zaikesman
Responses from zaikesman
| Looking for the right interconnect Yes, the right IC can make a fairly big difference, but you do not tell us what IC you are currently using, or what about the sound you hope to improve. Regardless, to find the 'right' one - or to even know you've found it - you are going to have ... | |
| Interconnect help for a NEUTRAL system I'll throw my usual spanner in the works by opining that I don't find my Cardas Cross cables to be 'warm' despite the conventional wisdom reputation associated with the brand (they're actually brighter- and faster-sounding than my Harmonic Tech Pr... | |
| Power Conditioners: Myth, Magic, or Necessary I do know from experience that, as others above have attested, different components will benefit to differing degrees from AC power tweaks. Your amps simply may not need this treatment to sound good. Or, your system (or ears) could be failing to i... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? Stenho - Not to prolong an agreement to disagree (or at least have a different take), but how far away did you stand from the other person talking when you made your observations? You would have had to be far enough away for the room sound to incr... | |
| Review: Halcro Amplifiers DM-58 Amplifier Glad you were able to put this in the reviews successfully. Eagerly awaiting your followup! | |
| transport/dac combo beats any one-box player... What's interesting to me is that seem to have forsaken upsampling - care to comment? | |
| What's the best add lib ..: guidelines proposed Folks who don't post useful questions or contributions generally don't rate a response from me, or if I choose to respond anyway, I'll usually say something about their lack of info provided, hoping people will get a hint. My feeling is, if someon... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? Stenho, the larger the room past a certain point, the more the delayed soundfield is percieved as a pleasant reverb (in circumstances such as a choir in cathedral), or possibly a discrete echo. It's the delay timing and the number of repeats, amon... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? I don't get it. 40+ odd posts later, and you guys are still going at it over the AC issue. Don't get me wrong, I do believe, based on experience, that cleaner power can = cleaner transients. And of course, no one can get rid of sibilance embedded ... | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? Glad you've heard what you condemn, 9rw - only problem is, you don't offer your own opinion of them. As for refuting the remainder of my 'fine' arguments 'rather easily', well, I guess you must enjoy keeping us in suspenders. ;^)IMO, Thiels will a... | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? It seems you are new here, Cjsmithmd, so allow me to welcome you to Audiogon and the forum. Since this is your only post to date, please do not take offense if I say that your comments might be treated as provisional until you have some history on... | |
| Soprano's Stereo & Music??? Good point! (Though hailing from NJ surely didn't hurt either.) Little Steven has actually turned into quite a big promoter of 'garage rock' recently, hosting his own syndicated radio show called "Little Steven's Underground Garage", which you can... | |
| Review: Thiel Audio CS-2 Speaker John - Continue to enjoy your 2.2's as I am, and welcome to the forum! | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? I see that Tweek has not lost any of his enthusiasm for publicly doubting the 1.6's despite the fact that he still has not heard them. Tweek, did it ever occur to you (who apparently lives for spec's such as driver diameters) that JT made a very d... | |
| Amp Power: Tubes vs Solid State Another possible factor for the phenomenon noted above is that tubes are run at much higher voltages than transistors, and therefore don't require as whomping a power supply, in addition to the fact that they don't need to utilize massive heat-sin... |