james50
Responses from james50
| Reference 3A Royal Virtuoso connectors Hi PabloI believe that the Royal Virtuoso has the Cardas single block connector which will take spades or banana plugs at right angle to the post, I believe. I think that the review in HIFI+ magazine (British) mentioned that. You can probably chec... | |
| Value Powerhouse SS amp Have you considered a Bryston 4B ST or SST? That would match your criteria, in my opinion. Good luck in your search. | |
| What would you buy next? Have you consider a Linn Ikemi CD player? I have heard that it is quite a good player. Your source is probably your weakest link in your set-up, so that is what I would upgrade next. Just my 2 cents. | |
| Does sound travel better at night? Even though consciously, you don't really notice it, at night the ambient background noise everywhere is lower. Therefore you will hear more at night, I think. If you've ever been outside at night when there is a widespread power outage, the silen... | |
| what made you get into high end gear. What do you do when you move from the big city to some small northern town, and you don't drink? I thought that I would buy a matching brand Japanese stereo system and be happy. Guess what? I found out that there are actually audio manufacturers i... | |
| solid state amps matched with tube pre amp Yes, I agree with all the above responses. Always turn on your amps last, and turn off your amps first. Otherwise, at the least, your speakers and your ears will let you know that you've done something terrible. When I warm up my amps before playi... | |
| Why am I experiencing listener's fatigue? You might also look at what you've got supporting your Manley. Possibly resonances affecting your tube integrated?Tubes tend to amplify resonances in addition to the signal. You might want to consider how much toe-in your B&W 805s have. Depend... | |
| Help me choose an amp Hi SmileyI noticed that there's a Simaudio W3 available for close to what your budget is that would probably fit your requirements. Bryston 3BSST might also work, but as they are fairly new, they will cost more. Happy hunting.James50 | |
| Best Pre-amp for Bryston 4BST Hi DIf you don't want to mix and match, Bryston's own BP20 preamp is a safe match for the 4B, if maybe a bit solid-state sounding. If you choose a tube preamp, you generally get a more liquid sound, which goes well with the 4B. You may get some ro... | |
| Discs you play again and again In no particular order:Cat Stevens-Tea for the Tillerman10,000 Maniacs-UnpluggedCrash Test Dummies-The Ghosts That Haunt MePenquin Cafe OrchestraTracy Chapman-Crossroads | |
| Personal amp evolution Boy, my list is pretty pathetic compared to some of you guys out there, but I'll throw in my 2 cents worth.1)Luxman LV-103(You don't even want to know the rest of the system!)2)Bryston 4B (old style 4B, but with toroidal transformers)3)Bryston 7BS... | |
| Krell CD-DSP cd player????? I have to agree with Elinor. My 10-year old Micromega Duo transport (had same die-cast transport as MD-10, I believe) began having problems with reading CDs. Some chip in the laser assembly apparently went south, according to distributor. Luckily,... | |
| Krell sacd+Chord Dac64 Help please Just out of curiosity, the Chord DAC 64 has optional short buffer, long buffer, no buffer. Does this popping occur with all the settings, or just with one? Just a thought.Hope you resolve your problem. | |
| New stuff from spain selling at less then used I just got on after a brief absence, and noticed that thesuper deal on the ML 336 is gone, and the seller is no longer registered on Audiogon. Qu'est ca ce? Did the sheriffrun him out of town, or was it the pressure of public opinion? Just trying ... | |
| New stuff from spain selling at less then used Seems like all those power amps come with that new optionalremote. At 45 lbs, that Mark Levinson 336 must have a newswitching power supply or something. This seller from Spainis more fishy than the creek beds up in BC during spawningseason! I hope... |