rockadanny
Responses from rockadanny
| Help with hiss @forestg sorry, didn’t realize was both channels. yikes! cap leaking was assuming just one channel. would not expect hiss from unpowered gear. | |
| Help with hiss I experienced an issue exactly like this. Turned out that a capacitor (or two) were leaking in my CD player. Could be a capacitor somewhere in your chain. Maybe even in your speaker crossover. Good luck!! | |
| Just a few words of appreciation for a still living artist. After all these many years, "Early Morning Rain" (played loudly) still tugs at my soul. Also, being a Michigander, so too does, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Great talent. | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I will, but only if asked, and always prefaced with, "... you know ... there are people in this hobby who will spend $25,000.00 on one power cord, so ..." Then my costs don't sound too outrageous. | |
| Sound is better when I stand up? I had a pair of speakers set up such that the tweeters were in line with my ears, yet I noticed similar experience as you had when standing. I found a Stereophile review of my speakers which stated that the tweeters measured better when higher tha... | |
| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube I find him pretty funny and I enjoy his commentary. While I have no interest in any of the gear he reviews, I watch some of his stuff anyway. Strictly for entertainment. | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Whammerdyne DGA-1 Stereo Amp: pair of NOS Sylvania 2A3 power tubes; a NOS Amperex BB 6DJ8 input tube; and the optional wider band output transformers. 4.3 watts of excellent power! | |
| Please recommend speakers for 45 watt SET amps I had those Audio Mirror amps for many years, driving EgglestonWorks Fontaine speakers. I believe the main reason they drove them so well, and the sound was superb, was that the mid drivers had no crossover and the tweeters only a simple L-pad (on... | |
| Audio Mirror Preamplifier No experience with the preamp but had Vlad's 45-Watt SET power amps for many years. Outstanding product from one of the best in the audio biz. Vlad stands out as a true gem of a person. | |
| Best SET power amp below $5,000 My speakers are same-ish sensitivity, and I am extremely pleased with my Whammerdyne DGA-1 stereo amp. 4.3 watts (handling peaks of up to 10 watts) of 2A3 tube wonderfulness. Plays plenty loud enough for me. Transparent, yet still full-sounding. B... | |
| Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig @ghdprentice Thank you! Yes, a labor of love, for sure. Checking out your system ... yow! Beauty AND the Beast. Very swanky. Bet it sounds superb. Nice job! | |
| Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig I am so pleased with my current kit that I believe I have reached my end-game system. I’d never thought this before, no matter how satisfied I was. This is the first time ever, regardless of how thrilled I was about my system, that I’ve stopped pu... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Impossible to boil down to just one, so my idea is for these two. Flip a coin each day, and for heads listen to "From The Hip", by Con Brio, and for tails listen to "Badlands", by Trampled Under Foot. You'll thank me later. | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Yeah, I'm afraid I'll be passing through fiery gates, but I'd have to bring Kind of Blue with me. That recording still effects me, and one I've never grown tired of. Plus, down there, it will likely be my only respite to chill a bit. | |
| Scratch - The Crusaders Funny that you mentioned Entrance by Edgar Winter. I was 14 when that came out and was listening to lots of different music on Detroit radio stations, but never heard anything quite like that! R&R/Jazz/Gospel combo really blew my mind and guid... |