mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Shipping Expensive Speakers? WATCH OUT I wonder if many of the problems occur with the middle weight speakers, that are too large to double box and carry easily, and small enough that people try to get by without pallet packing. My experience has included zero damage to small speakers,... | |
| How isolated is your hi-fi? I recently moved my main system from our living room to our lower the rec room, which has 9 foot ceilings, a fireplace, and is a walkout with daylight windows on two sides. Neither is "dedicated," and both are living spaces, but I no longer have t... | |
| Treating High Humidity in basement The floor heat system may be the sticking point. An appropriately sized dehumidifier works fine in our house, but we have forced air heating/cooling. During the cold months, the forced air heat dries the air so that the dehumidifier is not even ne... | |
| Report from Rocky Mountain AudioFest Try the cocktail and aspirin before listening next time - maybe the red wine tweak, which always makes things sound better ;>) Thanks for the report. | |
| SS Pre Recommendation Tom Evans Vibe is worth a try. Add the Pulse power supply to improve the bass even more. See reviews in HiFi+ and 6Moons. | |
| How about Herbies dampers on XLR's? What you are talking about is an item intended to damp vibrations in the connectors. Here are a few takes on this. Some folks do nothing and are perfectly happy with the sound of their systems. Others have reported that wrapping the connectors wit... | |
| searching balanced Tube preamp with....... Mimberman, the Calypso is a good example of what I was talking about. From the balanced outputs, the output impedance is 112 ohms at mid-high frequencies, but rises to 3,900 ohms at 20hz. From single ended outputs, impedance ranges from 2,400 ohms... | |
| searching balanced Tube preamp with....... There are several that should work. The Sonic Frontier preamps all have low output impedance, with the Line 3 I believe dipping just below 100 ohms. Ralph's Atmasphere preamps should be able to drive just about anything. VTL 5.5 is also pretty low... | |
| What is the easiest speaker kit, for a Novice? I am not trying to sound rude, but what is the point of purchasing a "high end" speaker "kit" that requires almost no woodworking or soldering? Why not just buy the type of speakers you are looking for? The benefits of a kit are saving money on th... | |
| Resolutions Audio Opus 21 VS. Cary 306 SACD Question for Cary owners regarding output level. The 3V ouput of the 306 SACD may be too high for my system so that at step one of my preamp's stepped attenuator the volume will be too high for late night listening. Is this output level able to be... | |
| if you're reading this then you already know... I generally do not care to read about what a phenomenal product is being sold so the seller can then upgrade to an even more phenomenal product. Therefore, I don't really mind when there is not a lot of rhetoric in the ad, especially since I condu... | |
| RECOMMEDATIONS FOR AC RECEPTACLE When we built a new house a couple of years ago, I installed the relatively inexpensive cryo'ed ACME silver plated receptacles, after reading that Bob Crump liked them. I can't tell you how they compare with others in absolute terms, but with dedi... | |
| tube pre suggestion Mute or Balance features are common on preamps costing $3000+my preamp has neither, but I can't imagine trading it since I get everything I wanted from all the tube preamps I tried, plus stone dead quietness, and no tubes to mess with. It is a Tom... | |
| Moving the beloved gear If you will be making several trips personally, I for sure would include my gear with one of those trips, rather than let movers handle it. Even if you rent a van to move some of your more important stuff. Otherwise, I agree with what everyone els... | |
| Members with No Feedback I have had offers in the past three months from people who had only been members for a day or two, and the offers were weird. In two cases, I let A'gon know, and in those cases and one other the "member" was booted within the day. It seems A'gon i... |