mitch4t
Responses from mitch4t
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? .One phrase that keep occurring in the answers..."buy and hope". | |
| Your top 3 worst purchases ever .Audio Research SP9.... real thin sounding. I kept it 48 hours and sold it immediately.Sunfire tube preamp...real thin sounding. I kept it 48 hours and sold it immediately.Pass Labs X0-2 preamp...$10k retail...Audio Research Ref2 Mk2 stomped all o... | |
| Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo .The guitar solo in 'Abracadabra' from the Steve Miller Band was a pretty wicked solo. | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? .The combination of great jazz and an intoxicant makes me sleepy, so, I no longer indulge in the devil's weed or drink while seriously listening.How many of you have awakened in a panic after finding out the stylus on your turntable had been scrat... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? .Bifwynne, the ARC Reference DAC is $16k and the CD9 is $13k.ARC does not have a $30k DAC.. | |
| External DAC For Oppo 105 At What Cost? .Yingtonggao, thank you for posting your comments. Very informative.. | |
| Oldest piece of gear you own .Sanusi TU-X1 Tuner.....1980 (never been serviced)Infinity IRS Beta speakers.....1987 (foam around woofers replaced)Oracle Delphi Turntable...1980 (rebuilt in 2001)I rarely play the TU-X1 anymore. I listen to Pandora and Rhapsody for radio nowaday... | |
| tv stand for pass labs amp? Whatever your budget is, I'm sure you can get one custom made by a local woodshop. | |
| Emotiva owner announces the end of Sherbourn? They have some great bargains on the Sherbourn site right now. I wish I was in the market for some of that stuff. | |
| How Do You Calculate Watts Per Channel? .So it would not be correct to consider the 2 x 200W biamped configuration as having the same power capability as a single-amped 400W configuration.Al you precisely answered the question that I imprecisely asked. Thank you!. | |
| Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System? .A home audio big rig.. | |
| Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System? .I wanna see actives in a big rig.. | |
| Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System? .With the rise in popularity of Class D amps, it would seem to be a no-brainer for active speakers to begin to flourish in the marketplace. Their small size and light weight certainly make it feasible to attach them to full sized full-range towers... | |
| Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System? .Schubert, ....yikes! I hadn't thought of that aspect. -. | |
| Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System? .Chuck, it was not my intent to disparage class D amps, far from it.I am moving in that direction myself. I've read lots of good things about them.. |