swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| pass labs xa30 to valve amplifier. I'm no tech-head by any means, but the published sensitivity should take into account the power eaten up by the crossover, BUT the x-over can produce those impedance dips and large phase angles that make a speaker "difficult to drive" as Magfan wr... | |
| Psvane Teflon capacitors real or fakes? Do not mess w HF if you do not know what you are doing! | |
| Best 80-100 w Amplifier Available Under $4k Used? Why did you skip over the M-60s when you dismissed the MA-1s? | |
| Tube preamp Modwright's lower priced line stage (9.0, IIRC) would come it at under that $$. Not exactly the "tubiest" of tube pres but pretty neutral and you get great customer service to boot (not knocking any of the other manufacturers but just noting my ex... | |
| New 'Vinyl Flat' flattener? Ripple warp- checkDish warp- Let's see.Only thing let would be a pinch warp which of course would probably be the hardest to address. Let us know. | |
| New 'Vinyl Flat' flattener? SonofJim- It either works or it doesn't. Your opinion is good enough for me. Sounds much less complicated that a dry mount press, which is basically what the Furutech is. AS for any changes in sound, the basic question, IMO, is whether it makes an... | |
| Ripping SACD vs regular CD My strong supposition is that ripping the SACD layer will be of no use unless you have a DSD capable DAC, of which there are very few, IIRC. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Luckdog- Pls give us a break and UNDO THE CAP LOCK KEY!!!MAKES IT VERY HARD TO READ. Capish? | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? GMC Denali 1500 daily, Ferrari F430 on weekends, and a Porsche 968 race car on track days.Yep, sounds typical to me...for the typical audiophile who's the king of f'n Siam! Oh, is my jealosy showing??? | |
| Turntable speed accuracy And, lest we forget, among designers of both belt- and direct-drive turntables there seems to be a divide around weak motor/huge platter vs strong motor/light(er) platter. There are logical arguments either way. So, I would not be so bold as to ma... | |
| What makes a bigger change, dac or preamp? IMO, pre-amp, no question. Three reasons. 1. I have found that they have a profound effect on overall system character.2. Using the digital volume control on the squeeze products will adversely affect the sound once you attenuate more than about 3... | |
| First subwoofer for a newbie. If you only have one place to put a sub and cannot move it around, I would suggest that you get one w built in equalization software (like the Velo DD series) or get an external room equalizer like the Velo SMS or the Outlaw ICBM. Room modes and b... | |
| Anyone in Boston area have a tube tester to loan? Harry- If you don't find anyone in Beantown and are willing to drive to Hartford, drop me a pm. | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Halcro- Yes, I had read that and was trying to re-state it in a way that might make sense to those of us who are not musicians. Not sure how common this is amongst "us", but I cannot carry a tune in the proverbial bushel basket, let alone have any... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy A robust drive is really important in a good turntable!Very interesting comment. Jibes with the idea that the quality of the power supply is v. impt in amp and pre-amps as well. Not sure why, maybe its just a co-incidence? But after having my pre-... |