rlb61
Responses from rlb61
| mystery muffled mids MC appears to be correct that it's likely a crappy file through streaming. I would try an LP or CD source of the same music and see whether you still get muffled mids. | |
| is using a tube amp every day bad? No! | |
| Speaker purchase question I think that the seller should have mentioned that the grills were not included. Indeed, it seems that practice and precedent on the ’Gon is that grills are included in the sale unless specifically excluded. | |
| Brand Synergy I prefer brand synergy when it comes to the amp/preamp relationship. Other than those two components, mixing and matching is fine for me. | |
| Wilson Audio Specialties Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker!! only $300,000.oo For over $300K, do they require directional cables? ;-) | |
| Cat Scratch Fever? Look, the "mask thingy" is simply about respect. If you are wearing a mask to try and protect me from getting CV19, then it’s only right for me to reciprocate. Don't get bent out of shape about it. As I said in an earlier post, CV19 is real, dange... | |
| Jazz Club..... Nice.... Don’t forget Bill Evans, who played piano on Kind of Blue. He, and the rest of the cats on that disc, are amazing. | |
| Cat Scratch Fever? I speak from personal experience ... COVID is no hoax. I contracted it, together with related double pneumonia, and almost bought the farm. If not for Remdesivir and Dexamethasone given to me during a one week stay in the hospital, I would be jamm... | |
| Joseph Audio Pulsar placement and tips If you're gonna toe them in, then it should be very slight per Joseph Audio. | |
| Food: What does the typical audiophile eat? I didn’t know that there was or even could be a difference between an audiophile’s diet and that of a regular person. Go figure. | |
| Best way to wipe off the dust cleaning the gear +1 for the Swiffer. | |
| What sends shivers down your spine when you play it on your system? The instrumental opening of "Freebird" from Skynyrd's "Pronounced" album."Nowhere Man" by the Beatles.Both of these get me EVERY time. | |
| Band names made up of audiophile jargon Thermal Regulation.The Octals.Dual Triode.Vishay.Phono Stage.The Soft Domes.Three Way. | |
| Audio Companies with Integrity?? All of the following people, in no particular order, have provided great service, and have been extremely nice and helpful in my quest to have a great system:1. Victor and Steve from Balanced Audio Technology.2. Jeff from Joseph Audio.3. Kevin and... | |
| My Terrible Emotiva Experience My late father, may the Lord rest his soul, used to say "if you buy used, then you're usually buying other people's problems." I have found that to be true for me as a general proposition, although YMMV. Notwithstanding what Emotiva told you, you ... |