rhljazz
Responses from rhljazz
| Mark Levinson 360S & use of both RCA and balanced I believe that both ouputs are active all the time so there will be no problem using both routed to different preamps. I use my Sony player in this configuration. | |
| What amp to match with Conrad Johnson Premier 16/2 Your best bet would be to stay in the CJ family especially if you really like your preamp. The PS HCA2 is sonically way below the quality of your other components. So, that leaves you with the Gamut from your original either/or. | |
| hum Being caused by ?? I wasn't talking about lifting the power cord grounds. My preamp has a toggle switch right at the XLR connector to change the grounding arrangement for either "truly differential balanced" or just a plain "balanced" operation. I would suggest you ... | |
| equipment interface to rack tweaks My rack has the optional brass spikes but I have never seen the threaded rods or hardware in brass. | |
| equipment interface to rack tweaks Last night I swapped everything back to the Justarack and that is the sound that works for me and I can now see that no amount of tweaking on the Polycrystal rack will result in the sound that I crave. This system just sounds so good I can't wait ... | |
| hum Being caused by ?? Check if all components use pin 2 hot and pin 3 ground. I would suspect that one amp deviates from this configuration. Also since purchasing my VAC Renaissance preamp which is truly balanced operation, I find out that my Sony cd player and my Clas... | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. The Delphi Imager speakers or Jimmy Carter. | |
| B&W Nautilus 802 vs. ProAc Responce 2.5 The Proac's will sound the best with the least amount of effort in component and cable matching. IMHO when things are set up optimally the Nautilus 802 will easily surpass the Proac in definition and bass impact. | |
| Open door at first reflection area of right spkr You can play around with toe-in to compensate but you will probably always hear that un-even response. You need to re-model. Add a pocket door, or take the whole wall down and reconfigure which is what I did years ago. I had two big openings, one ... | |
| Anyone hear new Antique Sound Labs "Hurricane"? Chinese KT88's are in the thirty dollar range each, so even with cheap tubes you're looking close to five hundred bucks. I'm in AZ and that many tubes going at once would only leave me with three or four months it could be used. The heat output sh... | |
| Cary sound? I have an SLI50 integrated and it is dead quiet first of all. Sound emanates from a black silence that is crystal clear and it possesses excellent dynamics both micro and macro. You hear all the detail with no harshness or spot-lighting. It has ex... | |
| Shipping/packing-what's the standard for pre & CD? In the course of my business I spend about six grand a month shipping with fedex and I would never send anything of much value using the ground service. Air freight is the only way to go. In a lot of cases you can ship 3rd day and it will arrive 2... | |
| Speaker Balance Did you try swapping the speaker cables to make sure it's not an equipment imbalance instead of a room imbalance. If it is a room problem sometimes you can alter by moving the speaker only a few inches. From your listing position use a tape measur... | |
| Unsettled and considering changing stuff What you need is another system or two. I like a different sound/perspective on a regular basis. In my main listening room I have two racks and two complete systems that share only source material, two different cd players and a turntable. One sys... | |
| I'm confused. Need direction on analogue system Go with an outboard phono. Start off with something like the Phonomena to tide you over until you can spring for the Supratek. It will be better than your built in phono section and you can match the gain and loading. It is very quiet and well bal... |