rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| Locus Design Axis USB or ??? $500-600 for a USB cable? That's just plain silly. No more than $30 should get one a very good cable. Any more than that is money wasted frivolously...-RW- | |
| Rating system insanity Once again an Agon user gets bad service and refuses to name the evil doer. What is up with that?-RW- | |
| I know, there is no 'best', but... If you can hold on for about 6 months, the Emotiva XMC-1 promises to be a giant-killer preprocessor for only $1499...http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/processors/products/xmc1-RW- | |
| Ayre MXRs/Thiel 3.7s You already have a tremendously good system, stop stressing over gear. I bet you have not done proper room treatments, and THAT is where you will find the best sound quality...-RW- | |
| Possible Desktop Speakers? KEF X-300A, powered, Uni-Q technology. $799/pr. - these are tremendously good speakers...-RW- | |
| Best of Both Worlds, Hybrid Amps . I had a Butler Audio TDB-5150 5-channel, 150 watts/ch., tube/MOSFET power amp that was really great. Lots of power, MOSFET "balls" mated to tube sweetness. They can be found here once in a while for good prices.They also make a TDB-2250 2-channel,... | |
| 5 best selling newish speaker brands in 2013? Golden Ear Triton 2s, Gallo Classico CL-4, Gallo Reference 3.5 (on sale now for $3599/pr. an incredible value!), Tekton Design Pendragons, PSB Image T6 (front ported) or Synchrony One (rear ported).Those are among the most popular speakers nowaday... | |
| Vacuuming every time? LAST revisited? They should re-name the Okki Nokki to Okki Dokki, that would be a great marketing move...-RW- | |
| High Current vs high power I have generally found that hi-current designs exhibit better control over the woofers and tend to sound more "ballsy". Given a choice between 2 amplifiers, I will almost always opt for the high-current design...-RW- | |
| Subwoofer cable or regular IC's??? There is no credible difference between a "sub" cable and a standard RCA except that the sub cable is usually a single-channel unit. Don't sweat this, it is a non-issue...-RW- | |
| Amp or phono pre + pre for better sound? Yes, preamp first. And make sure it has a good phono stage or buy an outboard phono pre...Your current amp is plenty good enough to soldier on with for a while...-RW- | |
| Well Tempered Pretty simple, really: He's in Oz and wishes to buy the Well Tempered turntable.I would think you'd need to source a table first and then arrange for shipment - pretty straightforward...-RW- | |
| Song With Best Beginning Yep, the Intro. to Sweet Jane is an all-time classic. Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter provide an incredibly powerful and beautiful duet. I had this on constant playback on my Mom's open reel machine until she blew a gasket one day, heh, heh...-RW- | |
| If I had an OPPO 103 or 105, what do A multi-channel amp is all that is required as long as you don't want any auto-EQ circuitry. The Oppos are exceptionally good units and running them direct into an amp sounds very, very good...-RW- | |
| Avalon Indra, Eidolon, Opus comparison Well, I just did a bit of research on the Gryphon amps, and if they cannot properly power those speakers, NOTHING can!Very nice amps, for sure...-RW- |