tonywinsc
Responses from tonywinsc
| What cartridge for VPI and SOTA As I just stated in another post, the Benz cartridge/SME tonearm combo have very good synergy. | |
| Disappointing Evening The only people interested in how good your high end Hifi sounds are people with high end Hifi's. | |
| So, what DON'T you spend money on? I can't find a clapper that has been rebuilt with no internal nickel parts, upgraded Ag wiring, gold plated contacts and most importantly- has been cyro' treated. | |
| So, what DON'T you spend money on? Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, rock concerts, resorts, and the latest silly gadgets advertised on TV. | |
| "Bedini Ultra Clarifier", does it really work?? I bought a bulk tape erase at RS in the mid 90s for $20. I didn't expect much and planned to return it after experimenting with it. I still use that bulk tape eraser on every CD that I have. It made a significant difference with my old CD transpor... | |
| Reliability of Cary Audio Products I like reading the reviews on Amazon. It is very interesting the varying opinions of a product. I have yet to see any product with a reasonable number of reviews have a perfect, 5 star rating. Some evaluations have to be discounted completely, of ... | |
| Reliability of Cary Audio Products So out of 39 responses, 15 report no issues. 38% reliability based on this very unscientific pole. This is how Consumer Reports does reliability reports on Automobiles. They base their data on reader poles. This is useless data. The only valid dat... | |
| Ceiling tiles using rigid fiberglass I agree with Hessec. Too much absorption will suck the life out of the music. I experienced that back in the early 90s using anechoic foam panels. (We had leftovers from our NVH chamber that we built at work). Drywall the ceiling. Use insulation t... | |
| Playing the wifes music choices My wife is indifferent to the stereo. Years ago, she would operate it to hear her favorite records when I was not around, but when I got into separate components- preamp, amp, she wasn't too interested in operating it. She pretends to claim it is ... | |
| Which attributes do you value most? Lifelike-Real. I can sit front/center at a recital at the University and with my eyes closed it sounds like my stereo. The same goes for listening to street musicians. I have heard some systems that have pin-point imaging. I find that distracting ... | |
| how does current work in an amplifier? That is a perfect conclusion Magfan and Atma. Speakers and amps work as a pair. And I agree with Atma that speaker impedances dropped when SS became more common. High impedance, high efficiency speakers with a tube amp is probably the most cost ef... | |
| What do you currently own as loudspeakers? Some really grumpy people on this thread. Maybe some people need to change the music they are listening to. Drop the punk rock. I stepped into a punk rock concert once, many years ago. I was clueless, but I started to get an uneasy feeling when ev... | |
| how does current work in an amplifier? Hi Magfan, I believe your DVM is giving you an average RMS voltage reading. It's response is not fast enough show you peak values. Also, if you were playing a sine wave, only then would it be an accurate RMS voltage reading. An oscilloscope is the... | |
| What do you currently own as loudspeakers? I am settled in with my Thiel CS6 speakers. I would rate them a 9 for sound and looks. Speakers are the summation the entire stereo system. I have owned just 3 different pairs of speakers since 1988. Each time I changed, the entire system had to c... | |
| how does current work in an amplifier? It just depends on the amp-speaker combination and how high a listening level you prefer. Once the power supply of the amplifier is maxed out, the output signal voltage is not going to be able to match the input signal waveform, ie. distortion. Th... |