thom_oz
Responses from thom_oz
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? I have a Rega P6, Ortofon 2M Black (shibata) cart, McIntosh MX113 phono/preamp on my primary system. My other phono setup is a Marantz TT-15 with Clearaudio Wood Ebony cart and a Harmon-Kardon 330c receiver, so "less robust". I keep my records as... | |
| Where is the bass on my B&W 802d speakers? jeffbij had some great advice. I am sure that either your chair or those speakers are in a bass-null area of the room, there's really no other explanation. | |
| B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness? @ghdprentice I have a newly purchased pair of 22 year old Sonus Faber Cremonas and with my McIntosh 2200 amp they can still screech when fed certain cds (vinyl seems to not be a problem). The older models may have a warmer tone, but they're stil... | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? Jason Falkner Joan Armatrading Elvis Costello Joe Strummer Nick Lowe Andre Previn / Shelly Manne bands Shorty Rogers Charlie Parker Fanny Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry Brian Eno Stan Getz Lee Konitz and/or Lennie Tristano Bob Dylan Yardbi... | |
| Any piece of equipment you currently dream of ? @rivington66 The MX-110 is a C22 with a tuner in it, sounds the same and costs a tiny fraction of the C22 - I should know as I have owned both but presently only own the MX-110. | |
| Any piece of equipment you currently dream of ? I hope to own a pair of KEF Blade or Blade 2 speakers on day. | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? I used to work for Audio Alternative in Lilburn GA and got to play with the Brinkmann 'tables extensively. The Bardo with 10" arm ($14k-17k) and Balance ($40,000) are both wonderful devices, I hope to buy a Bardo myself before I shuffle off this E... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? 90% of the music I listen to at age 61 is music I had never heard at age 50. | |
| Single ended = large images? I for one love a slightly larger than reality stereo image - it drew me to the Dynaco Stereo 70 clones, and my old 10w Stromberg integrated amp, and Magnepan speakers. If you turn the volume a little lower than would be heard in real life by tho... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully @moonwatcher - if you're at all interested in flat (accurate) frequency response and driver time alignment those JBL are a non-starter. I really do like how the new Klipsches and the JBL Classic look but (to these ears) they sound quite primitive... | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones @dtorc Try the Koss UR 40 titanium driver headphones. I have a pair I wear all day. They are slightly warmer than the Harman curve, so 6+ hours of listening daily won't make you deaf unless you are really careless. They're really cheap too, and ... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully @moonwatcher Between Erin and Danny I think we have two truly useful and VERY accurate sources of analysis for this field of study. I love and follow both channels regularly. | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid Ritter, today there are a wider variety of materials used for drivers. CAD has gotten far more sophisticated. And the biggest change you can make when swapping out speakers is to go for something with a wildly different design theory. Vandersteen... | |
| CD Player: Vintage or modern ones? My best sounding CD playback has been from an SACD/DVD player, the Philips 963SA. Most other decks sound opaque compared to this one. $300 or less purchased used. I have also used a Pioneer Elite, which had good tone overall but sounded a little... | |
| SACD Players I use McIntosh amplification (two systems) and settled on the Philips 963SA. I have found no flaws with the SACD playback, and my redbook cds have never, ever sounded better. Plus this deck is no more than $300 on the used market. |