mitch4t
Responses from mitch4t
| How old are your speakers .Montaldo, I would not completely dismiss the importance of materials and technology in building a speaker.. | |
| How old are your speakers .My Infinity IRS Betas are 25 years old. They are excellent speakers, but they are showing their age. I am looking to sell them once I get enough money to put together a speaker system that can duplicate what they can do. I'd keep them if I could ... | |
| Sunfire Classic Tube Preamp or ARC SP14? .Woof..after the Sunfire, I've mostly had Audio Research preamps, and I loved ALL of them except the SP9 Mk2 (too thin sounding).I had Pass Labs XO-2, its flagship preamp at the time. The Audio Research preamps smoked it (Ref2 mk2 and Ref3.. | |
| Sunfire Classic Tube Preamp or ARC SP14? .I'm a huge Bob Carver fan. I had the Sunfire Classic Tube preamp and it had a very 'thin' presentation and I got rid of it. One of the worst sounding preamps that I've ever owned. I later read that later renditions of that preamp had a beefier po... | |
| Magnepan 20.7 - Ten Feet or More Into a Room? .Looks like that's going to be a killer dedicated room.Congrats on your achievement.. | |
| Magnepan 20.7 - Ten Feet or More Into a Room? .Dude, post a photo of your room. Ten to twelve feet out, that must be a serious-sized room...I'd love to see a photo of it.. | |
| Receiver HDMI problem ...I have a huge room and I use a 40 ft HDMI cable from Monoprice ($50). No problems ever with this cable.. | |
| Gemm.com .Bummer. Gemm was a godsend back in the day for music that was impossible to find.. | |
| Does Balanced Power Technologies still exist? .Dude had a killer product. Pricy, but it was a bargain and a great value. I still own mine after 10 years, and it is still kicking butt.. | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? .Onhwy61, again, I'm sure Frog appreciated the DJ calling him back and giving him that info. It was totally unnecessary for him to call the DJ at all. WBGO, the radio station that he was listening to, posts the playlist of everything they play...k... | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? .Frog, I can get Phil Schaap on WKCR right here in LA. The station broadcasts over the web...and it sounds excellent. I could get him if I lived in France. Nearly all FM stations have a web broadcast.I own a Sansui TU-X1 beast of a tuner, it is in... | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? .Frog... You waited an hour and 29 minutes too long for that tune info. On your streaming device, Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify and Tidal would've given you the artist's name, album title and the name of the tune immediately as you were listening. Go... | |
| No Audiophiles in Hollywood .In "The Departed" (2006), starring Leonardo DeCaprio, Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon. Matt Damon's girlfriend in the movie fires up his all McIntosh amp & preamp. No speakers are visible.. | |
| Infinity Irs Beta .Geez, that set of IRS V in the video above is pristine. Every driver has been restored to like-new condition. I'm sure they've gone through the wiring, bass amps and crossover also.. | |
| Infinity Irs Beta .Betas are excellent speakers when they are good... but sometimes they show their age. They're around 25 years old. The bass modules and servo could use a 21st century update.Next to impossible to find parts for the tweeter,midrange panels.. |