holmz
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| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D I’ve never heard of Aqua LaScala, but you seem to have some nice gear in general. Had a Music Teacher over tonight. She teaches Piano on the side. She couldn’t believe how George Winston’s Steinway sounded. She said she’s never heard a Steinw... | |
| Temporary Down Sizing - Integrated Amp Recommendations For the amp - based on the decor (read wife) I’ve decided to go with a bit of vintage look, UV meters, on the integrated amp - which will be displayed as a center piece on the entertain console under the TV. With a budget up to ~$3k I have bee... | |
| What Gear is Universally Adored? words like ’universally’ and ’perfect’ and ’always’ set very high standards, too high, I think... for a pursuit that is so subjective and variable in use cases... Ah… no, I don’t think so @jjss49 if people want to blindly get gear that is mor... | |
| Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum I have a 1984 model. I put a new Garrott Bros p77i on it a year ago, and it sings pretty sweetly. IMO - Either move it and the LPs on, or consider an upgrade. I got a whole box of parts from Wisconsin… new tone arm, new board to put it on, et... | |
| What Gear is Universally Adored? For your consideration: Anything Nagra. Never heard a bad word about anything Nagra. My Nagra stack was acquired as used gear, but I like it, and the Haus-Boss likes the Feng Shui look. it is not a whole lot better than some other gear, but it... | |
| What is the best tonearm for a SOTA Nova turntable? I doubt that a new table or arm, or phono stage is going to fix these deficiencies unless I spend a whole lot of money. @gyneguy225 I have not heard “Cantata Domino” but I have the other one on both LP and later I got the CD. I would be listeni... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing How much hubris can a man possibly have to make such a pronouncement! This man has solved the problems leading to 20 years of "terrible missteps" of all that came before him? People have been jumping all over @kuribo, which as @noske desc... | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? Quality cables win every time. OK - and what are the physical attributes define quality? | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Reading through the various opinions on these amps, some prefer the Weiss opamp, some the Burson, others Neurochrome, and others have said that the stock Purifi buffer is their choice. Some describe one op amp one way, another describes the same ... | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza @rodman99999 am I correct to assume that you place the dielectric constant of the insulation as having a higher importance than the particular metal used? | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza *L* Another forum that starts off cheesy, chills, and everyone gets stuck and strung out....into cable consternation....yet again. @holmz ...cables as a very subtle form of eq....and brag rights, I suppose. I don’t make claims to perfection,... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @nonoise see info below -- what is interesting about this troll is the user account dates back to 2000... so i am not sure it is a ’kid’ we are talking about - or perhaps the original user account was hacked... the writing seems alot like the in... | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza My bad. Yeah. It would probably be more productive (i.e. “My Good”) to discuss what electrical characteristics make for a good cable. However as many use a cable as a tone control, then that gets difficult when it is a tuning device. And henc... | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza I don’t know . Ask your dealer? And we had this conversation before, on your lamp cords you so proudly display in your profile picture: what is their capacitance, resistance, impedance? You surely have measured with your Audio Precision scope... | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza Oh great! Then what are you doing in the forums arguing nonstop against every single thing you have zero interest in? What kind of proof are you seeking? Trying for yourself does not count, right? I like pizza, and might try one for myself tomo... |