mrdecibel
Responses from mrdecibel
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results As many who know of me here, I have been generally barking up the tree, how wonderful my totl single ended Luminous Audio passive has been. Recently, I acquired from my friend rawsonte ( negative comments keep to yourselves ), a diy FW F4. Obvious... | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated Just as an fyi. I am enjoying a recent acquisition to my ’small’ amp collection ( small = quantity ). LOL. Not funny actually, as I have WAY too many amps ( and preamps ), all over my place. DIY FW F4, by my friend rawsonte ( keep all negative com... | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated Yes, it is a Warp One.....And btw, what does 'non polite' mean ? My interpretation of a non polite amp would be the old Crown DC 300. | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated I had an LSA Time Warp for 3 weeks, purchased from Wally. It was horrible in my system....used passive, pre with gain, could not get it to do anything well. However, my best bud also bought one at same time ( on my recommendation no less ), and he... | |
| Who owns / owned a First Watt F4, and what are your experiences with it ? @armstrod @paullb and anyone else interested. I have owned a few rawsonte diys in the past, but never bought them from Tim himself....always 2nd or 3rd owner, some NP designs, and some chip designs. My experience with those particular amps of Tim’... | |
| Who owns / owned a First Watt F4, and what are your experiences with it ? @armstrod @paullb Thank you for the responses, as any 1st hand information is helpful. My best, MrD | |
| A little gift for my fellow audiophiles The Usher P 307 A is a great preamp....one of the better I have owned / heard...just as an fyi. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Preamp Gain issues with high efficiency speakers I am a Luminous fan, and have much respect for Tim Stinson, the head honcho there. Properly matched with your amp and speakers, the Axiom Walker mod units are ime, the most transparent of them all. My best, MrD. | |
| Circle Labs A200 Integrated amplifier review - It will appeal to both tube and SS lovers…… FYI : One is now posted on USAM, purchased new 5 months ago, selling at a very attractive price. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Any normal size speakers that sound like Volti OP, they look fine there. Your wife is not interested in how wonderful they sound to you, nor are those visitors you speak of. I have always had a dedicated listening room, and not seeing the wife / spouse / partner is always temporary. I need my ... | |
| Klipsch Lascala II bin separation Unfortunately, all Klipsch Lascalas have resonances and vibrations, so I am not surprised. There are many more things you can do to minimize / eliminate these annoyances, resulting in SQ, you have not experienced yet. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| How to make your amp more expensive I do a lot of mods to my gear, which improves the sq performance. Some are : Isolating the transformer within the chassis, which requires removing it, putting damping material along the inside bottom, and re-installing the transformer; removing th... | |
| "Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"???? Couple more I see a lot of. " Bought this for a 2nd system, which never materialized ". " Time to clean out the closet ". I am guilty of this one, as I have lots of unused gear. One that was popular at a time, but not common anymore. " Does not me... | |
| Vintage Repair Techs/Atlanta area Late to the party.....Not in GA, but next state over, in Winter Springs, Fl. Kris Rhoades - Fine Tuned Audio. Highly recommended. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Where do I go from here? What happened to wanting to keep the system simple and to just having it sounding good and looking good ? I have heard that thousands of times before, and many have tried that....but that audiophile / music listening thang, never stops......Enjoy... |