samhar

Responses from samhar

I feel like an idiot; lessons learned
A digital level will help make speaker set up easier/faster/more exact!! A laser pointer simplifies getting the tweeters to fire at the same height target(s). 
Component Impact
Yes! My experience has been as I listen to my system for a while, weeks, months etc, I start to hear areas that just don't sound quite "right" to me and I start searching for ways to "fix" this. Preamps are equal with speakers, amps, sources and t... 
McIntosh on CBS News
Thanks 
Where to invest
Personally I'd upgrade the integrated. The speaker are already excellent, they have proven this by being paired with Joule and Atmosphere amps with wonderful results!!! Upgrade around these great speakers for awhile they've proven they can handle ... 
Exact Power SP15A provide surge/spike protection?
I'm very pleased with the SP 15A's ability to keep the power at a consistent 120V, filter the power plus the protection it has provided with surges/spikes/outages and restarts!!!!! I lived, just moved, in a '50 house at the end of a power line, ma... 
Can anyone explain cable risers?
I couldn't hear any difference but they did dress up the wires, kept dust bunnies off the cables and because I used inexpensive foam elevators that stacked keep wires separated/organized around the racks. 
Who is the WORST Audio Shop?
Thanks for the explanation !!!!!! I bought something from them once advertised and charged/paid as a 9 when delivered it was a 7 !!!!!!! As someone said it's easier to ask for forgiveness than to explain !!!!! So I might agree with you !!!!!!! 
Who is the WORST Audio Shop?
Why is that Taters ??????? 
What is the best....?
Anything Mike Lavigne has !!!! Or anything I don't have !!!! 
What are used SOVTEK 6H30P Tubes worth?
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does your system "warm up" and then sound better?
I turn my equipment on for a minimum of thirty minutes before listening and and leave it on for thirty minutes after I've stopped listening. I don't know what gives but my system works much better after it's be on at least an hour !!!!! 
What are used SOVTEK 6H30P Tubes worth?
they sell new for $25-$30 so what ever you can get south of $10 !!!!! 
WP 7 or Totem Wind or AZ Crescendo or ????
Your list dynamic/punchy/open are WP 7 strengths!!! A pair is selling for $8000 on Agon, that's a lot of speaker!!!! 
Best Audiophile chair around $200
Tilted "My Dedicated Room...at last!!" (Milpai) 
Best Audiophile chair around $200
In today's "Ever Evolving" virtual systems there is a picture of the Poang in Milpai's system.