tholt
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| I need help with my Equipment addiction Chadeffect pretty much nailed it. I just spent collectively about a week dialing in speaker positioning, 1/8 of an inch at a time. Luckily the songs I use for reference are ones I still like, but they've pretty much stopped becoming music and more... | |
| Anyone ever seen or heard a Cary Audio CD-302 ? Best kept secret -- good one. I've dealt with Gerald before via email, he is cryptic. But at least he replies, which is better then some.i would try the picture route and maybe a follow up phone call. | |
| Anyone ever seen or heard a Cary Audio CD-302 ? not sure what to make of that. the company that made the unita) hasn't heard of itb) has a manual of it but it's not what you havewhy dont you send them pics of the unit and a serial #. the lack of input on this thread seems to be a sign. That you... | |
| Cary SLA 70 vs. Rocket 88 yes, Rocket has one bias adjustment on top for all 4 tubes. Jburidan - what tubes do you like? | |
| Cary SLA 70 vs. Rocket 88 I don't know what techno means by dissappointed.. a little more specific would be helpful. But anything else? He must have bought one made on Monday by a hung over tech. I've got the R version and it beat out the last SS amps I had in my system (N... | |
| Passive preamp vs. powered IME the one thing that passives have over the actives I've had is transparency -- that 'air' between instruments and voices. Contributing to this is that there are no active electronics so noise floor is lower as well. It seems like it comes down ... | |
| Anyone ever seen or heard a Cary Audio CD-302 ? Ever heard of Google? i just did a search and the manual was the first link. | |
| Sony Playstation 1 for a CD player ??? You're welcome. Sounds like you're more then capable with the experience and results you've reported. Plus, my impression is that you're just a nice guy. next time i get the ps1 in the system, I'll hit you up. | |
| Sony Playstation 1 for a CD player ??? 10-20-09: Eugene81Is anybody making a business out of modding these things yet?Try user Rhing -- he's done some mods before. Read some earlier posts in this thread on his results. | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- You look around the house for things to pawn to buy audio gear. I'm thinking the lamp is worth at least fifty bucks... | |
| Most beneficial change . 10-13-09: Saki70Tholt;I have tried to build a system that will sound good at lower volumes . Most of my listening is done at speaking volume or a little higher . Remeber that I am sitting 6ft. from the speaker face . My speakers are 91db. at 8 ohm... | |
| Cary rocket 88 vs dynaco st70 I own a Rocket 88R coupled to a passive preamp and speakers with 87db sensitivity. Dead quiet. I almost bumped my head into the tweeter trying to hear something. No noise. I've read elsewhere that the Rocket is known to be pretty noise-free with e... | |
| Most beneficial change . Also, don't know how loud you listen or how sensitive your speakers are, but I have to juice my speaks pretty good to get some decent dimensionality and 'excitement'. Otherwise, things sound rather flat. | |
| Most beneficial change . 10-11-09: CerrotSaki,You do have the grills removed, correct?Cerrot (System | Threads | Answers)10-12-09: Saki70No , but I'll give it a shot .Saki70 (Answers)10-12-09: CerrotThat will be it! Report back.Cerrot (System | Threads | Answers)All this ... | |
| Passive Preamps 10-10-09: TvadTholt, my point was that you are not necessarily 1 against 3. I think Lrskyknows what he's talking about when it comes to audio, yet I don't presentlysubscribe to his general recommendation of an active preamp over a passivepreamp, a... |