retiredfarmer
Responses from retiredfarmer
| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? Well there are a lot of different speakers made and only a few of them are worth owning. I don't find pmc,b&w or atc ones that I want to own. | |
| Speaker Hum Sounds like a ground issue. Get the circuit tester and make sure the plugs are grounded and wired right. Have an electrical guy check the grounds in the main box make sure yhey are not loose or do that your self. Check the breaker grounds on the... | |
| Preamp with two volume controls? https://photos.app.goo.gl/p7P6PEZTmhDH9TxVA This is the inside look of the power supply. The above post is the faceplate and the two volume control s | |
| Preamp with two volume controls? https://photos.app.goo.gl/TdR6jNqBigQtLgh37 | |
| Preamp with two volume controls? My canary pre amp as two chassis both spilt into channels so a volume control for each channel and a power supply for each channel. There top of the line had two complete sets for each channel not divided in two boxes they had four boxes. Grif... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle People who don't think the receptacle s make a difference will think I sm out in LA LA land when I say I changed the wire feed into my home from the city junction box to my panel from aluminum to copper. That was also a big difference not as ... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle @mlapenta yes it is shocking the difference it makes. I ran a group of individual 20 amp circuits with the furutech plugs. All the same.length wire and all coming from the same.leg of the box. I look now and likely should have gotten hifi ... | |
| Too much power? With ny one set of monoblocks I changed speakers that were much harder to drive a d with the bigger load on the amp they system came to life. The speaker needs to match the amp | |
| Perception and Watts: Doubling of power @ghdprentice Good ear. Triod is much better on my canary monoblocks as well exactly the difference you found with you audio reseach | |
| When were the best tube amps made? @jasonbourne52 they all sound the same the cheaper the better. Snake oil! | |
| What am I missing? Well when talking cd quality I always giggle when people compare streaming to cheap cd players there is a huge difference between 5000 dollar and under cd players and ones over 20000 dollars. | |
| You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers? I have an Ayre k1xe pre connected to Mark levinson 33h monoblocks drive harbeth shl5 speakers. Heaven! | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS It is truly a matter of personal taste. I have both a hi end solid state system and a hi end tube based system as well. After a lifetime of solid state systems that has ended in a mark levinson Ayre power pre. I feel I know a bit about the... | |
| Reliable Mid-Priced 7.2 Channel Receiver I don't use mine very often but I enjoy the nad I have and the arcam blu ray. | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll Well one thing for everyone not to forget is science. If the science is right about global warming the science is also right about nuclear winter. So thank the lord for the Ohio class submarines anytime the world is in danger the Ohio s ar... |