sandthemall
Responses from sandthemall
| Describe your preference in a single sentence Give me detail and slam wrapped in a gold velvet blanket. | |
| Underpowered? 100 watts is plenty...BUT: I think you need an amp that doubles down on the power with halving of the impedance. Or at least close to doubling. Some amps will deliver 100 watts at 8ohms and 200 watts at 4 ohms and are stable down to 1 ohm. An a... | |
| Is this stylus worn out? @mijostyn 10% alcohol duly noted. Thanks for the correction! | |
| Is this stylus worn out? Moving coil carts should be cleaned quite often. I find that after about 2 weeks or about 20 hours of play, enough debris accumulates on the cantilever that it begins to deaden the sound a bit. I use a 50/50 mix of distilled water and isopropyl a... | |
| How much “suspension of disbelief do you need?” Have you ever looked at a painting and thought, ’I know it’s a painting but it’s more beautiful than real life’? That’s what art can do. Mics can be placed on the bottom and top heads of drums in a studio. In a concert, that just won’t happen. So... | |
| Can one have too many tube components in a system? 25 tubes, 93db speakers, unshielded interconnects and quiet. | |
| A different world @lalitk, Yikes that's quite a set up you have! I'm sure it sounds amazing! Great attention to detail. To tell you the truth, I'm afraid to audition it! But would like to try it within my setup. Will see if Upscale can accommodate me. Will cert... | |
| A different world @Lalitk Tell me what kind of analogue and digital systems you have. I suspect you may have quite a good digital rig. | |
| A different world @Lalitk My CD player is an Audiolab 8200CD. It is really a DAC + CD combo and can operate as a standalone DAC with multiple inputs. My Turntable is a Technics 1200G with Hagerman Trumpet MC tube phono stage. AT33PTGII cartridge These run into a... | |
| Seeking advice for speakers for my Family Room Hiring a professional is an option. But it certainly doesn't hurt to get yourself aquatinted with how the room sounds first hand. Start with clapping several times in the area you will be listening from. Do this as many times as it takes to get ... | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? When you see and feel how precise and thoughtful the connection on most removable headshell systems is, you will not give it a second thought. Removable headahells allow you to zero in on the perfect mass for a given cartridge as well. I have ma... | |
| A different world Well, what kind of CD player do you have? A good CD player with a high quality DAC is difficult to beat. Not putting down streaming services...but saying it’s better than your CD player or turntable is not saying very much. My CD player is best d... | |
| Seeking advice for speakers for my Family Room I had a system layout almost exactly like yours about 2 houses ago! The house I moved into next was perfect for audio. My same audio system took a monumental leap in imaging and clarity with nothing more than a room change. Night and day. Reflecti... | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Radiohead / Scatterbrain Radiohead / Pyramid Song | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Townes Van Zandt / Waiting Around to Die |