tan43
Responses from tan43
| Components that you regret parting with? About 25 years I completely rebuilt a pair of Dynaco ST-70s.Did a pretty good job if I do say so myself. Used them for about two years and sold them. Tried to buy them back a few years later. No luck.I probably would not be using them, but it woul... | |
| Mac mini to dac Go to system preferences on the mini, select sound, and set the output to the Dac instead of the internal speaker. | |
| What speaker cables are most like Speltz cables? I went from Anti-Cables to Clear Day for the same reason. If you can afford it go with the Shotguns. They don't look impressive but are very flexible and sound fantastic. | |
| Ultimate Cables no more? Every time I have ordered something from Canada, it has taken a long time. I think their customs is the problem.I bought some of his cables about a year ago and it took a few weeks to get here. You might e-mail him anyway. | |
| Whats more important, source cables or amp cables? I just finished trying out a number of xlr cables, swapping them out between equipment as you want to do. I found that the cables between the pre and the amp affected the sound more then the ones between source and pre. This is probably because th... | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? It took close to fifty years to amass over 10,000.I am now down to about 3,000 and plan to be down to about500 in the next year. This along with some 1000 cds are more then enough.I am afraid it was more of the hunt then anything eles.I am now cle... | |
| Speaker Burn In? I have three pair of speakers that I swap out now and then. Each time I do I have to let them play for a few days before they sound right. To me speakers sound right when they completely disappear. All of these speakers have many hours of play on ... | |
| Who makes a good or decent CD recorder? Why not just use a computer? My Imac makes great compilations with AIFF burning. | |
| Muddy Waters Folk Singer I not only have the MF lp and cd, I also have it on a 24/96 DAD.Great album ! | |
| How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know? About 30 years, before I would consider myself an audiophile, I met a gentlemen at an estate sale who was. He introduced me to a few other guys that were meeting about once a week to compare and listen to each others high end equipment. As time go... | |
| Speaker cable advice You might want to look at the Clear Day Cables. | |
| Looking at simple set-up for iMac to preamp Get one of the HRT Streamer dacs. Simply hook the Imac via USB to dac and rcas from dac to pre. I did the same just to listen to internet. | |
| Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig Thinking that it can't get any better.Been up that road a few times. | |
| Best Record You Have Ever heard Kind Of BlueMiles Davis Columbia 6-Eye1959 | |
| Biggest impact on you? A Dynaco ST70 amp got me hooked. That was over forty years ago. |