rdavwhitaker
Responses from rdavwhitaker
| Strange Klipsch thing My experience has been, on the couple occasions I've heard them (always in stores), that the big k-horns have fabulous dynamic range and sound very realistic with instrumental music, but poor imaging. | |
| First Watt: current vs voltage Liguy gives a great explanation of what the First Watt amps are about. Circling back to the original question, except for the F1 and F2, the big limitation with First Watt amps is their power output, which tops out at about 25 watts per channel, w... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... Personally, I would never spend more than about $2000.00 for a new CD player, no matter how good the rest of my system is (I assume you are using cost as a proxy for quality -- always a risky assumption in this hobby). I've had any number of CD/SA... | |
| which amps go well with Spendors Spendors like power and headroom. I think the brand of amp may be less important than having at least 100 watts per channel. | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Current $2k player will come with a warranty, and 99.9% of all listeners won't be able to hear a difference between the "expensive and new" player and the "absurdly expensive and used" player. The other .1% are reviewers, delusional, or more likel... | |
| What does it take to qualify as a reviewer? IMHO, Rbstehno, Stevecham and Tpreaves have got it right, although most of the qualities Elizabeth mentions are also required. And yes, I consider that a serious answer to the question. There are, in my view, few bigger mistakes in this hobby than... | |
| audio switcher I have used a Dynex component video switcher, model no. DX-CVS4, to switch between line level audio signals. It has four sets of inputs and a remote control. It works just fine, even though it doesn't have the requisite four-figure retail price de... | |
| What music is best for life in a tiny box? Amen to that.The Creek OBH-21SE is an excellent small headphone amp, and works well with Sennheiser 600 or 650 headphones, which I think are among the best available for combination of sound and comfort. The portable unit that comes immediately to... | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? Some folks just don't live in the right part of the country, I guess. Where I live you can still get locally butchered prime beef. My personal favorite is a New York strip steak done "charred rare", grilled over a very hot open flame (over 500 deg... | |
| Tonearm Geometry and Setup Stanwal, rather than not understanding the question, I think perhaps you answered it. The zero points are, as I understand it, calculated as you say -- so we are only free to "pick" a zero point to the extent we are "free" to pick one of the sever... | |
| please help the audionoob find headphones?? Elizabeth's suggestion is very good. In addition, I also recommend Sennheiser. Comfortable, smooth sound, and many models come with a 1/8 plug and 1/4 adapter. | |
| Are the CD'S days numbered? Regardless of what Ford is, or isn't doing, my guess is that the CD is headed towards one of two futures - either as a small niche product, like the LP, or into 8-track oblivion. Hard to say which, although I think oblivion would be a much longer ... | |
| Turntable / arm upgrades - what will I hear? You will probably get answers all over the map. My experience is that cartridges make a huge difference - different manufacturers produce cartridges with distinct "personalities.". But I would also expect a properly functioning linear tonearm to m... | |
| Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS I have owned Macs continuously since purchasing my first one in the Spring of 1984. I have always made it a practice to hold off on major OS upgrades until the smoke clears - say in about six months. By the time I load Lion the bugs will be ironed... | |
| Must Hear Speakers in $10K range Wilson Benesch Curve |