shsohis
Responses from shsohis
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? On Ayre equipments, using balanced connections makes a world of difference - a lot of it. Don't bother getting Ayre if you intend to run rcas. | |
| Dynaudio Confidence 5 vs Harbeth I'm sure there are many hungry wolves waiting to grab your C-5. By the way, the C1 is superb when I heard it recently - simply spellbinding. | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon Frankly speaking, "phenomenon" and "Harbeth" are mutually exclusive. | |
| EAR 324 vs Einstein The Turntable Choice I'm all for a neutral kind sound - I read from reviews that the Einstein has often been compared to tube-y. Wonder how tur that will be. | |
| Power Cord for EAR 324 Phono Stage I run a full set of Shunyata Taipan Helix in my setup. Never like the Python - a tad warmish and bloated for my liking. I never tried another power cord on my 324 though. Btw the 324 is amazing and makes my Xono sounds rather amatuerish. | |
| Are Promo-DJ Copy stamped vinyl better? Yes much better. Most of my collection are all promo pressed. Of course you do run into the risk of unplayable records or even unbalanced ones due to high frequency of usage. But still I think the risk is worth taking for promo copies. | |
| Arm Suggestions For Lyra Helikon I'm using mine on a Schroeder Model 2 with very good results. I have also previously used it with a OL mod RB300 but the result is like night and day. | |
| Taylor Swift I like her songs but I wouldn't buy any album which the artiste cannot sing live. Watching her on all her performances is really painful. I actually feel embarrassed for her. It feels that those off-key American Idol sessions. The question is whet... | |
| Audia flight vs Ear 324 Very good comments for the EAR. Just curious about whether the phono is quiet?.... My previous Pass Xono is really really quiet. | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Chjo100,Well, I home-trial the QB-9 at my friend's place - using his VTL/Krell combo. Of course, the setup was not optimised but I thought the QB-9 experience was something like a revelation.Kurt_tank,I'm not a big fan of the Nordost cables - I fe... | |
| Phono stages belong to which tier? My ranking -(1) Phono(2) Cart (3) Tonearm/wire (4) TTTough choice but ideally I would actually place the rest of the items at a distant second place behind the phono. Yes, I'm trying to convince myself to get a Audia Flight Phono now.... | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Chjo100,No, I'm not using any computer peripherals into my amps - I think you are referring to the Ayre QB-9? Yes, I have tried this and it is excellent but I'm more inclined to invest money in the analogue arena.I'm close to getting a used Kimber... | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Kurt_Tank,I'm currently using a full range of Kimber KS-1030 unbalanced. I might just start looking for the balanced equivalents.I'm actually starting to enjoy the Ayre more than the First Sound now.... | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Kurt_Tank,I spent one afternoon today listening to the newly acquired Ayre K1-xe after leaving the unit on standby for 3 days. I did not however take the trouble of switching back to the First Sound since I know the First Sound very well. This is ... | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Thanks for all the very helpful comments and advice. As it is, I have just bought the Ayre k1xe with phono today. The first listen has been interesting but I would allow for a 3-day standby and will conduct a serious listening session.** I've just... |