rja
Responses from rja
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I was told the Romulus transport is a TEAC but not one of the best as installed in the top Esoterics.IMO: It would be tough to beat the interface between transport and DAC in the Romulus with a separate transport and cable. I'll give it a try with... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The Aesthetix are available. Just received mine today. | |
| Comparing Receptacles I'm using a combination of GTX-R, GTX-G and R1. I've used the FIM's and IMO they are very good. Each outlet brings something to the table. Which qualities work best with a given system, listener and room acoustics can only be ascertained by listen... | |
| What most important in the sound of your cables? Just get out of the way! | |
| Best of current 12ax7? On your recommendations I have ordered a pair of Psvane 12AX7's. May order some other brands mentioned as well, all for the sake of experimentation. Thanks for the responses. | |
| What music do you use to assess your system? I'm such a gear head that I don't actually use music to assess my system. I use many other criteria though, such as; looks, cost, number of knobs and believe it or not weight. I figure the more something weighs the more stuff is in there so it has... | |
| Best of current 12ax7? I'm not looking for the one and only super tube. Fortunately with the prices of many of the recommendations above it's actually possible to roll a few without going to the poor farm. The great NOS stuff can be difficult to find and expensive, gett... | |
| Why Palladium in cables, wiring, etc. . .? How about alloys, silver with a hint of gold and a touch of palladium for instance? Many popular cables are not based on a single metal. Also, regardless of conductivity, there have been one or two palladium cables that have received positive revi... | |
| Why Palladium in cables, wiring, etc. . .? Using your logic, the relative "sound" of any cable should follow your chart, silver sounding "best" and lead "worst". That is; the better the conductivity, the better the sound.But are there parameters, other than conductivity that need to be con... | |
| What happened with the SACD format? What happened to SACD? I don't think enough consumers cared about them for the big players to continue interest. They have become a niche market. One can argue about the superiority of the the format over CD all day, doesn't matter. Sound quality ... | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others Any discussion of outlets is incomplete without mentioning the plug that goes into it. It's a package, they are never used separately. They should be thought of as one unit. | |
| Great Saxophone Artists and Albums Here are a few more to consider; Art Pepper, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Mobley. | |
| Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others Hey, If this thread becomes TOO "reasonable" I'll have to stop following it. How about some good old fashioned vitriol, recrimination and name calling? Are we becoming genteel in our old age? | |
| Telefunken Black Diamond E88CC / 6922 Slikric,You should try them, why not? They may be great and you'll never know until you try them. Good luck to you.The Telefunken labeling moderately bothers me because IMO it's a marketing gimmick which does not necessarily mean the tube is witho... | |
| Telefunken Black Diamond E88CC / 6922 Roxy, I know, I was just bored. |