mitch4t
Responses from mitch4t
| Long speaker wire runs I purchased some 10 gauge speaker cable from Redco Audio for a 60 ft run for my rear speakers running full range and it works great.The Redco web address is: http://www.redco.com/default.asp | |
| The Outlaw ruins X-mas I like Outlaw's factory direct approach and their reasonable prices. All of that is admirable. But, you always have to do the right thing by the customer, period. The goodwill they could have gotten by picking up the shipping tab would have been w... | |
| Re-issue vinyl vs. the original pressing Wow, you guys bummed me out. I was hoping for better news about the quality of re-issues. Well....it is what it is.thanks guys.......mitch | |
| AR ref2 mk1 or ref 3 I have owned all of the AR Reference preamps and the Ref3 is by far the best of the bunch. All of them are excellent and are well worth the money. Even at $10k, the Ref3 is money well spent...you won't regret it.I still have a Ref2 mk2 in my secon... | |
| What were they thinking about?? How could they not at least polarize the plug or put some kind of grounding in the plug?? | |
| Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby? My college roomate........he had a Yamaha reciever, Technics turntable, SurperScope cassette deck and generic 12 inch 3-way speakers. Sonic bliss. I had never heard FM radio like that before nor had I'd ever heard the details on an LP like he had.... | |
| Infinity Kappa 8's A pair of Carver Silver 9t monoblocs for about $1200 will drive them with complete authority and make them sing. 900 wpc @ 4 ohms. I use them to drive the amp-killing Kappa 9's. | |
| How do you calculate watts per channel? Great article Dave, and yes Plato you are correct, my illustration was not meant for using an electronic crossover....even though I do actually use one in my system. Plato's article has whetted my appetite to try a tube amp on the top end of my sy... | |
| Definition of "too Hi-Fi" Hmm....I like it when I hear the the singer's lips part or when I can hear them breathe....to me, it gives me the "you are there" feeling.I've never heard a system that was "too hi-fi"...to me, it either sounds good or it doesn't. Period.Maybe I a... | |
| The best sounding Audio Research Line Stage preamp If you ever consider and Audio Research solid state preamp, you must try the LS-10. Truly an excellent preamp... it was their best ever solid state preamp.If you ever get the chance to audition one, you'll be pleasantly amazed. | |
| Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil? Tvad, I purchased a box of the pucks from a supplier in Minnesota. They were stored in an un-insulated warehouse inside a cardboard box. I can a assume with the extreme winters in Minnesota, that they were probably exposed to some temperatures bel... | |
| Wood blocks underneath components?? snake oil? I use hockey pucks and they work just fine. | |
| pass labs x0.2 "pro's and cons's" The X.02 is a very good preamp if you can get a good deal on a used one. If you have to buy it new at $10k, take a pass and get the Audio Research Ref 3 for the same $10k. | |
| Amplifier Weight. A Factor? If you've got huge amps....make sure you plan carefully where you plan to put them, or have an understanding friend to help you move them. I have four Pass Labs X-600 behemoths....impossible for one guy to safely move around. Big and very awkward ... | |
| Your Future System, within reach In the next 12 to 18 months I will have the all of the Audio Research Reference items. That would be:Reference 3 preamp (or Ref 4 if it is out by then)PH-7 phono preampReference CD-7...if a local set of Infinity IRS V or Genesis 201 comes availabl... |