rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| Suggestions for a good stereo preamp and amp I think you would find it next to impossible to do better than the Emotiva XSP-1 Differential, Balanced preamp ($769 on sale right now) mated to Emo's XPA-200 amp (150 watts/ch., $429 on sale)You get 30 days to try them out in your system and a 5 ... | |
| Beolab 5 by B&O I sold a lot of B&O back in the day and I never liked their speakers. We usually sold ADS, KEFs, or Missions instead...-RW- | |
| Cartridge for punk, rock, emo, indie? Rather than using your cartridge as a tone control, why not seek out the one with the most accurate response characteristics? It's not as if the cartridge knows what kind of music it is playing...-RW- | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak This is a (small) waste of money. Have fun with it if you like, but it does nothing to improve the sound of your system...-RW- | |
| Power supply to Amplifier A surge suppressor will do NOTHING to protect your amp if you suffer a lightning strike. The ONLY solution is to yank the cord from the wall outlet before the lightning hits.And 'most every competent amplifier design incorporates surge suppression... | |
| Dump Your 401K, Invest in records Wow, $35k for a piece of vinyl - you gotta be out of your ever-lovin' mind...-RW- | |
| How to get iTunes to play FLAC Apple only supports their rip-off version of FLAC, ALAC. Get something like dbPowerAmp and convert the FLAC files to ALAC or AIFF... | |
| Speaker wire construction and sound quality Basically what I'm reading is that folks are suggesting various ways of inserting tone controls into a system. Why not simply do it right and find a high-quality parametric EQ that will allow you to precisely tailor the sound for your hearing anom... | |
| Here's a weird one... Yep - welcome to the wonderful world of DSP controlled processors. Your problem illustrates why I really like preamps/processors that have a Max Volume setting. This also helps to keep the babysitter's boyfriend from frying your speakers...-RW- | |
| Why does Amps/Preamps forum have most threads? And also because they are swapped in and out of systems more frequently. Most folks will keep their speakers for 5 years or more. It is much easier to buy and install amps/preamps than it is speakers...-RW- | |
| Soooo many choices. Here's another endorsement of the Emotiva XDA-2 DAC/Preamp - plenty of inputs, very good sound, and it even has a very capable headphone amp built-in. This is quite a bargain at the sale price of $339 delivered. And you have 30 days to evaluate it... | |
| IPC Energizers Wow, Proton Vibration Alignment - how revolutionary! Here is some of their website spiel:===============================IPCÂs proprietary Euphoria TechnologyTM is implemented in all IPC products to generate a prescribed and stable PVA Field (Prot... | |
| Emotiva XPA-5 vs. Parasound A51? Yep, Zydo is right - make use of Emo's 30 day trial period. I'm betting you will not send it back...-RW- | |
| Emotiva XPR-5 power amp? Well, if the "qaulity" of sound is what you're after, you might want to consider Emo's XPA-1L monoblocks - they are supposed to be the best-sounding Emo amps...-RW- | |
| Best Soundcards for PC or MAC Asus Xonar Essence:http://www.rakuten.com/prod/asus-xonar-essence-one-external-sound-box-cm6631-usb/225739553.html?listingId=-1-RW- |