moto_man
Responses from moto_man
| Absolute Sound's "Reviews" Just once I would like to read a review of a pricey piece of equipment that said that the reviewer couldn’t hear any difference between that and something far less expensive . . . | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! I must agree with @pcrhkr. I have a decent vinyl collection from "the good old days" in the 70's when it was either vinyl or cassettes. I had a pretty good system back then and cleaned my records before playing them. But now, with a very good d... | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes When I had my Focal Diablo Utopia III's, they loved my PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premier HP amp . . . It was a very good match. | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina X vs Yvette vs Sabrina (Regular) My music room is 11x11x11, untreated. I have Sabrina X's about three feet from the rear wall. They sound great in my small room, and my dealer urged me to get the Sabrina's for my size room over the Sasha DAW, for what its worth! | |
| DAC recommendations I know that this is out of your price range but I love my MSB Discrete DAC with Premier Power Supply, with the Renderer module. If you can find one, the MSB Analog DAC used is in your price range and I thought that the soundstage was phenomenal -... | |
| patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole I wonder how the SACD version compares to the XRCD? Let me know if you want to compare them by PM | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! @immatthewj, LOL! But way too extreme. If you're wrong, there's no going back from eye-gouging! I would try something like removing earwax first, and see how that works. Or you can walk around the house with an eye mask on for a few days and s... | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? Oddest thing . . . Hmmm, I would have to say that "An Evening With Wild Man Fischer" produced by Frank Zappa has to be up there in the running! | |
| patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole I can't say much about either Diana Krall or Patricia Barber live, but I can say that Diana Krall's albums are generally magnificently recorded, especially Live in Paris and Love Scenes. Patricia Barber . . . another artist that I would love to s... | |
| Pass Labs Speaker Choices My 250.8 powers Wilson Audio Sabrina X's, ARC REF6 pre, and MSB Discrete DAC. When I sit in my music room and smoke a bong hit when listening to live music, I feel as if stage security is going to kick me out, LOL! | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! I found that the cheapest tweak is candling your ears to remove the earwax. Amazing improvement in soundstage, air around the instruments, and the bass is now magnificent! | |
| Streamer advice I had very good luck with a Naim NDX streamer, and DAC, which I found to be an excellent combination. It also comes with a Naim app, so if you’re one of those folks that doesn’t want to use Roon, you have a free app that works very well. I think t... | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? I don't understand it. Buyers want a bargain and sellers want as much as they can get, generally. So what? As a seller, if you get lowball offers, just say no. No reason to get offended by it. Buyers can't be faulted for trying to get a barga... | |
| Pass labs upgrade path I can't say much about your actual question, i.e., moving up to the .8 series. However, I have the 250.8 and it is excellent. People say that they like the 250.8 better than the 350.8, but all I can say is that I am very happy with it. I have al... | |
| Cables to settle brightness I had speakers that I felt were a little bright on the top end (Focal Diablo Utopia III's). I have very good success with Morrow Audio cables, and particularly the SP-7 speaker cables. not expensive and they work great. I also used MA7 IC's as ... |