rwwear

Responses from rwwear

Small Speakers for Small Room, Close to Back Wall?
Snell used to make speakers that worked well against the wall. Good inwalls with a sub is another good option. 
Sonic Frontiers and Classe XLR
It's the same. 
before/after cryo reviews?
I can't think of many worse things than living with a bunch of musicians. 
before/after cryo reviews?
When you think about it all cryo could really do is damage the tube since it is in a complete vacuum. 
what are the "must have" CD's
I second the Hippo. The Dutoit Planets is also a good one for the sub as well as the Telarc Firebird. 
multichannel amps with individual level controls?
Some of the older Adcoms, I don't know about the newer ones. 
HDCD VS SACD
Amazon is not the last word in availability for SACD but they have a lot. The prices are always high for items out of print. I also hardly ever buy from amazon directly. I buy from the resellers that are selling through amazon. I also buy some of ... 
HDCD VS SACD
Apparently you are not buying them the same place as me.http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=sacd%27s&x=13&y=21 
HDCD VS SACD
Who pays 30.00 for an SACD disc? 
HDCD VS SACD
Multichannel playback is also possible with many SACDs. While not a requirement I have found many mixes are better sounding in multichannel. While I do not have a multichannel system I have compared the mixes on other high end systems. 
How to connect a pair of Bagend 18 subs to Krell K
Use the RCA outs on the preamp directly to the subs. Let your mains run full range. 
Help with Krell KSA 50-S versus Krell KSA 200-S
The mono version of the KSA 80 was the KMA 160. KSA stands for Krell Stereo Amp. KMA stands for Krell Mono Amp. 
Any hope for noisy-playing SACD disk?
There used to be a device that trimmed the edges of CDs to balance them. I don't know if it would help for warped discs but it might be worth a try. Does the disc look flat when on a flat surface like a table? If not, you may be able to flatten it... 
Can I use two preamps?
If you want to pursue the two preamp mode, I don't think it will be problematic. But the best way to do it it my opinion would be to invert the outputs on both and make them a truly balanced configuration. To do this you would simply need to make ... 
Can I use two preamps?
There really isn't a balance control that doesn't affect the sound adversely.