swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Advice on pricing old Audio Research pieces Not to be cranky, but why do you think its OK for someone else to spend the $20? | |
| Vandy 2WQ bottoms out with movies I'm not an expert by any means on this, but when you set the speakers on large, aren't you telling the bass management to send low bass to the fronts? So it would seem that your suspicion is correct (which you have confirmed, IMO, when you found t... | |
| How to . . . . ? Do not hook up 2 amps the same speaker w/o a switching box. Some of our techies can explain why, but it should not be done, | |
| Subwoofer w. Passive Line Stage? Vandersteen 2w and 2wq drive off of the amps output, but they do place a passive filter (also known as crossover) between the pre and the amp. I do not know that would interact with the passive, but they are fantastic subwoofers. | |
| MIT shotgun cable - use bi-wire as single-wire You can pair up the speaker ends if your speakers do not have 2 sets of terminals. Make sure that you do not have any contact from + to - at either end. (also called shorting across the terminals). | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? I found that the Stax phones which are circum-aural (they totally go over your ears and "seal" to your head to make my ears and head sweat! YMMV. The 650s are better than the 600s and the aftermarket cords are a real value. If you do end up with t... | |
| How to approach seller of damaged amp Yes, your propose solution sounds reasonable. But first, is there a reasonable way to repair the amp at seller's expense w/o re-shipping, etc? You might even offer to pick up the first $X of the repair cost, X= cost of return shipping. | |
| What happened to Dekay??? jd- I can only get 6:youalbertbob_bundusangelakellyme | |
| Unplugging amp while it is still on, damage? Seems like you are good to go! | |
| What happened to Dekay??? JD, I have seen David (Dekay) here occassionally. Have not seen/heard from Angela in quite some time. Best to you, Art, and all my Audigon buddies. | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations I read your post as looking for an integrated with a future upgrade. If you only have two sources, you might consider the Berning ZH-270, which can operate as a two source "integrated". Well known to operate well with Merlins and you could add a p... | |
| Can I use ECC88 for my Sonic Frontiers Line 2? same tube for all practical purposes. ecc88=e88cc=6dj8=6922=cca Perhaps different sound, but will be fine for tube rolling or re-tubing. | |
| VTL MB450 vs BAT75SE??? Never heard either amp, but BAT customer service is outstanding. | |
| Joan Baez - Do I just not get it? Sorry, Goat-boy, I guess it was someone else who said thin and hard. Two qualities I would NEVER assign to Joan Baez. | |
| Headphone jack adaptor question. Md- That is the way it is typically done, putting a headphone amp in the tape loop. Many also have a loop out, so you can still insert a tape deck even if you only have one loop. |