trelja
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| How does the AES compare with "real" Cary?i.e 845? These two amps are entirely different products. Most people presume that a tube amp is a product of the output tubes it employs. Following this, an EL34 amp is an EL34 amp, a KT88 amp is a KT88 amp, a 2A3 amp is a 2A3 amp. Not entirely so!The most... | |
| Best Speaker cables on the cheap? AudioQuest Type 6 is superior to Type 4. It is one of the best cheap cables out there. And, one you should investigate. More powerful, full sound.Kimber 4TC is right up there with the AQ cable, but more forward. Great for tubes and/or soft dome tw... | |
| Which CDs to test a component? For what it's worth, I take at least four from this list(all are very well recorded):1). Francis Dunnery - Tall Blond Helicopter. Best CD that no one knows about. Awesome guitar work, songwriting, vocals, dynamics, speed, and sunshine. If the comp... | |
| Best inexpensive integrated for PSB Gold speakers. Patriot, the PSB's are quite insensitive, and will require a powerful amp in order to open up. They feature a difficult 4 ohm load(dipping even lower in some regions), with a phase angle equally as daunting.While PSB lists their sensitivity as som... | |
| If you weren't at the CES 2002, check this... Thanks Dragon!You are always the man. | |
| Planning audio audition trip to NY/NJ, vendors??? I am not the best person to discuss the North Jersey/NYC dealers, so I will leave it to people such as the wonderful Rcprince...I can speak at length on what is in and around the Philadelphia area. There are several dealers, but I believe that thi... | |
| Best thread poster for 2001? Thanks so much for the kind words, Sdcambell. However, I think that you are the generous one, in terms of passing along e-mails. I have a lot of gratitude for the diverse subject matter and viewpoints you share with me(and others). Also, your audi... | |
| Happy New Year HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!And, Sdcampbell, please remember that good people always land on their feet. | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Not a dumb question at all, Greg.Yes, if the wires are presently coated, if you wanted to evaluate the sound of using lacquer insulation(and ONLY lacquer), the currently polymer coating would need to be removed.I would attempt to clean the bare wi... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Greg, thanks for getting involved.These additives that I saw were all low boiling(fast evaporating) solvents, other than the phtalate which was listed(would serve as the plasticizer).The ingredients I recall(other than the nitrocellulose and plasc... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit Thanks to all for making this an interesting conversation.I too, have wondered a lot about interconnects and dielectric. Often, the "truths" are passed on to us, and we have not much opportunity to let our ears decide. Unlike other classic argumen... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit In the years following WWII, a lot of the mysteries of the world have lost some of their secret status. Coatings being one. In a previous company, where I learned the craft, the sacredness of a formulation was an important thing. To the point wher... | |
| Tweak worth 100X It's price - Vibrapods Thanks for the inquiries. I am still around, and doing very well. Work around the home is progressing nicely. Last week was a critical point in phase one, and turned out much better than even hoped. It did require a lot of work, moving things arou... | |
| Audiogon Arnie & Rod M., AA Kudos by STPH. Yes, I would like to add my thanks and praise! Great job by Audiogon and AudioAsylum. I am proud to have participated. The items I picked up were much better than anticipated. And, both Arnie and Rod helped to open up a bottleneck. THANK YOU!!! Joe | |
| Happy Thanksgiving to All Thanksgiving is one of our most precious holidays. A time for reflection, to inventory our blessings, and to give thanks. Hopefully, we come out of this determined to become better people. And, to improve ourselves and our world. We audiophiles ar... |