zaikesman
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| What bugs you most about sound quality? Brainwater: The reason is that real rock & roll wasn't made for audiophiles, it was made for kids in high school. (And I personally would rather listen to TITA over my high school's intercom system than Rammstein through an audiophile rig ;^)O... | |
| Hello Wadia Again and Agon It is interesting to learn something from the horse's mouth regarding Audiogon's thread deletion policy. I did not realize that threads would be deleted on a schedule or due to inactivity, or because of automatically detected types of content such... | |
| Anyone's opinion about VTL amps? Mejames: Of course different results are possible in different situations, and to different ears. But to the best of my knowledge, all of the VTL amp models utilize similar single-ended circuitry. | |
| The Flaming Lips are Go Manifesto It's so comforting to know some things will never change... (Hey, about that Rush logo jacket - you sure we didn't go to the same junior high school? ;^) | |
| Snell type B:any upgrades? Lneilb: I can see that being true for many users, as the big A was difficult to set up optimally or even find an appropriate home for (something that can often apply to large flagship efforts). I agree with your take on the C/V: nice try, no cigar... | |
| Anyone's opinion about VTL amps? Just to comment on Mejames' last suggestion, this hasn't proven to be the case in my set-up. From my fully-balanced Levinson 380S preamp, and using identical interconnect models in both XLR and RCA versions (from two different brands, for a total ... | |
| Anyone's opinion about VTL amps? I have found, with my MB-185's, that Albert is correct about upgrading the input tubes (NOS 60's Sylvania goldpins recommended by Upscale were better than anything of more recent vintage I had lying around the house). For power cords, I don't play... | |
| does high end system need expensive speaker cable McIntosh is probably not the firm to place your cable faith in if you're of a more high-end philosophy yourself. I believe they are of what you might call the Rolls Royce school: 'sufficient' cabling is enough, and further comparitive listening ou... | |
| Snell type B:any upgrades? Hope you can excuse my crashing the party, but I used to sell at a shop (in the early-mid 90's) that handled these speakers, and never cottoned to their sound. To me, they sounded excessively bass-heavy, slow, colored in the mids, closed-in on top... | |
| How to pick which brand of 6550 tubes to purchase OK, now I've had one of my Svet 6550C's fail before its time was due. Luckily, I happened to walk back into the room and glance over toward the rig just as the tube began lighting up bright orange inside - I was cranking pretty loud at the time. I... | |
| Is the Berning ZH270 revalatory? Allanbhagan: I regret it if I made you feel personally attacked; I myself don't think I did attack you, although it was my intent to encourage a response from you on this thread. I note for the record that Mew says he did not construe my words as ... | |
| The Flaming Lips are Go Manifesto Rzemkoski: TEHO, but thanks for looking... | |
| Does transport matter if using external DAC? Others have addressed the technical side better than I could, so I'll just add my voice to the chorus answering "Yes!", based entirely on my personal home auditioning experience. Though I don't know if I'd go quite as far as Drrdiamond and say the... | |
| Is the Berning ZH270 revalatory? Tubegroover: I likewise respect your thoughts on this and other matters, and appreciate that you make the distinction between accusing without evidence, and raising a concerned question for clarification. IMO, an unbiased reading (meaning by those... | |
| The Flaming Lips are Go Manifesto Ben: If you're still out there on this one, I thought it might amuse you to learn that I've lately come to the trivial yet tantalizing realization that the core essence of the 'breakthrough' sound-construction exemplified by "The Soft Bulletin" le... |