redkiwi
Responses from redkiwi
| High on Thier List, But Low on Yours Things I cannot get a good result (given the price) out of no matter how hard I try - Metal-based or ceramic cones, mdf or glass shelves, B&W 801, AES/EBU digital cables, solid-core interconnects or speaker cables, sub-woofers, power condition... | |
| Contact cleaners/What's good? I have had similar experience to the Corn-fed one, that is, repeated use of cleaning fluids causing more of a problem than it cures. I find that if I just disconnect and reconnect each cable once a month (disturbing the cable as little as possible... | |
| Which sub is better for audio I am not big on subs as I have never heard one improve the musical quality of the bass, but that may be more a reflection of my skills in integrating one with my main speakers. But I have tried a few and was rather impressed with the tightness of ... | |
| Opinion of Meridian 557 Amp Oops. "Welly" is an English colloquialism that I forgot to screen out. I think it originates with Wellington boots - ie. large rubber mid-calf boots that farmers wear - we call them gumboots in NZ (and often use the same word to describe those tha... | |
| Best material for speaker cables? Such simple truths do not exist, yet many seem to believe that silver is better. A general observation is that I hear silver cables to sound "whiter", cleaner and faster - therefore susceptible to sounding thin and bright if poorly constructed or ... | |
| Footers/Shelf Material I hate it when I speak too soon. I am probably doing it again but want to correct my last post. I have gone back to the E-A-R feet between the monoblocks and the Maple Butchers Block, but am supporting the Maple with Mana sound frames - thick rigi... | |
| Turntable innertubes: air, water, oil I was just fishing Tom because I was interested - but it is you that has got me hooked now - I am going to have to try this oil trick. I found there was a "swimminess" or somesuch that I struggle to explain with bladders. When you say everything i... | |
| Footers/Shelf Material Dan2112 - I am only just getting to grips with the Butchers Block and perceive some small problems, but they are small. I have stated above that the E-A-R feet are great with hard shelves and still hold to that. But I don't call the Butchers Block... | |
| Is it cabin fever or what??? Audiogon is a great site - we would not criticise its minor imperfections so much if we did not already value it highly - we would have just walked away, like we did with the other sites. I see its growth as inevitably causing its focus to diminis... | |
| Audio Hype!! I know what you mean guys, but I think that the complexities of putting a good system together are so great that there is a degree to which we have to go through a long series of mistakes before we can gain the appropriate wisdom - rather that tha... | |
| Opinion of Meridian 557 Amp I have not heard the actual combination you refer to but have heard the individual components. In my opinion the 566 DAC and the 502 preamp are not nearly as good as the rest of the Meridian gear concerned. But the 557 bridged works very well with... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? I have an agreement with my wife that my music hobby can cost as much as we spend on a car. Given she has a passion for Alfas, that gives me a reasonable budget, but I am always suggesting she upgrades from time to time. If you are serious about t... | |
| Upsampling/Advice on Transport Transports make a musically significant difference and can be heard through any upsampler/jitter reducer I have ever heard - same for the cable running into it. That Parasound transport sounds smooth and congealed - cannot understand why anybody w... | |
| AC regeneration and power conditioners I really distrust that word "perfect" - how many times do we have to be fooled by the marketers? | |
| Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio) Coffee, Wine, Beer, Fine foods, Cooking (mainly breads and curries), Sport. |