re-lar-kvothe
Responses from re-lar-kvothe
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? Doesn't qualify as "odd" per se but I have 3 albums from 3 different very close friends that never hit the big time, didn't hit the small time for that matter. I am relatively sure they didn't sell outside of Rochester NY. Each album is excellent ... | |
| Vintage worth the time to explore? I am somewhat biased since I own a recently refurbished Sony TA-N80ES. It's the same as the TA-N77ES but without the meters so it doesn't look as pretty. However, it sounds as good since the internals are the same. You should be able to find one f... | |
| Advice for RCA Interconnect Upgrade? I was a skeptic for a long time. Finally, to scratch that itch, I contacted a vendor and ordered a full set of cables for my rig. In short, I was very impressed. Clarity, sound stage, bass response and accuracy all improved to my liking. I suggest... | |
| Anyone prefer horizontal bi-amping their monos? Horizontal bi-amping | |
| How Did Your First Audiophile Experience Impact Your Audio Journey? My LSD memories include...hmmm...wait...what was I thinking??? In reality, I first heard high end audio when a guy I worked for invited me to his home for a meal and music. He had 2 Klipsch Horns powered by 2 huge tubed McIntosh monoblocks, McInt... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll I have been using tube gear for several years now and will never give them up. However, I recently borrowed a FirstWatt F6 from a friend. After I listened to it for a few hours I made an offer and now it is mine. I just ordered a pair of Tekton Do... | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? Your speakers will work fine with a tube amp, especially the Cronus. I have M-180 monoblocks from Rogue paired with a set of Focal Kanta No.2s and when in triode mode I am only pumping 75wpc into them and they sound sublime. I can't speak to the C... | |
| How to match preamp and power amp? rucan65 You have a MF pre controlling a MF PA and the system sounds horrible. Hmmm....MF claims the M8s is the perfect match for the M8s-700 monoblocks. I find it difficult to believe why it would not be equally as good with the M8s500. This is o... | |
| Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track mellifluous I learnt a new word today. I can't wait to use it in normal conversation. As Ron White once said, "It's a great day, Tater." I had an 8-track player when I was 16, given to me by my uncle a few years prior. With my first real payche... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? There is only one way to find out, as I recently did for my own curiosity. Reading what others think, either for or against, about the need for "better" cables is useless. You need to make that determination yourself. Follow what I did and you wil... | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System I will not speculate but: sitting here at my desk with my $500 used system which consists of Klipsch RP600Ms, homemade cables, TMS T-300MKll mini tube amp with some NOS tubes, and my trusty PC I could hear that mandolin as clear as day. Just sayin' | |
| Packing & Shipping Large/Heavy Speakers I urge you to take them to a UPS store and let them package and ship them. It will likely cost more but if you want to ensure an undamaged shipment or at least an insured shipment that you can "collect" on that is the route to go. I had a nightmar... | |
| Streamer Recommendation. I can strongly recommend an Auralic product. I just took possession of an Altair G1 and am very impressed with its overall performance. I think the Vega G2.1 would be a great fit for your system. | |
| Static attack! Time to get the humidifiers going @rsf507 I did not know the brush was also made by Furutech. My apologies. I own the Destat and it works extremely well. Better than any other antistatic device I used or owned. |