russ69
Responses from russ69
| System bottleneck? But to be specific I am always looking for better clarity, bigger soundstage and more separation of instruments. Boy aren't we all. Your system looks good on paper. What about a pair of subs, that will really change things. I'd also would want ... | |
| Used amps, how to tell if,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I want to try the Maggie 7.1s, they must be awesome..... But seriously, get a 200wpc amp minimum and not too old, a Parasound A21 would be just over 2500 bucks. | |
| System bottleneck? What is your system not doing to your satisfaction? | |
| Ohm Walsh Talls (opinions sought) Try this: Audiogon Discussion Forum | |
| Interesting comment on Bose Speakers..... Bose makes loudspeakers? I don't think they do, they make lifestyle accessories. | |
| Improvement in Musicality for home theater system I’m really glad someone asked about the term, “musical.”The word, in this application, seems almost comical, to say nothing of it being extremely vague. The opposite of clinical. If that helps. | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion Most amplifiers reduce distortion as volume goes up. Mostly this. Your loudspeakers have way more distortion. There is however a volume level where your system will sound the most linear. That is where you should listen most of the time. | |
| new headphones recommendation? grado gs3000e or… If you like the Grado sound, I recommend you stay with them. Yes, this. | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? using a vintage restored Yamaha solid state preamp That would not be my first choice. | |
| Squeaking/Paper Crinkling Noise Coming from Lamm LL2.1 Thought it was a noisy tube too. Replaced all the tubes and the sound was exactly the same, so that's not the problem. Tubes from Lamm? Some preamps are very sensitive to noisy tubes, even good quality brand new tubes. Sometimes you need to sel... | |
| Squeaking/Paper Crinkling Noise Coming from Lamm LL2.1 It really sounds like a noisy tube to me. | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile The end game will be like this: The rich gets expensive Pass, the poor gets economic Topping and both of them enjoy preamp of similar SQ. No discrimination based on the socioeconomic status in the happy music listening wonderland. Stereophile s... | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile A tube preamp without duplicative/reduntant gain... A preamp is not redundant gain. It is processing the signal and presenting it to the amplifier in a manner that could work better than a signal directly from a source that may or may not match... | |
| Martin Logan EDL OK, I have a pair. Contact Martin Logan first and see what they say. | |
| Martin Logan EDL What is a Martin Logan EDL? |