rhljazz
Responses from rhljazz
| Have any VAC owners tried any KT-88's In my PA100 I prefer the "Winged C" tubes. When I had the Phi 110, I preferred the VAC tubes. | |
| Speakers to alleviate room anomolies You want to make your room "sing again". So does that mean it sounded good at one time, or maybe that it sounded good until you measured the system? Now that you have measured a minor flaw it sounds bad to you. What did you change that made you un... | |
| Bass Suckout in a Square Room - Remedies and Solut Experiment with speaker placement. The distance to the front wall and the side wall should not be equal. Experiment moving the sofa forward or back. GIK makes affordable acoustic panels and traps which are also decent looking. ASC tube traps are e... | |
| Quick poll: Listening at night, lights ON or OFF ? Lights on but nothing bright for the main system. For the secondary system, the tubes and chrome chassis of the Cary look so good in the dark that's how I like it in that room. Sometimes I'll have a candle lit for a bit more light. | |
| Cary 120s The amp has approx. 150 hours on it now. It took about 90 hours before the ultralinear mode began to develope some dimensionality with a reduction in grain. At the 100 hour mark, I replaced the stock 18 gauge cord with a Nordost Brahma which didn'... | |
| Grounding phono cable Personally, I would use the same gauge wire and use a metal butt connector to splice on another section of wire. Use a small piece of heatshrink over the connector for a professional appearance. These parts are available at Radio Shack or good aut... | |
| Nordost Pulsar Point for a DAC? The only way to know is to try. I use Audio Points under my DAC. I tried Stillpoints which I love under the preamp, and the result under the DAC was not very good. I think the DAC is too light for the Stillpoints. The shelf and supports any compon... | |
| MapleShade Samson V.2 and V.3 Equipment Racks A Mapleshade rack is on my wish list. I do have one of their platforms that I am currently using to support a power supply and outboard phono. I feel it offers a sonic improvement over the Polycrystal shelf it rests on. Mine has the cherrywood sta... | |
| Best speakers for 15X14 ft room A room that size pretty much sucks without a lot of acoustic attention. My room is 15x14 with a vaulted ceiling and an open plant-shelf wall to a kitchen/dining area. A room this size has peaks at 40, 80, 160hz. I have six ASC tube traps, 1 GIK su... | |
| Aura Note - why such low resale? Never heard of them. There's a good reason. And since I've never heard of them, my next question would be; "I wonder if they'll be around next year?" Then, they might be made in China, in which case I wouldn't pay a dime for their product. So, the... | |
| tube amp for ProAc Response.. need suggestions I will recommend the VTL ST85, plenty of EL34 pentode power for some snap and drive on the Proacs. They are priced used exactly in your budget. | |
| Recommend me a new PHONO stage. I had the Rotel and replaced it with a Musical Surroundings Phonomena and that was an improvement. There was less surface noise, deeper bass, and an overall increase in fullness or body of instruments and voice. The Phonomena has received positive... | |
| Choosing a new turntable Are you sure you want to deal with the hassles and maintenance of the vacuum system? Plus this is another sprung table. I had the impression from your post, you were tired of the maintenance problems with the Linn. It very well be a great sounding... | |
| Acoustic Absorption and Soundstage Absorptive panels of that large a size directly behind the speakers will have an effect on soundstage. In my experience it resulted in a muted less spacious sound. I found absorption to work best on the back wall. I prefer tube traps for their ver... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. You hear transistor amp manufacturers boasting of a "tube like" sound. Reviewers may compliment an amp as having a "tube like" liquidity.You don't hear tube amp manufacturers boasting of a "solid state" sound. Reviewers may criticize an amp as hav... |