williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Should high-end shops be "OBLIGATED" to advise about component matching for best sound? Sunnyjim - Over the years I’ve experience exactly the type of thing you talk of and I’ve come to realize there seems to be two kinds of store...- those that are just in it for the money.- those that are in it for the pleasureThe latter is the type... | |
| Bad vinyl Raymonda - yes - I have experienced this also. I’ve had reputable quality pressings ($45 and up) with ...- metal shards from the master pressing disk- warps so bad I could not play them- distortion on one channel only- even had one with visible sc... | |
| Phono cable recommendations - high performance good value cable My first move away from "conventional cables" involved Stager Silver Sonic IC's - great bang for the buckI then upgraded the RCA's on the Stagers to KLE Innovations Silver Harmony - excellent upgrade. more clarity, better bass control and better i... | |
| Are You Sorbothane Experienced? Beware "fake sorbothane"?I've used sorbothane sheets for many years - originally purchased it from a local supplier - they used in AC applications to dampen vibration noise on AC ductwork.I use it on most of my components for isolation - especiall... | |
| Neat Momentum SX5i or Rega RX5 Don't think Gershman have a dealer in Texas - but email them and see where the nearest dealer isHere are some results of a google - austin, texas "speaker brand"Pro Achttp://austinstereo.com/speakersTannoyhttp://signalaudiovisual.com/dealer-brands... | |
| Best $500 System? Take a look at the Yamaha MCR - 040 mini system.It is surprisingly good to start with - but with some simple tweaks it can be made to sound much better...- install some reasonable speaker cables - small gauge- replace the power cordThat's it!I tri... | |
| Neat Momentum SX5i or Rega RX5 Other speakers you might consider...- Gershman Acoustics (Toronto, Canada)- Pro Ac- Kudos- TannoyI have a pair Gershman Acoustic Sonogram speakers and they are the last pair of speakers i will own. My listening space is 15.5 x 24 ft with another 1... | |
| Get my turntable fixed or buy a new one? Pipebro - I think the question that you should ask yourself is - how serious are you about TT's and vinyl???If it's just to play existing albums - then my vote is to get your existing TT fixed and add a new cartridge like noromance suggests aboveI... | |
| Neat Momentum SX5i or Rega RX5 Like a couple of posters above, I would go for the Neat, although they are extremely detailed and can be viewed as a little on the "clinical" side.However, matching them with the right speaker cables will pay huge dividends in SQ ans smoothness.Ha... | |
| Best Cable Match for: Naim Nait 5i + Naim CD3.5 + Vandersteen 2C's? JBS - Nice choice on the 5i - I have the Naim 5i (italics) and I am using KLE Innovations gzero6 speaker cables.I had their gZero2's to start with but migrated those to the AV system when I got the gZero6's. The 6's have better bass control and im... | |
| Best Cable Line for Naim The capacitance element of your current speaker cables may be more of a contributor to the amps running hot than the resistance.It causes the amp to oscillate - sometimes to the point of distruction. It used to be documented on the NAIM web site a... | |
| A little help with a source I recently purchased the Blusound Node 2.It simplified my setup...- gone is the imac- gone is the Dac- gone is the USB/SPDIF converter- gone are all the associated cables and power suppliesThe Blusound also - sounds better than my previous setup, ... | |
| Bob Burwen imparts his knowledge cdwallace3 - OK now I see where YOU are going with this. I assume you would use an SPL meter to determine output levels at the various frequency ranges. I agree though that a "methodize’d approach" as you describe, should get you a pretty flat re... | |
| Bob Burwen imparts his knowledge clearthink... " Coloration is a deviation from a desired response. " I would go even further... " Coloration is a deviation from what was recorded." So how does one know exactly what the original track "should" sound like - since the sound engi... | |
| Bob Burwen imparts his knowledge Cdwallace3,...Equalization is used to tailor signal colorationMy understanding of equalizers - they allow you to augment or boost one or more of a defined set of frequency ranges. Whereas coloration can be a far more complex and intricate scenar... |