russ69
Responses from russ69
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Loudspeakers. Good lightweight cone loudspeakers that are designed to sound good at low levels. Triangles come to mind. | |
| No preamp? You want a pre-amp. It's the heart of a system. All my experiments trying to bypass a pre-amp never worked out. Beg, borrow, or steal a good pre and give it a try. | |
| 300Bs - does leaving them on shorten their life? If they are on, they are being used up. | |
| Primaluna EVO 400 vs. stock Cary SLP-05 preamp? "...Have you compared the Cary linestage to any other premaps (such as arc ref6, vac renissance mk v etc)?..."I have a Cary SLP98 F1 and a couple of Audio Research pre amps. The AR preamps were a bit dryer than the Cary. It would depend on your sy... | |
| Gain Matching - need advice Cleeds has it right. | |
| DVD player playing CD's All players sound different some more than others. CD players are designed to play audio and DVD players are designed to play video and audio. Having said all that, the best way is to put it in your system and see if you like the results. | |
| Take up drums at age 56? Very cool. My brother played drums in his later years, not the best drummer but he enjoyed it. | |
| Own Magnepans? Got Cats? My cat is not a post scratcher, never gets near the Maggies. | |
| This website has become S-L-O-W Yup, Chrome was loading ads and slowing down the works. I switched back to Edge. | |
| Bose 301 modifications Buy a speaker kit from Parts Express: Dayton Audio BR-1 6-1/2" 2-Way Bookshelf Monitor Speaker Kit Pair | |
| Right speakers for big room limited to small room placement options I've never got a fireplace flanking system to work well. I don't understand why but it just has never worked for me. I'll need a budget to make recommendations. | |
| Amp Size/Recommendation to Fill a Large Volume Room A pair of JC-1s. | |
| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? "...I have for years, pursued matched, one-brand systems..." That is a habit that needs to be broken, way too limiting. | |
| 15 foot RCA cables out of TT with no pre amp? "...So, if I’m hearing this correctly. I should use the 1.23m cable provided to a phono stage. Then after the phono stage, the long cable will suffice?..."The phono output is at a low level, you want to keep that run short. | |
| Hearing aid correction bandwidth Nope, hearing aids go to 8K, that's it. Same for my cochlear implant. |