newbee
Responses from newbee
| "Bedini Ultra Clarifier", does it really work?? I've got one of those somewhere. I used it quite a few times and never noticed the difference. Stopped using it years ago. Anybody want it cheap? :-) | |
| Dedicated cdps that excel in vertical soundstaging Warren, When talking about vertical imaging its much more about the sense of space. But, FWIW I've heard "point source" speakers like your Caravalles for example, with solo voices where the voice seemed to originate from a location on a plane with... | |
| Vinyl Reason LOL. Your reason is far more rational than many that I have read here. You are to be congratulated for you candor - many would not admit to this. But, as you suggest, the reasons are many. Some never had a choice, it was vinyl or nothing (except t... | |
| Dedicated cdps that excel in vertical soundstaging Agree with Warrenh & Esoxhntr, with emphasis on the speaker design, which is more important than the room interface to the extent that a lot of speakers will not give you the height factor except at loud volumes no matter how well you set them... | |
| Amplifier hum: Does it need repair? In addition to Rich's comment, you can determine the source of the hum by disconnecting everything from the amp (when its turned off!) except for speaker cables and the speakers. Turn it on, no hum? Good. Turn it off, plug in IC's from pre amp (wi... | |
| Just Talkin' 'Bout Itzhak From your description I'd bet you could hardly tell it wasn't recorded and you thought that Perlman and the orchestra were just sinc'ing along. :-) | |
| Could somebody please explain Say thank you, and give him one of your "eclectic" disc's, proclaim its greatness, and send him on his way telling him he may not understand it now, but with repeated hearing he will ultimately come to understand it, as you do. Then smile a whole ... | |
| Silly Question: Short Power Cord + Ext. Cord? I'll be dammed if I know why but when I did this on one set up i got noise (hum) but on another curcuit it made no difference. I suspect it had nothing to do with the cable except for the fact that the it may have had a lesser capacity for resisti... | |
| Spade's Or Banana's on Double run from Integrated I like the spade/banana combo, especially if you get locking bananas. If you can hear the difference between good fitting bananas and spades you've got better ears than I do. If you use regular bananas get some electrical tape and tape them on so ... | |
| Critiques of Equipment Quicke, I think you have used your three years well and have reached some valid conclusions regarding equipment and room synergy. Many on this forum are not nearly so advanced .....yet they do not let that deter them from offering their opinions, ... | |
| Critiques of Equipment Chuck and Jayctoy, At the risk of sounding paranoid, are your posts directed at the original poster or the responders? A more literal reading would suggest the latter. In that event (only), I would point out that the initial response was very nega... | |
| Best Upgrade you had? In 1983 I sold my very "very high quality" SS preamp and bought a ARC Sp10II. No single component has come even close to yielding that great an improvement in my home. Next to that improvement, the next greatest improvement came in fine tuning spe... | |
| Critiques of Equipment No one has your equipment, your room, your sensitivities, and knowledge of your expectations. The experience level of folks posting here spans from very little beyond their own stuff to several who are professional by any standard. A careful readi... | |
| San Francisco Symphony Mahler 7th FWIW MTT already has a M7 down, its just not on multi-channel. Welcome to the world of Mahler, you'll never be the same again, musically speaking.Seriously, if you really want to get into Mahler, I suggest two things. Take his Symphonies in order ... | |
| Are "Redbook Only " CD players Obsolete? Dennish's observations remind me of mine when I was a horny 17 year old and had my first naked lady - what wasn't real was made up for by my imagination. :-) |