mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @audioman58 - I have been over here in Japan the past two weeks and seeing Crowns everywhere. I don’t remember seeing any back in Michigan. They are so sweet! | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I certainly could be, and probably should be, but for some reason I have a new DAC on the way. I don’t understand why this stuff happens. | |
| Background vibration and your system. @deep_333 - I switched from spikes to Herbie’s products, to damped springs and then to these platinum silicone elastomers, which can be easily sized for the equipment or speakers being supported. The springs worked great but the silicone elastomer... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 vs DNA 225 upgraded Different designs. The DNA 500 and 750 are bridged designs while I believe the 225 is a stereo amp. | |
| Background vibration and your system. @erik_squires - There has been research resulting in useful products like those from Townshend, SRA, and other companies that many here benefit from. The most prevalent applications have probably been in mitigating vibrations acting on turntables.... | |
| Background vibration and your system. I never understood hard footers. The company I retired from does quite a bit with vibrations related to construction activities as well as background readings and we designed suspension/damping systems for machinery and in one case for auditorium... | |
| McCormack DNA 500 vs DNA 225 upgraded I believe Steve is partially/mostly (trying to be) retired, like others of us, so you may not hear from him. He has not had anything to do with the DNA 500 or 225 for many years as Conrad Johnson acquired McCormack Audio and took over those desig... | |
| Fiber Optic Cable I always find it interesting when people share their subjective impressions “in absolute terms”. In my direct comparisons with the only variable being 15M of Ethernet cable vs. 15M of fiber, I heard no reliably distinguishable difference. Enjoy ... | |
| Thoughts on swapping out Audioquest and Transparent cables for Duelund I have both ICs and speaker cables made from Duelund wire, as well as multiple other ICs and speaker cables here. This review is actually about TWL cables that are made from vintage Western Electric wire, which was the impetus for the Duelund wir... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question AQ Type 4’s are pretty good cables, in their newest iteration, which includes a carbon-loaded polyethylene dielectric. There is something harmonically pleasing to me about the solid-core copper in polyethylene. My main issue with them was the re... | |
| Need advice from the gurus. If I didn’t already have a pair of great sounding monoblocks, I would for sure try the Gato PWR-222 Mono Power Amplifiers. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening A nostalgic and romanticized flashback to a former time, for me. In my current world, no matter the vehicle, it’s all music and it’s all good. | |
| Mike's Barn. @lalitk - voicing, comparing, and ability to are reasons that also apply to those of us with more than one DAC. He is certainly not alone with two turntables. As another example, I have 4 bikes. Just part of the hobby. | |
| Did I Expect too much? Take the win. Share your impressions of the benefits from your upgrade with the manufacturer and be happy you were able to move the ball forward on a speaker that already, “exceeds my expectations.” | |
| Mike's Barn. I assume he built the room and the system to provide the listening environment and sound that he enjoys. That should be good enough. I have no comment on the quality of the MC video. There are too many other available articles and images document... |