echolane
Responses from echolane
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. I vote for regular bananas. I was using spades for decades between amp and speakers and once in awhile one of the speaker wires would come loose and fall off my amplifier. Recently I finally discovered the reason I was having problems. It was be... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. I’ve had trouble with spades coming loose. I finally learned to use channel locks on them. More recently I discovered that there are different sizes of spades! I learned that mine are way too big for my binding posts. The spade prongs are too ... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. I’ll chime in with a comment on this topic. I had spades for many years and I think one of the two cables would come loose and drop off every couple of years. It didn’t occur to me that I could use channel locks to tighten them so they wouldn’t ... | |
| Berkeley Audio Design and MQA? The big question in my mind is not MQA but DSD. I own a Berkeley Audio DAC Reference Series 2 and there is a lamentable absence of support for DSD. The Berkeley people deliberately chose not to support it based on purity. IOW supporting DSD wou... | |
| Guidance for choosing step down transformer for audio gear attn: millercarbon I could give you a detailed answer, and being practically the only guy here with actual hands on experience from having used one of these things for several decades it would be good solid info. But I just get so sick and tired... | |
| What to expect if I import an amp and preamp from a Japan seller via US eBay Quite a variety of responses to my inquiry. Warnings duly noted. The only one I’m really worried about is the transformer. I will want to buy something better than what the vendor proposed to send with my amp and preamp. When I spoke with Geor... | |
| What to expect if I import an amp and preamp from a Japan seller via US eBay Shipping is free via Fed Ex. The seller tells me FedEx will contact me if fees are necessary and when they are paid FedEx will deliver to me. Good point about who will do repairs. I will ask my usual good fellow if he will repair. Otherwis... | |
| Luxman d-08u vs berkeley reference 2 dac I have been looking at the Luxman D-08u and came across this thread which is of particular interest to me because I am the owner of a Berkeley Audio DAC Reference Series 2. I hesitated to buy it because the reviews seemed a little too neutral and... | |
| Looking for technical info about Audiomat Recital MKIV. My Audiomat Prelude Reference MKII and Arpege units are self-biasing. Yours probably is too. | |
| How to add SPDIF and Toslink connections to my computer Fuzztone said: “But you'll get better sound with a RasPi 4 instead of a PC. I wouldn't put any money into it.”Not to worry. I have the Meridian integrated amplifier and Spendor S3/5 speakers to make wonderful sound. I just need the DAC to interf... | |
| How to add SPDIF and Toslink connections to my computer I like the idea of buying an el cheapo sound card just so I could use the connections, but how would a sound card coexist with a DAC when I want the sound of my DAC and not the sound of the sound card?But that idea would be immaterial if I could f... | |
| Problems with Surge Protectors Jimson replied as follows:How to Tell if Your Surge Protector is Bad: Most surge protectors have a light of some sort. Newer models will have an LED, purple flower wild while older models may have a standard light bulb. If your light is burnt out,... | |
| Problems with Surge Protectors Something occurred to me since I posted my original message. There was a *major* electrical storm near my home. It was severe and it started one of the many major fires in California that went on to burn for weeks. Perhaps one or more or those ... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? To ndevamp Who said this. Echolane, +1 for moving the switches regularly to keep them working well.I help maintain a studio mixing console with hundreds of mechanical switches. The advice given in the service manual is to do just that, operate the... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? To riaa who said this:As somebody that has had over 100 Vintage 1970's receivers I can tell you that PIONEER...all of them...cant touch the Higher End Sansui's, Sanyo's, Onkyo's or Kenwood's. I mean its not even close. The Sanyo JCX2900K is the bi... |