erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest That's simply not true. The nicest people are the one's with meters on their amps. | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" The worst part about a bad room is how it will constantly send an audiophile into a consumer merry-go-round. Constantly trying to improve the sound with better speakers/cables/etc. | |
| An IEC with grip Above all things, avoid Wattgate, they don’t seat fully and are prone to suffer from cable leverage/weight pulling them out. I’ve had decent luck with Connex (the Parts Connexion brand) but it’s only relatively better than Wattgate. Avoid Rhodium... | |
| Speaker upgrade? Really think you should look into used Revel instead. Step up to something made 8n the last 10 years. Also worth considering are JBL classic and klipsch heresy | |
| Pure Silver Wire I'll go you even cheaper. Build your own IC's out of pure silver wires and decide for yourself if silver is worth it. Here is a source, under $12/foot. https://partsconnexion.com/connex-cable-bl-ag-interconnect-cable-2-x-23awg/ | |
| Integrating 7.1 There is a difference between the input signal (5.1/7.1, Atmos, etc.) and the output from the processor. Processors have what's called "integrated bass management." That means whether you have a subwoofer or not, you don't lose the LFE channel, ... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps For the most part it's purely bragging rights. XLR connections when fully and correctly implemented can reduce noise and eliminate ground loops. In some circumstances this can be huge, but for most of us it's minor. Also, as others note, if you... | |
| Replacement same model tweeters like a major component upgrade 1 - Usually the physical break-in is related to the suspension, and its worse for larger, traditional drivers. AMTs have no suspension to break in so there’s no history I’m aware of that those tweeters ever "break in" but certainly I’ve heard the ... | |
| What is the true impact of power supply differences - Japan, US, Australia? Most of the differences in how domestic voltages and Hz vary around the world are handled by the power supply, so this is rarely really an issue. The voltages your equipment sees are due to the actual incoming voltage less any voltage sags in the... | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? I have a luxman L-507z integrated amp. I havent seen anyone put a tube pre-amp on it yet. Altho with cornwalls it might be interesting. @paqua123 - The Luxman integrateds really are something special. Many manufacturers claim that their integ... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound Try the Monitor Audio Platinum series. | |
| A little puzzled by my newly acquired Yamaha A-S801 Its too expensive, but the extension and smoothness of a Luxman integrated is hard to beat. Arcam is another integrated line I really like | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? Choice and sound quality. You don’t "need" a preamp. A good example of having separates is an electrostatic speaker. You love the sound of tubes, but the tube amps tend to be poor performers (queue the chorus of A’goners who will "not always.." t... | |
| Directional wires/cables The only bit of cable directionality I believe in is the shielding. Shields should be connected to ground at the active end, which is the source. Hence shielded IC’s should have an arrow pointing from the source to the destination. If you are us... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS Implementation matters a lot but I tend to gravitate to AKM chips. Not experienced enough with R2R to compare. |