jadem6
Responses from jadem6
| Recommendations for tube amp to replace Plinius I have owned the Plinius SA-100 and now the SA-102. I have tried a number of tube amps but have felt the lack of dynamics and impact is too much loss. Please look up my review of the SA-102 here at Audiogon, I use it with a Placette active pre-amp... | |
| When does SACD make sense - my theory I don't have $15,000 invested in my digitial, $2,500 for my SCD-1 and $2,500 for my modifications. $5,000 total. The same $5,000 would hardly begin to buy the phono pre-amp, table, arm and cartrige I'd need to justify my equipment. Even at $5,000 ... | |
| Premier Redbook CD Transport or SACD Player? Mgottlieb, "there are still plenty of SCD-1's around". True, this is still a current model avalible from Sony. I agree with your comments on the transport. If I was looking for an SACD player to replace my SCD-1 I would want the ability to send th... | |
| Plinius warm-up I leave my Plinius SA-102 on in A/B mode all the time. If I'm planning on listening in Class A I flip it into class A and let it warm up for about 20 minutes. If I simply start listening it is a bit harsh in the highs, relitively! Plinius seems to... | |
| Alternatives to Dunlavy SC-IVA??? In one of my discussions with John Dunlavy he told me if he was buying a speaker and his were not avalible he would get the Thiel six series or higher as a match for the IVa. He felt they were the second most acurate speaker on the market. I have ... | |
| What's under YOUR CD player? JBatlanta, Now that it's installed allow the whole set up to sit with no tweaking for at least four days. The Nueance needs to settle in to each alteration of support. After a few disks you'll know! Take it out and listen, the change is easy to hear. | |
| Nordost Valhalla - Opinions please First off, Valhalla must be burned in with a cable burner to reach their full potential. I was surprised at how they "calmed down" after 24 hours of burn in.Secondly because these cables are so revealing and uncolored they will show EVERYTHING. My... | |
| How to isolate aurios to reduce glare? I use down turned cones between my cdp and Aurios. The point rests in the center hole of my pro model. This is great if you have no kids or animals that might bump it. Another thought on a budget is to use the isopods between the cdp and the Aurio... | |
| Audiogon Grammys Patrica Barber for Verse and Nora Jones.and the envolope please.....Patrica Barber | |
| I'm depressed, my system hurts my ears.Please help Why not go back to no pre-amp? If this was pleasing before, it seems to be the cheapest solution. If you want to begin spending money to upgrade, then thyou have alot to work on. I know your McIntosh amp quite well as a buddy of mine had the same ... | |
| How important is tuning? I would guess it comes as no surprise to a lot of you that I believe tuning is at least 50% of the success of a system. All the great equipment in the world will be only as good as the room, speaker placement, isolation, power supply and cabling. ... | |
| Drawbacks from selling overseas ? My last few sales have gone to Tokyo, Hungary, Soul and Tailand. In all cases the money was wired in US dollars to my bank. Once the moneis were received I sent the products out via Fed. Ex. In all cases the transaction went smoothly and took mayb... | |
| Does copper migrate through silver? My understanding is yes it will. That is why siver plated copper is often first plated with nickel of some other metal. The issue becomes the nickel, how does it effect the signal? | |
| What's under YOUR CD player? In all seriousness, my set up is almost as absurd, but every addition made a difference.Starting on the wood floor I use three Arios pro isolation bearings, each with a 3/8" steel ball in the center hole. A two inch sandstone slab sits on the stee... | |
| What's under YOUR CD player? Please send me six Signature Flatulence* Iso-Field Effect Reverberation Nulliers right away! You can charge it to my overseas acount we used last time Ken.As always you stand on the cutting edge, I'll be interested to see how the "Bubble Wrap" hol... |