swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Budget DAC HRT MusicStreamer II+ is very very good, IMO and the new price will leave you $150 for new music! If you can get by w only (asynch) USB. | |
| Onix A-120MKII Gets hot fast. Looking at a picture of the integrated, it appears that there are no external heat sinks and only a small slotted area on the top of the case for convective cooling. If your stacked equipment covers those slots then you are almost certainly going ... | |
| Headphones integrateds with XLR preouts? The Benchmark is often used as just a headphone amp so I think that is one you could look at seriously. | |
| All Amps Sound the Same.... Isn't the ability to evoke an emotional response what distinguishes art from craftmenship? | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time Agree w Pubul57 regarding supporting small craftsmen and his inclusion of RV and RK in the mix. I'm sure that there are many others that fall into that category; perhaps Steve McCormack, Ed Meitner, Dick Sequerra and I know I've left out some others. | |
| All Amps Sound the Same.... Frogman wrote:music is all about emotion and the senses. The technology...has to honor that fact... The numbers must always take a back seat to the senses. One has to trust one's senses and emotions. That is what gives all this true meaning.I nomi... | |
| VAC Signature MK2a pre "phono tube questions" Wrm57I'll probably start the rolling process by leaving the Chinese tubes there and placing my fav 1964 USA Amperex 7308 into the backUnless you have specific confirmation from Kevin or Brent, I'd think twice before putting an NOS 6DJ8/6922/7308 i... | |
| Best tube rolling options for VAC Ren MkIII preamp The Shugaung Black Treasure 6SN7 equivalents sound excellent in my Ren 30/30 amp. | |
| Cleaning and Maintenance of Connections..... Albert- Not to worry. No big deal. I am sure you are correct; it just raised my eyebrows cause I remembered an old medical show on TV where somebody spilled a bottle of HFl, it ate thru the floor and some poor bastard got a bunch of it on his arm.... | |
| Cleaning and Maintenance of Connections..... As with all things, it's concentration that matters.e Agreed. With HFl, I would CONCENTRATE real hard on making sure I didn't get any on myself or the metalwork on my gear. | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? which veggie burger people like. That'll be even shorter than a tape of the Tonight Show w/o the commercials and canned laughter. Nothing against vegetarianism, I'm just sayin... ;~) | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? which veggie burger people like. That'll be even shorter than a tape of the Tonight Show w/o the commercials and canned laughter. Nothing against vegetarianism, I'm just sayin... ;~) | |
| Cleaning and Maintenance of Connections..... there's a copper cleaning gel containing Hydrofluoric Acid that works miracles.Hmmm. Its been a long damn time since HS chemistry, but IIRC, hydroflouric acid is extremely corrosive (eats thru glass) and dangerous to handle. I know that you know w... | |
| New Ground Loop - What Could Have Caused? good to hear that you got it fixed, Neal. Is it safe to assume that ATT is picking up the cost of the electrician? | |
| HELP-woofer moves alot when playing lps Might this be an isolation issue? Yep.Mightl also be rumble from the TT motor or possible arm/cart resonance in the subsonic/low bass range. If it ONLY happens w the needle in the groove and the volume turned up, I'd have to think that acoustic fe... |