jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Does a higher gauge electrical wire impact voltage level? Higher gauge means 4,6,8,10,12,14 ... wire diameter decreases as gauge number goes up. Resistance (R) measured in ohms increases as wire diameter decreases and gauge number gets higher. | |
| Room size definition Bigger is better! Get the B&W 804's! | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? So what did ASR find problematic with this DAC? | |
| PSB T600 Synchrony - impressions Yes, Paul Stanley Barton is a talented speaker designer who has been at it for decades - yet gets little attention! I'd take those Synchrony's any day over the Vandersteen's! Thank you for bringing this to attention here! | |
| When were the best tube amps made? NYC at Julius Futterman’s West Side apartment. His hand-made OTL tube amps remain unequaled today! Starting in the late 50’s with the H1 and H2 triode OTL’s , then in 1964 with the H3 Harvard Music HB5 pentode OTL stereo chassis and finally the H3... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @kota1 : thanks for the Thomas Utube video about the iFi DAC! He is correct that today’s design/production can deliver a product at reasonable cost that is practically indistinguishable from so-called "high end" DAC’s! This is good news for the bu... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @dayglow : "To create a true HEA system ... a sufficient amount of financial resources are needed." This is more moneyphile spin perpetuated by the TAS/Stereophile editors/reviewers. They have set up a class system of peons/aristocracy where only ... | |
| Fidelity Research FRT-4 or Entre' T-100 All SUT's need a ground wire to the phono stage. For the Entre' keep the IC to phono stage short. SUT's are sensitive to capacitive loading by the output IC's. | |
| Searching For Best Power Cable For The HoloAudio May. Buy a $90 Pangea from Audio Advisor and stop worrying! That's what I did when I needed a new cord for one of my amps. For me that's the limit of what I will spend on an AC cord. | |
| Sonic differences Ariston 11S vs Linn LP-12 One of my Aristons has a Grace 707 arm , as does my Linn Sondek. | |
| Sonic differences Ariston 11S vs Linn LP-12 Oh yes, Ivor went to a conical bearing rather than a ball bearing in the Ariston RD. Sonically it doesn't matter! | |
| Sonic differences Ariston 11S vs Linn LP-12 Ivor did not design the LP12 as he claims! The basic design/concept was done by Ariston's Stuart Hamish. The RD and the LP12 are close cousins. Ivor's real claim to fame is his premise that the signal source is most fundamental for sound quality a... | |
| Sonic differences Ariston 11S vs Linn LP-12 I have two Aristons and a Linn Sondek. They are all a pain to set up! I learned to do it myself! Sonically, as the French Chef says " No diffawrance." I will remind the younger audiophiles that the Ariston RD came first in 1973. Ivor Tiefenbrunn o... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @ghdprentice : so for you $30K for streamer, DAC, preamp, amp, speakers is the transition from mid-fi to hi-fi? And the next level up is $10K per component? You must be reading too many TAS/Stereophile articles and ads! See my post above! | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? These are just marketing terms, the most egregious being "high end" - puffery for the moneyphiles to brag about. Musical appreciation and enjoyment doesn't require labeling! |