o_holter
Responses from o_holter
| Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here I have an Audiokinesis speaker system (2 front and 2 effect speakers) where most of the cost has gone into the design, cabinets and crossovers - the drivers are quite standard (but selected) pro-sound drivers. Thereby,. the cost of these speakers ... | |
| Slight increase of tracking force = Big Improvement Is there a rule of thumb - if the cart is new, it may be used at the lowest specified setting, but after it becomes more worn, it should have a bit more weight? Up the weight a tiny bit. I associate this with the cart sounding "fresh" (but maybe a... | |
| corner speakers Hi Bil.My cottage is smaller, main room ca 15 x 24 feet. I find that the system plays best in the long direction of the room, placed on the short wall. Over the years, I’ve had several systems and speakers, including Dynaco speakers hanging on the... | |
| IFI iDSD Pro I have only comparative experience, using the Fiio x3v2 for DSD playback with no problems over three years. And yes, the double DSD vinyl rips that I make (on my Tascam DA3000 recorder) sound the best, even on this tiny machine. I can hear how inc... | |
| Tube Pre Amp or Tube Phono stage Hi Davey, I don’t know the JLTI, but I think, yes, you may like a tube phono stage. I bought a used Aesthetix Io and never looked back - inserting it into my Krell s-state system....in fact it led me to invest in tube amps also. The Aesthetix brou... | |
| Is this too hot for my preamp? What should I do? I had several repairs related to "heat x time". I then bought two Noctua NF-A14 PWM fans in a data shop, connected them to a 4.5 volt transformer, and placed them behind my hottest components. I don't hear them even from in front of the rack. I tu... | |
| Effect of Speltz Autoformers on Sound Quality I used Speltz autoformers for a while after I got Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps. With 8 ohm speakers (Abrahamsen, Aurum Cantus). I felt it introduced a slight veiling of the sound. I was much happier after I bought 16 ohm speakers (Audiokinesis Dream Make... | |
| Mythologies on MoFi - Something wrong? ? 45rpm (rounds per minute) doesn’t save a bad recording...or poor music...of course. But what was "marginal" at 33,3 rpm may now become engaging. It reminds me of my experience with the Revox A77 recorder - turn the tape speed up to double (from 3... | |
| Mythologies on MoFi - Something wrong? ? Yesterday we played Cafe Blue, 45 rpm mofi box edition, and were amazed by the sound. Next, the mofi Mythologies, at 33 rpm. This was clearly a step down in sound quality. I have been thinking - should I invest more in 45 rpm records, and less in ... | |
| What class of amplifier has the most high definition sound ? Georgehifi: Best, least coloured, fastest, cleanest, most dynamic a Class-A OTL tube amp, trouble is the speakers they love to drive are the "polar opposite" if full range 20hz-20khz. +1 for the first part of that sentence.I love my Atma-sphe... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes In other words, the RCA 6AS7G tube has worked excellently over four years now. I have associated it with a plus in the overall sound of the MA-1 amps. Set and forget. Ordering a large quantity of these (28 in my case, from Brent Jessee) is a risk,... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes A little update:The RCA 6AS7Gs have worked fine for the last two years - very stable - nice sound - happy with this set (although I had some failures in the beginning, despite preconditioning them). Driver tubes: I have the four tube (long chassis... | |
| Valve phono stage @lewm - is the Aesthetix Io balanced - sorry for late answer, I only saw your question now. Quote from the manual p 8:"The phono stage contains three main amplification sections and an output buffer section. The first section is a high gain, low... | |
| reports from RMAF, anyone? Any reports impressions of the Audiokinesis system? | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Yes, this is my experience also. Former flagships or good upper tier equipment can become a very good buy, bought used, some years later. You just need to look for them - and have an idea, what you are looking for. |