twoleftears
Responses from twoleftears
| Integrated amplifier help Vitus? Aavik? | |
| Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers. Marantz champagne.Honestly, I'm surprised more manufacturers haven't taken the plunge into designer colors, a la Focal Kanta. | |
| Religious music for less than devout Mozart, Great Mass in C minor. | |
| Audio envy cables A lot of commentary (positive) on Audio Envy over on Audio Circle. | |
| Soundstage Width and Depth There are speakers whose soundstage starts on a plane in front of the plane of the drivers, some whose soundstage starts coincident with the plane of the drivers, and some that start behind. All other things being equal, the third category will g... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Mahler. At least 4 or 5 versions of each of the symphonies (some more), plus all the other stuff. | |
| High Output Preamp for First Watt SIT-3? Have you seen a video of the inside of Herb's listening room in Brooklyn. One thing it ain't is large. | |
| Help to pick belt driven turntable around $1500 Mobile Fidelity > Marantz & Rega. | |
| SVS Subwoofer Isolation feet. Will I lose bass? I don't see why a gizmo designed to impede the *transmission* of bass frequencies would necessarily dampen those frequencies in the room in which they're being generated. After all, there's a big difference between the subwoofer's feet and its dr... | |
| Recommend online dealers Talk to Johnny Rutan at Audio Connection. | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 100 DAC Better off with Denafrips, MHDT, Audio Mirror, etc. | |
| Pass and ARC The Pass is the surer bargain for longevity, that much is clear. | |
| Lifespan of amps and preamps? The time to replace is when one of them expires and cannot be mended. | |
| Tuning Collars on speaker cables - concept and any good? Back in the day, when Simon Rattle and I used to hang of an afternoon, we listened to his early recording and critiqued them on a Bose Wave that he loved. | |
| New old or old new? Any 35-45 yr old audio component is very likely need some work, e.g. capacitors, foam surrounds, etc. etc. etc. This is a false dichotomy in my opinion. |