tomic601
Responses from tomic601
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? Don’t know your system, but IF your preamp isn’t isolated with HRS grade isolation and you are running at least a Pegasus or better IC from your sources > preamp > amps, then i would ABSOLUTELY do that first. Try the amps to at least hospita... | |
| How good is good enough? There is a very excellent book on Getting Better Sound by Jim Smith - i buy them used and carry a gift copy in my traveling setup box… Lots of things to do improve your system / enjoyment without spending $ So, i am NEVER done…. Lord help me if s... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? There is another camp…the listen and measure crowd…. best example i know expressed in a commercial product is Charlie’s measure / listen switch on the QB-9 | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? I am wondering, using your own testing criteria / and methodology, just how we would draw a valid conclusion about your Las Vegas system being SOTA ? | |
| Phono preamp, all suggestions welcome ARC if ya can swing it | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? Lord…i had banished from memory the Cat and the destroyed REF5 se …… instant PTSD…. | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? Roger that OP ! IF i had your budget and needed to leap soon it would be Hagerman Trumpet or Sutherland phono, Hana ML or Ortofon Black , and the best refurbished SOTA Sapphire w arm you can wrangle out of SOTA. Best to you on your journey…. | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? One of the things, life experiences..that keep me grounded ( pardon the pun )…. is i helped run a decent sized satellite design/build/launch /operate business….. including GPS …. fun stuff like XM Radio, Wide Band Gapfiller…. Hopefully you und... | |
| Steely Dan UHQR So i bought a UHQR of CBAT by The Dan…. nasty pressing punched off center with a big scuff…. but my friends say Aja is worth it…… maybe Santa….. maybe not… | |
| Steely Dan UHQR I managed a very high end shop in the golden age of audio Aja left a long deep scar 33.33333 rpm scar. So did Dire Straits- Love over Gold so full of pyrotechnics, rain and thunder Dark Side of the Moon was worse, an amputation maybe... ... | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? I think learning more about the sonics of the OP current setup vs the two prior fails ( LP-12 / VPI ) might be more helpful…. just what is driving enjoyment currently ? | |
| Basic question about sensitivity A cabinet that contributes to output is one that moves or is not inert. This can be seen in the waterfall chart. The cabinet is storing and releasing energy after the driver has reproduced the input. Some people like that. in the general contex... | |
| Basic question about sensitivity @ghdprentice and a cabinet that contributes to….. output…not present in the…. input | |
| Basic question about sensitivity A singular focus on a particularly poorly crafted specification, in this case one that includes trash aka distortion as output, is not a wise pursuit. Easy load with low distortion ( breakup, frequency response, impulse, time and phase ) would be ... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? @deep_333 i shall pay you more credit…. i dabble about for a few hours a day, not the 16 you mention ( although my more fervent peers who are younger with more drive put in time like that… ) in Quantum computing…. where the boundaries of knowin... |