photon46
Responses from photon46
| Magnepan SMGa Maxwell, I owned a SMGa pair for ten years before uprgrading. I found them not to have the last word in frequency extension at both ends of the spectrum, but they had a marvelous "rightness" in the midrange. They also won't rock your world regardi... | |
| Most eye-opening upgrade and what you learned A minor epiphany occured when I upgraded from Kimber 4tc speaker cable to Analysis Plus Oval 9. Then, I tried bi- wiring the Magneplanar 1.6's using both the Kimber & Oval 9's. Even better. Swapping the 9s & 4tc between woofer & quasir... | |
| lucinda williams & elvis costello on cmt Keep an eye out for a repeat broadcast, it was a VERY fine collaboration. Lucinda was singly extremely well with her wonderful mixture of grittiness and vulnerability. The show was excellent in every respect. | |
| Stereophile Music Reviews FWIW, I don't think the fact that the music reviewed is from an "unknown" is any reason to be dismissive. I have been turned on to any number of unknowns via Stereophile's reviews that turned out to be real gems IMHO. I read their reviews precisel... | |
| Cable, hi-fi neophyte lost in Space Your tastes, sonically speaking, seem to be similar to my own. I'm also using a Belles HR 150a a tubed pre, and Kimber 4tc. Kimber is a great value, whether 4 or 8 tc. I recently bought Analysis Plus Oval 9 and now use the Kimber & the A+ Oval... | |
| Hi-fi CDP vs. DAC + entry CDP Monkeyking, like Sean says, it's hard to give hard & fast rules here. I wanted to upgrade my Cambridge CD4se and after some comparisons, bought an Assemblage 2.7 Platinum dac to use with the Cambridge. This combo produces much better sound tha... | |
| Heat Shrink Tubing - How ??? Sugarbrie, I've found a small $20.00 heat gun like you buy at a hardware store works much better than a hair drier. Hair driers I've tried don't generate enough heat. | |
| cambridge or nad preamp Trip, Sugarbrie's advice parallels my experience with preamps. I went from an Adcom gtp-400 preamp to a Cambridge c500 & the Cambridge was much better. This was with an Adcom amp & Maggie 1.6's. Then I got a Belles 150a Hot Rod amp & f... | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? I'm not so sure that Cambridge has recieved the degree of disdain in this forum you describe. Many here have recommended them as a decent budget player. Sure, the cosmetics, programming, and ergonomics aren't the greatest, but they hold their own ... | |
| Digital Cables in Cambridge Audio D500 Gil, I have been very pleased with the Aural Symphonics bnc/bnc digital cable I bought from www.hcmaudio.com to use between my Cambridge cd4se & Assemblage 2.7 Platinum dac. They retailed for about $160.00 and are going for $25.00 on sale. | |
| Replace Cambridge Audio D500 or add DAC? Gil, I faced the same question with my Cambridge cd4se. I purchased one of Sonic Frontiers Assemblage 2.7 platinum dacs ($1298.00) and have been very satisfied with the upgrade. It took the player to an entirely different level of refinement. Good... | |
| BDR Cones & Pucks with BAT Tube Amp Dude, I've also been experimenting with BDR cones. I have sets of 2's & 3's which I have been alternating back & forth between my Music Reference RM5III preamp and Assemblage 2.7 Platinum dac. Each set sounds a touch different and I'm not ... | |
| It's October I want to hear horror stories about equipment. How about a horror story with a happy ending? I purchased a used Music Reference RM5 III preamp through an online auction. Corresponding before bidding, the owner was well spoken and articulate, offering no overt reason to be wary. When the pre ar... | |
| REL Q150e vs. Sunfire True Subwoofer Jr. I'm not so sure that Johnnyw's hypothesis is correct regarding the Jr. being less effective than the larger Sunfire. The smaller, lighter driver of the Jr. is reported to make the Jr. better suited to music reproduction than the larger Sunfires. C... | |
| A minor rant Sd, you aren't the only one who's noticed this irrational behavior on the part of reviewers. I'm sure we've all noticed many times that a component under review is "tweaked out" with accoutrements that are vastly out of rational proportion to it's... |