stevecham
Responses from stevecham
| Speaker disappearing act? Certainly one does not have to spend $25K on speakers to get this disappearing act to happen. Many fine manufacturers design and make speakers that sell for far less, particularly those made by Thiel and Vandersteen. | |
| RCA, Balanced, Krell CAST, Status Quo to Nirvana? CAST makes perfect sense to me. If the preamp and amp were one integrated system, in an ideal situation they would be connected via a low impedance, high current connection that was balanced. That is the advantage of integrated amps. What Krell di... | |
| Vandersteen 2Ce Signature II I wouldn't change a thing abut my 2Ce sigs, they are just fine by my standards and I refuse to be angsty about an available upgrade. | |
| Best "Rock/Pop" Debut Album? Zep 1Piper at the Gates of DawnAre You ExperiencedNothing Shocking - Jane's AddictionKill Em All - MetallicaThe Golden Age of Radio - Thomas DolbyBjork - DebutMeet the BeatlesCrosby, Stills and NashAerosmithPretty Hate Machine - NIN | |
| Bryston: THX for 2 ch - a good thing or not? Remember the "Gold Record Award" label that was stuck on high selling LPs many years ago? These met the marketing ctiteria for units sold. Here we have amp specs that meet minimum criteria; same thing. Another stupid marketing sticker just like "d... | |
| Best Neil Young Album? ATGR and in particular, "Don't Let It Bring You Down." | |
| Which "tweeks" are more important 1) Caig Pro Gold on all of your contacts.2) Room treatment, the other most important component. | |
| Phono pre-amp for Shelter 501 MK Also the impedance setting on the EAR is closer to 470 Ohms for MCs, not 47K OHms. | |
| Phono pre-amp for Shelter 501 MK The 834P is very neutral top to bottom, fantastic and clear bass. The mids are excellent but there is no on area where this units excels, just great all around. | |
| Speaker match Conrad Johnson Vandersteen 2Ce Sigs are what I am using with my CAV50 and they sound superb. But importantly, how big is and what are the dimenstions of the room you're trying to fill? | |
| EAR 834P Face Plate The chrome plated Deluxe version has closer-tolerance hand- picked components so theoretically is a higher quality unit. | |
| Bose Wave Music system For the money you're better off with a JVC system with separate 4 Ohm speakers. It sounds better and looks much cooler. | |
| Krell FPB 600c 700cx 400cx Heatsink noises. Aball, that makes sense. I am going to do that very thing this weekend and will report back. NOw if I can just find my torx drivers...Hopefully it will be obvious as to where the bolts are located and not require further diassembly. | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? The only way the Chinese "catch up" is if people in the US continue to buy their stolen-designed inferior manufactured gear!Having said that, someday they will make original equipment that will be as high quality as that made in the US and EU. | |
| bass traps..which wall first Auralex Lenrd traps in the front and rear corners, each 2 foot tall stacked in threes to create 6 foot stacks in the corners, works very well for me. A rug and some furniture and I'm done. I wouldn't want to lose some of the remaining ambience in ... |