that Pure Music sounded best to me in my system. I think the player may be somewhat dependent on the DAC used since with my NOS HEX DAC I am not able to use Audirvana in integer mode so I may not be hearing that ... | |
| Clayton M300 or Mcintosh MC601 Hard to go too wrong with those options. I can say the Claytons make everything sound like music. I thought about replacing them with some high powered Cary amps a year ago and the Carys, while good amps with very good bass, were not even close in... | |
| Amp with best bass control Isn't Class A supposed to be superior for bass control?Not necessarily, in my experience, especially for the tight, controlled type bass you described. Good Class A amps may have realistic sounding, tuneful, well-defined bass, but not necessarily ... | |
| Cary CAD 200 vs CAD 200.2 That is probably what he means Elberoth.If you cannot find much, look at the comparisons between the CAD 500MB and the current SA-500.1 as some has been written about those two, both of which I have owned.In general, the 500MB was much loved for i... | |
| Dedicated circuit I have three circuits, one at 20A for each monoblock and another for front end stuff. IMO, this is the biggest bang for the buck on the power side of things and way ahead of fancy cords, outlets and conditioners. Another popular upgrade is a whole... | |
| Do you like your Sanus, VTI, or Salamander rack? A slab on concrete will be solid. I was thinking of the suspended wood floors many of us have up here in the north.My gear is on a Sound Anchor component rack spiked to the concrete floor in the lower level of our house. Consider the Sound Anchor ... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Most manufacturers I have spoken with not only don't buy into the audio-specific fuse thing, they advise against it because of questionable ratings and quality.Last year, I spoke with the head service guy at one of the largest component manufactur... | |
| Do you like your Sanus, VTI, or Salamander rack? My ancient solid welded Target is probably better than any of themand so is Sound Anchor IMO. Hard to find used, but reasonably priced to have made, considering their "last forever" quality. If desired, the Sound Anchor component stands are sturdy... | |
| SMc Audio: The Interocitor One thoughts? I spoke with Steve today to let him know how much I still enjoy the preamp he crafted for me last year. You can catch a picture of it and a short write-up on my system page. As a prelude to a review I am writing, the "SMC Audio TLC Signature Editi... | |
| Cables more hype than value? So what you are trying to say is that if you choose your components carefully, then all you need the cables to do is transfer signal from one component to the next? That will probably make choosing the right cable a lot easier and far less costly.... |