orpheus10
Responses from orpheus10
| High End and cables and tin ears.... Why spend money on anything you can not hear. My hearing was professionaly tested. It was as good as it gets. I had a friend over who could not hear the sonic attributes of my system. Why should he or you spend money on something you can not hear. | |
| What is tube rolling? While others have clearly defined tube rolling, I would like to add the benefit of NOS tubes. The difference in sound quality you will experience is astounding. Unfortunately this may be somewhat design dependant and not 100%. I would recomend num... | |
| Bass trap in a difficult corner Believe it or not, those tubes they roll rugs on make great bass traps when installed in corners, and they are free. Just go anywhere rugs are sold and ask for them. | |
| Converting Vinyl to digital I have a DAK-2800PC that I modified by changing the caps to Nichicon. In regard to the turntable cartridge you will get whatever results they normally deliver. I use a rega P-3-24 and a Grado Sonata cartridge. I can not tell CD from vinyl when pla... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. Although I have owned SS most of my life, after switching to tubes there is no way I would go back to SS. | |
| CJ preamps? I like nothing better than the "juke box sound" of the 60's, and my PV-12L with NOS 12au7 tubes delivers what warms my heart when I get into a nostalgic bag. | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Santana-- Abraxas is my test record as well as my test CD. The vinyl is limitless; any time I make an improvement in my system, I can hear it on that LP. | |
| Another VPI or something else for under $2k A class "C" Rega can be tweaked to deliver class "B" sound. | |
| amp or preamp most important The absolute reality is, they become one unit as far as the sound is concerned. Imagine a pot of soup, the sound coming out of your speakers is the end result of this soup. The carrots potatos and peas all combine for one single taste. Both units ... | |
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| Von Schweikert vs Wilson I spent many glorious evenings at a fellow audiophiles home who owned the VR-4s. I consider them among the best sounding speakers I have ever heard. While I realy enjoyed his music, I decided to bring some of my music over. Although the VR4s creat... | |
| What is your favorite tube for a preamplifier ? I used very expensive mullard NOS 6922's in my Audible Illusions M3A and got only a small improvement, but that could be because the M3A is so good that it is hard to improve. | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers The proper question should be, "Which speaker do you spend anything on?". The very best speakers are as different as night and day. Choose five of your favorite CD's and audition as many speakers as you can. Once you determine wich sound you like ... | |
| most articulate speaker While what I stated was true, you can only accomplish this in a custom speaker. You will have to engage other audio experts to design the crossover and experiment with other drivers to get it all to blend over the audio spectrum to suit your taste... | |
| most articulate speaker The Heil AMT with Jensen top of the line caps in the crossover is the most articulate. |