montytx
Responses from montytx
| Audioquest FLX/Slip speaker cables - a scam? Chris, swallow hard and trust me on this. Many, many cables take 250 hours of continuous signal running through them to fully settle and open up. As hard as this is to believe, and I most certainly know that a lot of people think it hogwash, it ne... | |
| Speaker cables to smoothen things up Cardas or Tara Labs. | |
| Good inexpensive temporary speakers I think the ProAcs mentioned above have a lot to offer. Plus, you will have no problem selling them for a good price when you are done. They hold their value very, very well and for a reason. | |
| Where would I ask this q? There is a "Music For Sale" section right here at the gon. If you go to the homepage and look to the left and scroll down, you'll see it. I'll certainly be looking at what you have to offer. | |
| Speaker cable manufacturers Most of these small cable companies sprouted up as a result of the work and study by Kimber, Audioquest, Tara Labs, Cardas and a few others. I'd stick with those guys if you want resale opportunity at anything close to what you are going to spend ... | |
| phono hum You've probably got a tube that has gone microphonic. Finding which one might be a bit of a pain. Most likely it's a signal level tube, but it's still possible that it's a power tube. | |
| Do you put as much effort into your Car Audio? The last time I spent a dime on car audio was about 1980 when I put in a Clarion deck and equalizer and Jensen Coax speakers in my Firebird. | |
| Shrinking my system Dynaudio uses impdedence correcting crossovers and that really helps with tube amps...not to mention they are great speakers to begin with. I recently spent some time with the B&W CM5 and was very impressed with this small monitor. It really h... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system I've tried it and didn't care for it. While I don't think you need much gain at all, no gain seemed to blunt the transients and diminsh the PRAT in my system. I had high hopes for the Portal Pinnache when Joe first put it out, but it seemed to suf... | |
| Just Pulled The Trigger I've had cables make more difference in sound quality than component changes. That being said, I've not heard those particular cables. Don't make any judgements until you've run current through them continually for 200 hours. | |
| jolida 502P bias question No, it's good to go. | |
| Smoke contaminated component Good old fashioned vinegar. | |
| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs I don't think it's a bad idea to review the cutting edge of high end stuff, but the only purpose that I see is to keep the writers informed of what is and isn't state of the art. Often times, the bleeding edge bleeds down to the stuff I can afford. | |
| Need "warm" interconnects advice Cardas or Tara Labs. | |
| How to isolated stand from springy floors? If you can access the subfloor, put cross joists or sister some additional joists onto the existing floor joists. It sounds a lot harder than it actually is. |