mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| Mod my B C DAC 3, or just get another DAC? Naturally, a higher level of resolution is amenable to that end, yet it should not be the spotlit attribute of a presentation. I listen for hours on end now and would wish that frame not be truncated by listening fatigue.I've always been a bit puz... | |
| Newer Spendor Floorstanders? I've owned both the S8e and S5e and have posted reviews of each in the Review section of Audiogon. If you're referring to the new A5 or A6, I haven't heard those yet but I'd suspect they'd firmly be in the Spendor tradition. FYI, I ended up settli... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? Personally, I never got what I desired out of my 1/2e speakers with moderately powered tube amps, even in a smallish room. IMO these speakers perform better with solid state amps, about 150 watts give or take to start.Interesting - I went exactly ... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? I think. Sometimes, too much of the sound is still trapped in the speaker. I think we're getting somewhere now, though that brings up an issue none of us can do much about - the quality of recordings. Far too many recordings, even in the jazz and... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? I'm still not quite sure what you're looking to improve in terms of sound quality. Also, what was difficult about placement? The SP1/2 has fairly tight dispersion characteristics and is less sensitive to side wall asymmetry than many other speaker... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? I owned both the Spendor S8e and S5e before settling on the SP1/2E.Over on Audio Asylum I posted a review that compares the SP1/2E side-by-side with the S8e. While both are very good speakers, the 1/2 was my choice. (You'll find it in the Review s... | |
| Integrated amp suggestions for Spendor S5e I'd agree that a good solid state amp is better for the S5e. (However, I prefer tube amps with the "classic" Spendor series.) I owned a pair of S5es for a year or two and they worked quite nicely with a Bel Canto S300. BC makes an integrated versi... | |
| Totem model 1: woofer rubber stiff -- Slight buzz Another option is to rotate the woofer 180 degrees in the cabinet. Sometimes gravity will cause the cone to sag slightly, which in turn causes the voice coil to rub. Rotating the woofer so the gravity is now pulling on the cone in the opposite dir... | |
| ST-70 modifications I've done several of the Triode Electronics mods on a couple of ST-70s and also a set of Mk-IIIs. These were all full mods where not only was the cap board replaced but the driver board as well. I just finished a gut-rehab of a ST-70 which now pow... | |
| Small Classical Ensemble with Double Bass? Get your self a copy of "Tea Time Ensemble" volumes 1 & 2. These are "out of print" but you can get them used on Amazon, though they can be pricey. They are stunning recordings of a string quartet (one a double bass) plus piano. The music is l... | |
| Light bulbs are constanly burning out I'd start by calling your utility. They have monitoring devices they can plug into your system that'll record voltage fluctuations from low voltage to spike. If they exist, it then becomes a matter of finding the cause, which could be anything fro... | |
| How large is your music collection? I've got about 43,000 songs in my collection (on a music server). It has been compiled from CDs I've bought along with LPs and open reels in my collection from years back that I've converted.For me, the point of that size collection is not that I ... | |
| Amp output versus Speaker imput This is an imperfect analogy, but an ordinary 15 amp wall socket can deliver 1800 watts of power. Yet no one worries about plugging in a clock radio that only needs 25 watts of power. Speakers are slightly different in that you can turn up the vol... | |
| Tight accurate midfield monitor pair suggestions Just a comment to add some perspective. In looking through the national yellow pages on-line, there are 8,444 commercially available recording studios listed in the United States. (With no shortage of the listings claiming they are "state of the a... | |
| iTunes can't find Network Storage In addition to the other suggestions, also check to see that you have a common "workgroup" name for the computers and that the computers are in the same IP address group. (You don't want one computer with 192.168.1.8 and another with a 192.168.0.*... |