tom2015
Responses from tom2015
| Where was the best reproduced sound you ever heard? Schweikert Ultra 11 with the VAC / Esoteric /Kronos setup they bring to CAP in the large Atrium room. Concert hall feeling. Alone the Masterbuild cables were close to $250k, around $1M system. | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review So in the end it is a business for the professional reviewers. If they were to give critical reviews about specific products other manufacturers will avoid them as it could stop the business for a small manufacturer. So in mutual dependency we onl... | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review The problem in this hobby is that there is no baseline. If every reviewer would start with the same speakers, amp, etc then a comparison would be meaningful. Since every reviewer has a different setup and all of us have different setups the varia... | |
| AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects Has anybody compared them to Fire? The newer PSS cables Firebird/Dragon are now very expensive. In the past the jump from PSC to PSS was big with PSS providing a lot more detail. | |
| YG versus MBL versus Borrensen versus Vandersteen Well, what were your impressions since you heard all 3? | |
| Borresen X3."Hi Fi" or High End as in natural realistic sound ? I heard both the X3 and the X6 at Capital Audiofest with the intention of buying either one. They sounded wow for the first 2 min, but I could not relax and listen long term. Different with Joseph Audio or Gershman or Schweikert. For me nice, but... | |
| Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs? Interestingly my old records seem to have generally much less surface noise compared to newer pressings. All after cleaning with Kirmuss. Has little to do with the hardware involved. | |
| Esoteric K03XD I have an K01-X which offers various filter settings to adjust the sound. Nothing dry or sterile. Esoteric releases every 2 years a new product that is supposedly a breakthrough. Not fun if you own these units as the value loss is not to be undere... | |
| Puron Plug-In AC Power Conditioner; Impressions 😁 Yes, same experience both purons in adjacent unused outlets. One outlet feeding a PI Uberbuss. | |
| Puron Plug-In AC Power Conditioner; Impressions 😁 The Purons are great for the TV or projector. A must have. I used 2 for music and took one back out the other night and actually found the presentation more enjoyable. The second took too much treble out for me. Could be called relaxing the sou... | |
| Sound Stage and Imaging Try to get a pair of used Odyssey Audio Kismets. Soundstage is exactly what they do best. Wide and deep. | |
| Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023? Compared to previous years many rooms sounded good. 1) Schweikert in the large atrium room. The room, per the designer who ran the demo is the best room on the show circuit. Probably most setups would sound spectacular. The soundstage is like in ... | |
| If Nordost and AQ Speaker cables had a baby? I had the Matrix and exchanged them for Zenwave SCR11. The Matrix are too warm sounding in comparison. The Zenwave have just the right balance. Used around your price point. | |
| Kirmuss Cleaning System Discuss? It can be used without the extra treatment. 5min cleans 3 records and removes most of the dirt. Very few of my records needed more then 2 5 mins cleanings. yes, drying off is manual… The whole surfactant story seems half marketing half truth. I ... | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? Most either have money or time. Few are fortunate to have both. I find working while listening to be an acceptable compromise. 100% attention listening maybe 2 hours/month. |