sonofnorway
Responses from sonofnorway
| I want it all The Rogue Cronus integrated may have everything he is looking for. | |
| Home made cable lifters. Get a 4x4 cedar post and set your miter box at about a 70 degree angle and cut off triangles. I leave about 1/4 inch of flat surface at the top of each triangle. Cheap. Easy. They even smell good. | |
| Need balanced pre with HT bypass/remote/ The BAT VK-31SE would also give you everything you're looking for. I can't comment sound-wise on the VK-31SE vs VK-51SE, but the 31SE has two XLR inputs and 3 RCA inputs, so depending on your source components, if you need RCA inputs the 31SE may ... | |
| Canadian Musicians Sarah Harmer - singer-songwriter genreOf the 2 CD's I have, I slightly prefer her 2000 release "You Were Here" to 2006's "I'm a Mountain". | |
| CD player not reading By all means try cleaning the laser lens before you throw it away. I just use rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. Check your manual for any advice on products to use (or avoid using) to clean it. | |
| Tube Pre, HT Pass and Balanced Output These are "tube" preamps with HT and balanced out, not necessarily "tubey":Audio Research LS16Close to your $3,000 limit used:Audio Research LS25BAT VK31SE | |
| New Amplifier: Bryston 4B ST or Pass Aleph 5 Many tube preamp possibilities around or under $1,000:ARC LS2, LS7, LS8 mk II, and many older "SP" seriesConrad Johnson - manySonic Frontiers Line 1Anthem Pre 2L or 2L SEKoraBAT VK3QuicksilverWrightRogue 66Audible Illusionsand many others | |
| System Pictures - Should Owner be there too? Hey, I'm not overweight. | |
| Any other Nicolette Larson fans out there? I am a long-time fan, also. Nicolette sings on quite a few of the songs on Neil Young's Harvest Moon album, too. "You and Me" is one of my favorites on it. | |
| smaller speaker suggestions Your existing speakers are 24x12x12 = 3,456 cubic inchesMagnepan 1.6QR speakers are 65x19x2 = 2,470 cubic inchesThat's a 28% reduction in space! Not even counting your stands.I know that doesn't help but I couldn't resist. My wife hates the look o... | |
| Need pre amp looking for sugestions Audio Research LS16 or LS25 ? ? ? | |
| Pass X1 preamp:is it phase inverting? http://www.passlabs.com/downloads/x1_om.pdf | |
| Anyone hear the Caravelle speaker and not like it? onhwy61's second paragraph: "none of the people touting the Caravelles have been Audiogon members before 1999". This would be a major clue that this is humor or parody. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never noticed a profile of someone who was a... | |
| A "Unique" Voice... Unusual voices that I like - I'll repeat a few already mentioned: Neil Young, Irs Dement, and Louis Armstrong. Possibly not very well know, but Victoria Williams comes to mind also.Unusual voice that I've never found a way to like: Yoko Ono | |
| Looking for a "dark" sounding xlr ic....? I've tried a few XLR cables between my Benchmark DAC1 and BAT preamp. One that did not show any signs of brightness in my system was the Pure Note Cerulean. I wouldn't call it "dark" though. Very natural and listenable. I'm still undecided long te... |