russ69
Responses from russ69
| Need advice/opinion in choosing Vandy 2ci or Thiel 1.5 Vandy. Thiels are an acquired taste. | |
| Power Down Sequence for Amp / TT to Avoid Speaker Pop If you don't have a record clamp just pull the disc off of the spinning platter. Practice makes perfect. | |
| Ever Been Too High? "...Fills the bag, smoke cools, man can you ever get a big hit..."Is that what they call "In the bag"? | |
| Ever Been Too High? Loudspeakers with an extended high end seldom sound good if driven by less than the best equipment. The Sansui probably sounds better because the top end is being rolled off. That is my guess. | |
| Bluetooth speaker suggestions- BASS All the big bluetooth powered speakers I've heard have plenty of bass. I think they are tilted that way due to the majority of end users just wanting a boom box. | |
| Replacing selector knob Tuner spray. | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? My QS Mini-monos are my favorite amps and I've owned quite a few different amps. Not much to look at but they sound sweet. . | |
| Speakers recommendations for a Sony Japan golden era Hifi system KEFs would be a good match. | |
| How to add another set of speakers to a traditional 2 channel set up. You can run 2 pairs of speakers if the speakers don't go below 4 ohms. Hooking up a 3rd pair might make the impedance too low for the amp to handle, when wired in parallel. You can hook up a third pair in series but you might run out of power to d... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? "...A false dichotomy is created...to support one’s budgetary constraints, the decision to accept a certain level of performance..."Doug. I can't agree with this. I don't have any budget constraints (well compared to most anyway) but I prefer a mu... | |
| Preamp dilemma "...If it's going to sound better than a tier or 2 down with my amp and speakers..."You can't have too much preamp, it's the heart of any system. | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. I thought tape width, depth, and speed were all involved. | |
| Preamp dilemma SLP 05 is quite a unit but I feel no reason to upgrade my SLP98. Much more musical than the 3 ARC pres I have had. | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance Keesue, my brother ran his 3.6s with a pair of Parasound JC1s in class A mode. It was a very nice pairing. | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance "...Gotta love a forum where someone knows more than the people who build Maggies. oops..is that contentious?..."That might be true but Magnepan will not share much information so many have found the answers on their own. |