rlb61
Responses from rlb61
| System Enhancement CD The Nordost as well as the Ayre/Cardas both are good. | |
| Reccomend a good preamp for me. I just ordered a BAT VK-33 (not the SE) to replace my BAT VK-3i, and am awaiting delivery. I hope it sounds as good as @dweller's. | |
| Dream vs. Reality - What have you bought? I never really envied any particular system configuration or felt I had to compromise sonically, regardless of price. As a former professional musician, my major criterion for putting a system together is whether instruments sound accurate. I’m no... | |
| Incoming ... New Preamp @mastering92 ... thanks for your kind words. I wish the good things and good health for you and your family. These are difficult times, indeed. | |
| Tube Dealers 2021 Kevin Deal from Upscale Audio is first rate. I’ve bought many tubes from him and had a problem "crackler" only one time. Kevin replaced it immediately, and I’ve never had another issue with his tubes. I highly recommend him. | |
| Joseph Audio Pearl 3 to 20/20 Graphene Upgrade I’ve heard both and have the Pulsars (v1). To me, the graphene’s bass sounds a bit more bloated than the v1s. That may be acceptable if the graphene’s are placed in a large room, but it likely will overload a small one. For me, the graphene upgrad... | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? @atmasphere Ralph ... I have two main outs - one is balanced and one is single ended. The balanced goes to my power amp directly. The single ended goes to the sub directly. If I used the ISO-MAX, then it would appear I'd just go from the single en... | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? @atmasphere Ralph, please explain the hookup with the ISO-MAX. I’m running the balanced main output from my preamp into the power amp. I’m running simultaneously the single ended main output into my sub. So, if I used the ISO-MAX for the sub, how ... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Black Sabbath ... Halloween night, 1983 at the Nassau Coliseum. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)was singing lead and Bev Bevan (ELO) was on drums. Just awful. Gillan’s voice seemed shot and Bevan could hardly keep a beat. Tony and Geezer appeared to be in... | |
| If someone looked through you music (records, CDs, etc.) what would surprise them? That most of those to whom I listen are no longer with us. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Strawbs - "Grave New World." | |
| Audio envy - dang! I can tell you that I'm no shill for AE or anyone else. In fact, I think I may have been one of the first folks here on AG who reviewed an AE product at all. Bottom line is that after having listened to a bunch of very high end cables over the yea... | |
| Forgotten/Neglected Artists? The Sensational Alex Harvey BandLee Michaels | |
| Try to train them...again, or simply shoot them? When I was about 6 years old, I had lent my then twenty-something cousin a 45 rpm of "Just Like Me" by Paul Revere and the Raiders. He returned it to me with a frickin’ scratch well-deep into the grooves which caused a skip. As my folks didn’t hav... | |
| Just bought a Hegel H390 Integrated Forget the Hegel ... Congratulations on the divorce. It'll get even better once your gonads drop down from your stomach and return to their rightful place. Been there, done that. Let the good times roll! |