seandtaylor99
Responses from seandtaylor99
| Best way to compare amps? Sugarbrie ... I don't think warmup was the reason. Warmup may make something of a difference bu nothing as profound as what I heard. I think fatparrot is close to my experience. You may not notice the step up, but boy do you ever notice the step d... | |
| How Do you hide/camouflage your rats nest? Unfortunately I had to improve the WAF by removing it from the living room into the spare bedroom. In the end it worked out well since now I can listen whenever I like and it doesn't compete with the TV. I'd like a bigger room but I wouldn't go ba... | |
| Best way to compare amps? A couple of days would be better than a short period. If you can swing it try a couple of days each. At minimum a couple of hours each.Sometimes you have to switch back and forth to appreciate it. I remember when I changed my NAD 3020 for a Missio... | |
| Are You Happy? I have about $3000 in hardware and a similar amount in software. I'd say 80% sounds good, 10% sounds amazing and 5% not so good and 5% unlistenable.For once I'm glad I don't have more money. Sounds like it makes people really unhappy with their sy... | |
| Can I start some trouble? "Frankly, I think the manufacturers rely more on expectation effects than real engineering".bomarc .. you took the words out of my mouth. And I think this applies to all audio components, not just cables (though they are probably the worst offende... | |
| subwoofer setup problem As a REL owner I should tell you to dump the ACI and buy REL, but I won't because I think that the ACI might work just as well.The above threads are interesting physics descriptions ported vs vented etc etc but I think your best advice (from Sean ... | |
| subwoofer setup problem I would try 3) first since it is relatively inexpensive, and ACI has a good return policy. I have also read ACI owners who have commented very favorably. Plus a simple capacitor (which is really all the filter is) is not going to cause much sonic ... | |
| suggestions for speakers If speakers must be close to the wall then that almost always rules out a rear-ported speaker. I think the proacs fall into this category. Anyone who has suggested a rear-ported speaker should be asked to qualify this recommendation when the speak... | |
| Coolest looking cd player in history Sorry, but when you've owned Spica Angelus speakers all other audio components are just visually boring :-) | |
| Inexpensive Amp and Speakers NAD, Rotel, Cambridge are receivers I'd look for at $150 (which is really pushing it).Mission probably make the best monitor speakers at this price ... here's an examplehttp://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?spkrmoni&1020708090If not mission tr... | |
| Used DAC or Used CD Player??? I don't know which Planet it was ... that was all the seller told me. I've never heard a planet, though I own a Rega Planar 3 so I know rega is capable of making good stuff. Whether a Rega planet would sound better than a CD63 with DIP and monarch... | |
| TUNERS..anyone? Most FM stations compress the music deliberately because their primary target audience are drivers in a noisy car environment or listening on a boom box. I've never seen the need for a high-end tuner for precisely this reason. | |
| Used DAC or Used CD Player??? The 18b and DIP will certainly be a MAJOR improvement over your CD63, particularly in imaging and definition. Since you have a preamp why get the Monarchy 18 (which includes preamp and volume) ? The model 22A and 22B is the same DAC (more or less)... | |
| Used DAC or Used CD Player??? I have a CD67SE ... on its own it's not a very good transport since there is quite a lot of jitter on the digital out. So if you go the DAC route be sure to either buy a DAC which resamples and reclocks the data stream to remove jitter, or buy a M... | |
| Integrated amps, need some help For around $300 you might find used Arcam alpha, Audiolab, or Cyrus amps. IMHO these are all better than NAD or Cambridge. Granted they will be nearly 10 years old at this price, but they're usually built to last at least 20 years. |