randy-11
Responses from randy-11
| Japanese vs Domestic CD s If we could just smush Japanese sound together with Brit sound, we'd have the ultimateBTW, I've heard that all the Blue Note reissues (online incl.) are top notch | |
| Separate conductors for separate frequency ranges in cables it is BSpeople who claim that skin effect is audible in interconnect or speaker cables do not understand electronics; that confusion is worse for AC cablesbut why go thru all those equations using actual numbers when you can do a double-blind list... | |
| Specific Pre-Amp advice You just described the more recent versions of the ARC LS- series. Mine is an LS-25 MkII and cost $2,500 used with new tubes a couple of months ago. | |
| High quality interconnects - bargain price balanced cables are a very good ideawhy some pre-amp & amp manfs. do not use balanced inputs/outputs is beyond me | |
| Threshold monoblocks ok, but which capacitors did he use??how much is the used Aleph? | |
| High quality interconnects - bargain price a critical double-blind test will show you the value of interconnectthat value is zeroif you just can't stop yourself, buy AQ or Cardas | |
| Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) Platforms I think you can build your own rack to perform at least as well as anything some "dude with no engineering knowledge" will sell you.Sharp points on the feet might come in handy. | |
| New to forum and Vinyl I said "put the turntable & its pre-preamp in a different room as close to the main system as possible (so you won't need long wire runs)"...so as to provide as much acoustic isolation as possible for these sensitive components.BTW, it is gett... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? https://archimago.blogspot.com/2017/03/musings-computer-audio-part-i.html | |
| April 2017 review of the Paradigm Persona 9H A home run for Paradigm! sounds like you need 2 listening rooms... | |
| New to forum and Vinyl Rega has been a good value for many yearsBest value: put the turntable & its pre-preamp in a different room as close to the main system as possible (so you won't need long wire runs)drill some holes in the wall if you need to... | |
| April 2017 review of the Paradigm Persona 9H A home run for Paradigm! I just found a pair of 3.7i Maggies for $4,000 so I have no dog in the fight between the 2 you are considering but I have been reading this guy's listening.selection odyssey:http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f12-headphones-and-speakers/reference-2... | |
| New Preamp...New Cables??? no | |
| Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) Platforms the real issue is whether it will sit on a slab or a beam floor... | |
| Any opinion or feedback on the NAIM UnitiServe or UnitiCore? you may want to post your question on computersaudiophile.comit's right up their alley and there are many cheaper ways to do what you want than the Naim units (which are for more complex multi-room systems) |