wspohn
Responses from wspohn
| Tube or solid state I like whatever sounds best. Tubes in main system with efficient speakers, and big Class A power and pre in the other two systems, one with conventional speakers and one using electrostats. | |
| radio? One or two Sonos Ones would do it for you. | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume These would do it for you: Totems | |
| Best turntable under $4000 Best way to spend $4K is to buy a used well cared for turntable that originally cost double that. I have done that several times, once getting a VPI TNT/ SMEV for the price of the cartridge it came with! Takes research and careful examination of... | |
| Speakers with deep/powerful bass It isn't hard to get lots of low bass, quite often rather poorly controlled but it is very hard to get really good well controlled low bass. I have two speakers that are excellent at low bass (one is 3dB down at 23 Hz and the other at 20 Hz. Imp... | |
| VPI dust cover I just got some plastic rod stock, cut it into four 'legs' and glued them to a flat sheet of plastic a bit bigger than the turntable (I have a TNT V) . Doesn't look bad and keeps most of the dust away. | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? Interesting to see mention of the Robertson 4010 - I thought everyone would have forgotten about them long ago. I still use one in my 4th system and it is indeed a sweet sounding amp (it replaced another very decent amp, a Bryston 2B, which was de... | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes I drive my Wilson Maxx 2 with tubes because I prefer the sound to using a very good solid state amp. Tube amps tend to be lower output power so you need speakers with fairly high sensitivity. | |
| Which AMP to Keep ? I still run PSE Studio V monos in one of y systems. Not well known but good sounding - I'd keep the Studio IV! | |
| Favourite Guitarists You are missing some good ones: Jeff Beck Tuck Andress Robben Ford Lee Ritenour Larry Carleton Pat Metheny Joe Pass Mostly jazz players, but I agree with some of your choices, particularly Stevie Ray and Knopfler | |
| Classical music newbie needs your suggestions You might enjoy owning Mahler’s 2nd symphony "Resurrection" conducted by Gilbert Kaplan. The story behind the man’s determination to conduct a symphony orchestra is rather interesting. See | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? I tried several arms when I got into the hobby, several decades ago, but at that time I judged the SME V to be the best choice and I still use them on a Sota Cosmos and a VPI TNT V in two of my systems. Setting up amd trying different arms with ... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll I own and use several Class A amps - collectively around 400 pounds of them. If they didn't sound better than most other amps they'd be gone in a second. But they do, so they stay. | |
| I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear Light speakers tend to be flexible which can have negative effects on sound, especially in the lower registers. A lot of my gear is pretty heavy (100 lb amps, 450 lb. speakers etc). I didn't buy for weight, I bought for sound and the weight just... | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? I still own a Rowland 5 but moved it to my AV system as it wasn't as smooth as the CJ Premier 11a I now use. Agree with the Belles recco, and some of the older Classe that is actually Class A are really excellent |