chayro
Responses from chayro
| CD upgrade. I would look into the Ear Acute. The new model has digital inputs, which is cool if you care to fool around with computer audio. The older one, without the digital inputs, is a great buy on the used market. | |
| integrated for zu definition 3 Admittedly a Viva fan, but I don't think that there's anything in the price range you are thinking of that will match the tonality of the Viva you own now. Yes, there are amps that will play louder, but if you value that "in the room" presence, yo... | |
| What is the gray felt meterial I got with my Sony? Put it over your ears. | |
| Most suitable tone arm for linn sondek LP12 If you have no complaints about the sound, I would keep what you have. The OL arms are very decent. I don't know what you're using for a phono stage, but if you're using a cheap one, a used Linto might be a good upgrade. They are a great deal on t... | |
| I wanna learn about Naim CD players I would post this on the Naim Forum. They will be happy to answer your questions. I've owned a lot of Naim gear and I don't think there's anything available in your price range that would be able to be serviced if it broke. With $300, I would go f... | |
| Recording/Engineering Practices Agree with Learsfool - Very few jazz recordings even attempt to sound realistic. Could be that they feel the "bigger than life" approach is best. Everything they do is strange. They put one reverb on the bass drum, another on the snare - another o... | |
| Sony XA-5400es player...Giant Killer or just Ok? I see you own a 9000ES. If you have a lot of SACDs, the 5400 is very good with that format. If you're satisfied with the 9000, you'll be satisfied with the 5400. Other than that, you get what you pay for. It's a well-built, good-sounding machine. | |
| Newbie to analog You have a nice system. I suggest buying a Music Hall 5.1. I think there's a 1-week old demo up for sale now. You get the whole thing - tt, arm, cart for like $700. I've owned one and it's plenty good enough to get started up with analog. It's rea... | |
| Are you a Verificationist about audio? IMO - It's all an exercise in futility, as our opinions are based on our personal experience with the equipment under a set of conditions virtually impossible, or at least unlikely for someone else to replicate. For example, in my system, because ... | |
| PA Speakers for Parties Go away. | |
| Percentage of cable cost I have never gone by the "percentage" rule with cables. I think that an expensive cable is worth it when it's the cheapest way to improve your system. IMO, a box or speaker upgrade should sonically exceed the sonic contribution of a cable upgrade.... | |
| schticky to clean lp's I have the Nagaoka record cleaner, which is basically a sticky elasomeric roller. Personally, I doubt the effectiveness of any of these rolling devices, Pixall included, to pick up anything beyond what a carbon fiber brush will dislodge on a rotat... | |
| Novum PMR As an ex-professional drummer, I always knew that placing several bronze cymbals around the drumkit made the drums sound better - warmer and more ambient. With this in mind, I purchased a 12" or 13" Opera Gong from Gongs Unlimited for about $60, c... | |
| Idol fans weigh in I think the show is a joke. A place for would be artists who are not good enough to become artists. Regardless of what Tyler might say on the show about how great they are, if any one of these performers auditioned for him and Tyler had nothing to... | |
| Weak Bass from my SP 1/2s It could also just be the way the speakers interface with the room. I've had experiences where smaller speakers with supposedly less bass response produced a bigger and fuller bass in my room than larger speakers. It just works that way sometimes. |