mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Five "Golden Rules" of HiFi? My five are similar to yours, with a couple of modifications since I have had excellent experiences purchasing used speakers, and most of my purchases have been of used equipment that I couldn't listen to first. Here are my 5;1. Protect your heari... | |
| Sonic Frontiers preamps tube eaters?? I think I know who you might have spoken with, and that particular vendor doesn't seem to like 6922 tubes, period. If he is the same guy, he did not even want to assist me in retubing my previously owned Line 3 SE. However, that is his choice and ... | |
| Headphone Amp Recommendation I just purchased the VHP-2 and matching VAC-1 to go with Senheiser HD650's. I am relatively new to getting back into headphones, so I may not be the best one to listen to on this. I like that the amps are small, good looking, offer gain selection ... | |
| How do you pay? Why? I generally like PayPal when I am buying and USPS money order when I am selling. However, as a seller I also generally accept PayPal and as a buyer I have also sent USPS money orders. I agree with Tvad regarding that sending a money order via expr... | |
| High end stores closing do you really care Hi-fi is only one of many industries going through this issue. Clothing, furniture, sporting goods, and many others are experiencing the need to change the way they do business due to on-line sales. Things change, and new generations have differen... | |
| DeOxit and ProGold I tried a new (to me) tweak this weekend, by cutting Q-tips in half then sticking the stick part into my dremel tool, then applying either Deoxit (for cleaning), or ProGold (for clean up and conditioning), directly to the Q-tips, I was able to eas... | |
| High end stores closing do you really care As with most things, Americans vote with their wallets. I nostalgically remember my early visits to audio shops, listening to the NAD system I eventially purchased, and also to the McIntosh room when the salesman let me hear just a bit of sonic ni... | |
| How significant is a power cord upgrade? After going through a bunch of pretty good equipment, I have yet to hear cables that have the sonic impact of an upgrade to my source, preamp, amp or speakers. I have had good luck with the previously mentioned Belden cord, the Asylum cord (Belden... | |
| Crank it up just once "Back in the day" I fried two ADS L810 tweeters during a party. I could blame it on the disco music (it was the 80's - ugh!), but I got to believe it was caused by bridging the NAD's. Oh well, I got new tweeters. Have some fun. BTW, good power usu... | |
| BAT SS power amps? My VK500 was bettered by the McCormack DNA500. That said, for the current used price, the BAT is a good value. In my system at the time, the BAT had a musical midrange, was a touch dark and rolled off in the high frequencies (not necessarily a bad... | |
| Selling to someone in another country You do not need to accept the bid from the "joker-scammer" with no feedback, because you said US-Canada only. However, if there was a high bidder who met your qualifications and who bid above your reserve, then you need to sell to that person. Jus... | |
| Impact of Calypso 6922 tubes? It is a little early to say. Upon initial listen, the Calypso is very good, as I expected it to be. I like the bass better than on my (previous) decked out Atma-Sphere MP-3, and the whole presentation is clear and dimensional, but it is a differen... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso How many versions? In my research, it seems there has only really been one change, which had to do with resistors. There were some noisy stock tubes reported for awhile, and that now seems fixed. There were also some hum problems reported with Ayre amps, but Ayre ch... | |
| Calypso owners - question about muting & start-up Perfectionist, I didn't realize the switch was on the back panel, a nice feature and good in my case. Any thoughts in the event of a power outage (like a midwest thunder storm) where everything goes out at the same time? Assuming the preamp is in ... | |
| Tube pre-amps $3500 under to add "warmth" Mrtennis, maybe the room acoustics or partnering equipment and cables were not optimal. Not quite sure why you would want a "syrupy" sound, and my guess is you would tire of it. Try the Atma-Sphere, it just sounds right, and it is fun to listen to... |