r_f_sayles
Responses from r_f_sayles
| What's your favorite Audiophile label, and why? Funny how sometimes quiet confidence can be so easily confused with arrogance. Being surrounded by acknowledgement, collaboration, and respect is not a crime and it has little to do with having (dare I suggest) some of the best sounding Lp masters... | |
| Need recommendation for a dark sound interconnects With all due respectÂ… a dark sounding cable sounds as if you wish to attenuate a problem with your system. If a group of components are performing in a good synergy there should only be need of a neutral interconnect IMHO. (I can hear the incoming... | |
| The most emotional amp out there? Atma-Sphere OTL's. Enjoy! | |
| Balanced preamps with Atma-sphere MA-2's Billspecfoc, Yes, I have compared the Atma-Sphere MP-1 to the Aesthetix Callisto extensively at a good friendsÂ’ home. Our listening and comparisons were on and off over a period of about one year or so. We were set up with CAR Classic Audio Reprod... | |
| Balanced preamps with Atma-sphere MA-2's First, congrad's on one of the finest purchases you may ever make in Hifi. I am not an MA-2 owner but, I do own the MA-1 Silvers and have a good friend with M-60's (three sets) and can say unequivocally that you must get into something balanced on... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso vs ARC LS25 MK2 Ahhhhhhh! Joe, this is such good news. I am almost as glad as you are that you stuck it out. When I so highly recommend a piece of gear, it always leaves me with butterflies until it all works out. Just think how home life is for the few who are f... | |
| Suggestions for upgrading audioquest interconnects See:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1120829411&openusid&zzR_f_sayles&4&5#R_f_saylesCheers! | |
| Vintage tube amp tube recommendations please. David99, Just to make the waters a bit murkier...Elevick really covered this suject well and if you would like a little good reading check out this website. It is well reviewed amongst A'goners. Although he leans away from the highly touted Telefu... | |
| Best oil/lubricant for LP12 bearing I am a long time Linn Sondek lp12 owner. Spoke with my area dealer and recommend sticking with the Linn oil. It is engineered to perform with the bearing and the existing tolerance and dampening characteristic. This is something not to tamper with... | |
| Best outdoor antenna??? I like the Magnum Dynalab ST-2FM antenna. It is an omni directional whip style 75ohm single lead antenna. I am located in a tree filled urban area between Detroit and Ann Arbor, MI. Both public radio stations have exceptional music programming and... | |
| got my tube pre-amp running, just one problem Chad, I had the same experience this last year when I acquired the Aesthetix Calypso pre and Rhea phono. For more than two years now a friend of mine has just been killing me with his tube set up that includes Aesthetix and Atma-Sphere. So like yo... | |
| Difficult Choice Choosing a system even from scratch is a daunting task. Sorry. Possibly starting with the source of your choosing would be a good starting place. Then you could drag around your source as a common denominator. Opinions are fine and well, just tha... | |
| Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period? Sounds just like the symptoms of a new cable needing more break in time. I just broke in a pair of Coincident CST IC's placed between my pre and mono blocks. Israel Blume recomends two hundred hours of initial break in and they needed every single... | |
| another vinyl shipping question Rshak said it in the fewest words. Enjoy! | |
| Speakers sound better without grilles? Nothing is so absolute. Many speakers are designed to perform better with the grills on to minimize edge diffraction on the drivers as Racarlson pointed out with his Paradigms. In contrast Israel Blume's Coincident speakers are designed without gr... |