holmz
Responses from holmz
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing No I am running Cullen Cables Power Cord. Hope this doesn’t open up a can of worms…. I use them on everything No it is all good. I appreciate your post. I just assume that it doesn’t matter a whole lot, and it seemed like it would be good to h... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @gdnrbob maybe ask @atmasphere what power cord to run on them? I assume that @pstores is using what Ralph sent?? | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Indeed it would be nice to see the freq response versus load, the distortion spectra, etc....Too bad this info hasn't been forthcoming. Not sure how to interpret that... @kuribo negative innuendo may not be a good strategy for it. | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? @tablejockey +1 (very wise and sage advice there.) if it sounds good, then the “fear of Missing Out” (FOMO) is mostly coming from reading the forum. So if it sounds good, then just enjoy it. | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing I can close my eyes and tell you what something sounds like. Try telling me what they look like on paper with your eyes closed. I am not sure that is universal. Both my old and new preamps have very similar harmonic structure, and they have a s... | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? I am totally “out experienced” here. I probably only have 40 hours all in, with determining what to get, ordering it, physically making the cables, and the time I needed to work to get the funds… but I figured if the studios that are recording and... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing And this is a truth. I am such a one, for a variety of reasons. I am also careful to consider measurements (defined widely) for a component's attributes, again, for a number of reasons. Me too @noske - my tube preamp has the 2nd at -75dB the ... | |
| What is the best tonearm for a SOTA Nova turntable? Btw, my expectation was the $8K was for both the rebuild ($3K) plus the purchase of a used ARC PH8 ($5K) phono stage. I am not sure that would change @Holmz comments… but that was what I intended to say. I got it, but it’ll be north of 10k with... | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? Or put a different way How would you know if your cables are your weakest link? Start with the cheapest Best Buy cables and if the expensive ones make no difference, then job done. It is pretty easy to spend more than 10% even doing DIY cables... | |
| Active vs passive crossover But, my question is, why the vast majority of companies in this industry still chooses the passive route Maybe because they are old and established? Maybe look at Buchart or Dutch-n-Dutch or Genelecs. And then listen and compare them to passiv... | |
| Another HiFi Listening Room help request Find the speakers 1st then the appropriate amp to drive them. Alternatively find powered speakers. Genelecs are one example that comes to mind and they also play loud. But they would eat up the majority of the budget… But you do not need amps... | |
| I have seen a lot of ideas concerning Cable lifters holmz Concerning your capacitance question, I might sound like I am on the negative side here but I seriously doubt that 'Capacitance' is the issue. That is unless the effect caused by the floor causes a parallel capacitance which would then modi... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Someone, please correct me: I don't believe that the idea is to "want" 2nd and 3rd harmonic distortion, but rather our brains use the 2nd and 3rd harmonics that are produced by the musical instruments to perceive certain aspects from the sound. ... | |
| I have seen a lot of ideas concerning Cable lifters Does anyone have some factual information on whether cable geometry affects the amount of capacitance with respect to say a floor being nearby? For example: A quad core design IC, inside of a conductive sheath would seem like it would not chang... | |
| What is the best tonearm for a SOTA Nova turntable? I don’t think it will cost you a fortune. I would do the table upgrades. Then see where you are… a used Audio Research PH8 would really upgrade your analog end. I would imagine that would be around $8K. Then if it isn’t there a cartridge for $3K.... |