randy-11
Responses from randy-11
| Best speakers under $500? Fire away! doesn't crutchfield have a listen & return policy? | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10 posted some important but little known facts about NoLa, but the Black Creoles (and indeed all Creoles) has lost a LOT of political power to "Les Americans' by the time we see jass beginninganother important but little known issue is som... | |
| What is most important part of a system? It should be obvious to anyone with ANY electronics knowledge at all, that not all parts are critical. The critical parts are the transducers, e.g. speakers and cartridge if analog.This why the advice to put half of the budget into speakers is bo... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? I knew vinyl was better when I saw this:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-the-world-s-first-intelligent-turntable-music-design--2#/ | |
| Who has tried "TIDAL" vs other streaming applications? http://www.hifizine.com/2016/06/how-to-stream-tidal-to-the-raspberry-pi/ | |
| Too Much Power? nobut feel free to send them to me | |
| I have now listened to my restored, recapped and serviced NAD 3020 and.......... it's a classic | |
| Specific Pre-Amp advice Plangent technology uses (IIRC) the bias signal to remove wow & flutter on old tapes. Downloads of the hallowed Cornell show from the Betty board should be out soon, tho the discs are sold out.I've heard the better Rogue amps when auditioning... | |
| Any opinion or feedback on the NAIM UnitiServe or UnitiCore? I don't make money by selling audio components, and a mac mini can be made to sound just as good for a lot less money. if you have a really complex setup the Naim items could be the way to go. also big black boxes may look cool to you, so... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 - 3.7i owners need help please I agree with calling Wendell. Tell him what music is lacking depth, spatial characteristics, or openess (& tell us what he says)...I also suspect a breakin period will help.I cannot speak to the 3.6s as I am just now upgrading from 1.5QRs to ... | |
| Specific Pre-Amp advice BTW, you will want to upgrade your source material. Based on your screen name, the newer Dave's Picks and other releases with Plangent technology should be interesting, and the anniversary releases of the regular albums too. | |
| New to forum and Vinyl oh yeh, add Quad to your panel speaker list | |
| New to forum and Vinyl ML or Maggies will kill on classical or jazz if set up correctly.On rock, they can more easily be bested by a top quality cone based speaker, as long as you spend 2x to 4x as much.Maggies are a simple load to drive as the impedance curve is nearly... | |
| SS preamp with tube amp OP - just make a short list of things to listen to.ARC, Rogue, Ayre, Magtech, Mac, Benchmark, Pass, Audio Alchemy, Creek, Bryston... there is no shortage of outstanding components, new or used.add Marantz and NAD too, or Accuphase for vintage | |
| Specific Pre-Amp advice If the dealer is not that helpful, then forget him. The entire brick store idea has got to provide something to keep the mail-order channel at bay. So let him go out of business, and buy from one of the many places selling new on the internet, o... |