psychicanimal
Responses from psychicanimal
| Quit vinyl? This is why striving for a neutral system that retains proper dynamics with good extension on both ends of the audible spectrum is important.Bottom line. | |
| Quit vinyl? You're already kicking yourself in the head... | |
| Choosing cables for Passive applications? My system uses a passive preamp and the runs are as short as possible (30 inch & 1m) Ridge Street Audio MSE's. | |
| hospital grade or commercial grade receptacles ? Dvorák's music is my favorite classical...cryo treated! | |
| hospital grade or commercial grade receptacles ? Robin is not Raoul. The grammar's too good. | |
| which solder do you recommend? From what I understand Cardas is the solder to use--IF it's a new joint. If it's a resoldering job then Kester's the one to use due to its better quality flux.Eldart is correct regarding technique. There must be mechanical contact of the surfaces ... | |
| FM Antenna basic questions I have Sony AM-300 helical indoor antenna. I has a battery operated amplifier plus dial in tuning and works pretty quiet! You'd need to look in eBay for one, though... | |
| introducing tube eq. into ss system I had a hybrid tube preamp (Melos Sha-1) with MOSFET output and when I gave the Channel Islands passive a tryout it wasn't funny. The same happened when I brought it over to someone here who's got a $3500 tube preamp. My experience tells me that a... | |
| Rocky return to vinyl There's more--I've made a goal that my analog and digital rigs sound as close to each other as possible... | |
| Breaking in power cords Larry, you're back! Tried any other power cords lately? | |
| Rocky return to vinyl The instruments sounded muddled and congested, especially in direct comparison to the CD. Should the difference with this Rega/Shure setup be THAT different from the Music Hall CD player?1) I think you're experiencing the effects of stylus drag. A... | |
| Breaking in power cords Cello, the BMI cords tend to boom the bass, exaggerate soundstage and roll the highs. If you were to try a cryo'ed VenHaus Flavor 4 you'd have a very pleasant surprise. The thing is my system is designed to run off 220V/110V isolation transformer/... | |
| hospital grade or commercial grade receptacles ? Robin, as Albert already pointed out, electrical/electronics knowledge is not needed for assembling a musical system. Again, shut up and listen. Get a cryo'ed outlet, install it and fasten your seat belt... | |
| hospital grade or commercial grade receptacles ? Robin, the basic activity of science is *observation*. In this case, *hearing*. Shut up and listen to the music. Nobody has to explain you nothing. For years scientists thought Liebig's law of the minumum held. Not so in aquatic ecosystems. When I... | |
| Breaking in power cords Cello, I agree that the *anal* talk should stop. It sounds bad to my ears anyway...men talking about *anal* stuff.As for power cords, the poorer the quality of the power the more effect they have. If your power is good the gap between power cords ... |