jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Hafler The preamp's jacks on the back should be labeled: look for "main out" and follow my above post. | |
| Hafler Output of the preamp (left-right rca jacks) to the input left-rjght rca jacks on the amp. Use a pair of rca-to-rca cables. | |
| Which to upgrade first: Turntable or Phono Preamp Why spend $3K for a phono stage? You can buy an ARC SP6 for half that much - or less! It still has one of the best phono stages ever - all tube! You can use tape out to bypass the high level stage. That's what I do with mine! | |
| Which to upgrade first: Turntable or Phono Preamp Turntable! Get that new $1800 Technics! Much better than the Clearaudio TT! Your cartridge and phono stage are fine! Leave them be! | |
| New Amp Choice A two-channel.amp will never give you an "enveloping" effect! I have a Kenwood unit with its own two-channel amp and various front panel settings for "large hall", " night club", "cathedral" ... used with a pair of speakers placed on the sides or ... | |
| Does Anyone Use a Portable CD Player as Their Source? The late (and missing?) Geoffkait used a Sony Discman as his playback device for CDs! Certainly such a minimalist layout with battery supply has its merits! Plus a lack of snob appeal! | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) The only 2014 Zeppelin LP remaster I own is the III. I will have to dig it out and have a listen! I do have it on the 2014 CD. This should be an interesting comparison! Also on hand is the 2014 Physical Graffiti CD. I don't remember if I have a fi... | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) Of course the finest LPs with realistic dynamic range are those made by Doug Sax of The Mastering Lab - Sheffield Labs Direct-to-Disc! Unfortunately there are so few of them! Next place goes to Telarc for their LPs made from the Soundstream maste... | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) The same thing applies to the first LP pressings of Black Sabbath compared to the first CD issues. The later remastered CDs again come in at third place. I expect streamed versions to be in last place! Those who have never heard the first versions... | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) I still think the first pressings of the Zeppelin LPs are the best, followed by the first CD issues. There is a raw elemental energy on those LPs that is diminished by digital transfers! Using increasingly expensive DACs and streamers does not res... | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) I had the 1990 LP box set. Didn't like it! The original pressings from the pre-digital era sounded way better! That set was digitally mastered! Now I am listening to some of the first Zeppelin CDs and comparing them to the later "mastered by Georg... | |
| Cable for lowend More Full sounding Wire is NOT a tone control! | |
| Upgrade from Rogue Audio Sphinx v2 I believe Herb Reichert gave the Sphinx a very favorable review in Stereophile some years ago. You might look it up in their archives - it will also have John Atkinson's test report. | |
| Upgrade from Rogue Audio Sphinx v2 Some hate Class D amps - like the Sphinx output stage (a very good one!). Changing to a Class A or A/B is not a guarantee that you will like the sound more or hear more "detail". My advice is to borrow a SS integrated amp (Belles, NAD, Parasound .... | |
| Upgrade from Rogue Audio Sphinx v2 Alternately you can buy a SS integrated amp - Belles. NAD, Parasound ... they all sound excellent! Sell the Sphinx - you can probably get over $1000 for it. |