don_c55
Responses from don_c55
| Magico S5 Speaker - owners - heard them! Over rated!Get big panel speakers. | |
| Sellers increasingly overgrade records eBay has always been like that!try Records By Mail. | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters Pay attention to slap echo and standing waves.Use acoustic suspension not bass reflex.Use a simple butterworth low pass crossover.Use two subwoofers. | |
| Cardas: Cross vs. Reference and Clear I have owned the Quad Link, Cross, and Golden Cross RCA IC and speaker cables.Cardas's reference speakers at the time were Magnepan IIIA's and Tympani's.The Golden Cross Speaker Cables work great with with my Magnepan 3.6's.I use the Golden Cross ... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? EricI built the low TIM Leach amp from Audio magazine, and followed through with the next year of 100+ circuit changes in the following issues. I also owned Leach’s L S R&D amps from his company.He did not believe in matching transistors, and ... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? They do not seem to think they are an improvement over regular fuses. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Class D is second rate sound quality, not in SOTA league at all! | |
| Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player? CD/SACD did not get real good until the last 5 years IMO. | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? RaulThe MM cartridges that I referred to from the 70's were Shure M97 and were elliptical not conical!It is more about the size of the diamond tip than shape. | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? It is also debatable whether slightly rounded edges on a slightly worn fancy diamond, result in more audible record wear than say one with a simple conical tip. Of course the fancy diamond will sound better, but is there less record wear?I have ol... | |
| How do tell when my stylus is too much worn? RaulAll cartridge maunufacturers must love you!500 hours of use then discard is total BS! | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? Good post bondman!I posted this to highlight the degradation of quality in what sells Today.Music reflects the times it was recorded in.There is still plenty of great sounding, good music now - however you have to seek it out! And it does not sell... | |
| Preamp 6922 tube help Totally avoid Russian variants they are all dry and cold! Go NOS!Sample and judge for yourself.Upscale is a good source. The owner is sometimes prickly to deal with IMO.Another good source is tubeworld.com - Talk to the owner - he has common sense... | |
| SME vs. Clearaudio Turntable Comparison - Thoughts? By poor height adjustment I mean no index marks on height adjustment like VPI, Triplanar, or Graham.If movement in height reduces quality from previous setting it is hard to move back to the previous exact height. | |
| Line Conditioner - Small (3 outlets or less) Chang Lightspeed line filters work great IMO.No current limiting, or coils with phase shifts in the AC.Separate analog and digital component connections for isolation.Used models pop up for $300 to $400 |