roberjerman
Responses from roberjerman
| Are these hooked up right? Changing the jumpers to a different metal will have NADA effect! It is a MYTH that different metals sound better or worse for audio! Let the rock throwing begin! | |
| Am I using the right speaker cables? Wire burn-in is a MYTH! Go ahead, throw some more rocks at me! | |
| Am I using the right speaker cables? Move your speakers closer to the front wall. Dynamic woofers benefit by being near the boundary of two surfaces (wall and floor). Known as the Allison effect (after Roy Allison - a protege of Raymond Villchurs). And remember that cables are NOT to... | |
| Top of the heap..a century of research and advancements,the new Ortofon Century Cartridge. It's less costly than the Grado ($16K)! We will have to wait for Michael Fremer's review! He did appraise the Grado as a SOTA contender! | |
| Watts are watts? @celander: I still have a pair of DQ10's and a Son of Ampzilla (actually 2 of them!). I consider that a good combination. But you may just like to listen at higher SPL's than me, in a larger room! | |
| Watts are watts? You might consider a New York Audio Labs (NYAL) 300. Hybrid amp (4 tube front end, MOSFET output stage) of 150 WPC. Designed by George Kaye. I have the smaller version (NYAL 150) - 75 WPC. Excellent sounding amps, combing the virtues of both tube ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The Meat Puppets - Too High To Die. Great overlooked Alt-Rock music! Listened to it all the way through (13 tracks). | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? And I saw the Airplane perform that song on the old Ed Sullivan Show on a Sunday night! Grace Slick wore black-face makeup! | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @roxy54: Thank you for the correction! Crown Of Creation remains a long-time favorite! Bought my first copy back in the late Sixties! That one's long-gone but I have a new pristine re-issue (that sounds fine!). | |
| Speaker Help You don't like the Vandersteen 2's? | |
| Used none working Pioneer PL-L1000 worth Mine is the LT20. There is one for sale now on EBAY for $450 + shipping from Florida. Also available are two LT30's ($850 and $640 - plus shipping). Ships from NY and GA. All excellent LT tt's - and sonically competitive with expensive pivoted-arm... | |
| Elapsed Time Counter for Tracking Stylus Life +1 Elizabeth on the use of Stylast! | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss" - The Who, Who's Next. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Lather was 30 years old today. His mother took away all of his toys" - Jefferson Airplane, Crown Of Creation. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "I talk to the wind, the wind does not hear" - King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King. |