swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Or to the power of suggestion and visual cues. Same reason why I do not understand sinking megabucks into the audio portion of HT, if you are planning on watching movies. We are very visual animals. | |
| Are High End Audio Products Unreliable? I agree w Larryi and also point out that if you are operating on the bleeding edge, then you have to expect more failures. Nascar or F1 engines only go 500-600 miles or less between rebuild and or junking. Fuel dragster engines maybe a mile or 2. ... | |
| Impedance Matching - Tube Amp/Speakers SS has better bass control, speed and transients, but I expected that. Maybe better preamp could cover this area.While I am a big proponent of building a system around a great pre-amp, IMO, you are not going to get significant improvements in the ... | |
| Any experiences with Modwright SWL9.0SE ??? At its price point, it would be very hard to beat, unless you are looking for a real "tubey" sound. I had one in my system for about 6 months when my VAC Ren pre was out for repair (about a 4X retail cost differential) and it was very enjoyable. P... | |
| Can magnet placed beside cartridge damage a coil? Yep- Occum's razor rarely fails to cut through the BS. | |
| Worth Going to 'THE SHOW' IN NYC IN APRIL OK, so how do we hook up? Mezmo- You're a local boy, where's a good watering hole? | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "There's something we need to discuss-Your husband's cheatin' on us"Matraca Berg | |
| problems picking a HT system due to ohmage I wouldn't get too hung up on the difference between the impedance difference between a nominal 6 ohm and 8 ohm ratings. In real world, impedance (not ohmage) rating is less important than if there are significant variations across the entire freq... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Charles1dad- That be the beast (and I do mean beast...it made me recall the advice of one A'goner who said that the quality of a tube amp is very closely correlated to its weight, which, of course, correlates to the weight of its output xfrmrs.) W... | |
| Audio Research, next upgrade? Assuming that your amp and speakers are a good match (I have no idea), then I would suggest getting the best pre-amp you can swing. | |
| using my computer as a music server The answer to your question is yes, a music server or other computer source can match or beat a good transport. Suggest you search the forums, do some reading @ computeraudiphile.com and then check back here w specific questions. | |
| Manufacturer checkups Not in my mind, if only for the shipping risk. If a phone call w the s/n does not indicate any possible problems or "unadvertised updates", I wouldn't do it, but I'm not all that anal about my gear. | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Charles1dad- Pls send me an email msklein52@comcast.net, if you are interested in comparing the Takasukis and BTs to KR and/or AVVT We clones. I have a pair of each but my VAC takes 4 300bs, so they are "on the shelf" right now. With the need for ... | |
| electrical short 1 channel. Cable spade at fault? Hayduke1- sorry, dude, but you are barking up the wrong tree. I know that it sucks to pay big $ for an amp repair. I did a dumb thing w a tube integrated and it cost me close to $1K for the repair, but it was my mistake so I took my lumps. You tel... | |
| Speaker cables for Merlin Speakers I've been very happy using all JADE Audio Vermeil cables and interconnects w my MMes. I found the Cardas GRs to be a little "slow". Never tried the Clears. |