jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Narrowing down the field (DAC wise) Why spend lottsa bucks for a DAC? The KTB Pro at $199 measures/sounds as good as any four-figure DAC. State-of-the-art linearity/low distortion! | |
| What amp for Polk LSiM 705? Topping PA5 for $349! State-of-the-art Class D 110wpc amp! Right behind the Benchmark AHB2 ($3500) for SQ! Why pay more! | |
| Dumbest cable question Wire is NOT directional! Easily proven using an APx555 analyser. Stop fallng for these false beliefs! Any manufacturer claiming their wire is directional is a swindler! | |
| Cd transport Bits are bits! That is why we have the Redbook standard for CD data/playback. All devices that can output the data from a CD must conform to this standard. That is why I use a Sony universal player. Sounds perfectly fine to my golden ears! IMO spe... | |
| amp for ZU Audio Druid V speakers Topping PA5 will be a good match - $349! | |
| Atma-Sphere M60 monoblocks + ML ESL 11 = Inferior combo The M60 OTL's are very load sensitive! They function best with a flat high impedance speaker - of which few exist. The solution is to use an autoformer between the OTL amp and the speakers. That's what I have on my Futterman H3 - a pair of Altec a... | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? Third, I can recall listening to the astounding width and height of the sound field produced by the Harold Beveridge ESL (back in '78). | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? The Pipe Dreams speaker comes to mind - a favorite of Harry Pearson! It too was a tall line source. | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? A narrow floor-to-ceiling line source like the Carver speaker will do this better than any speaker with multiple drivers of varying sizes (B&W, Focal, Magico, Wilson ... as examples). | |
| How old is too old (for SS gear)? I agree with artemus_5. PS caps often fail after 20 years. My BEL 1001, Bryston 3B and GAS Son/Thoebe preamp all need new caps. The Sumo Andromeda in present use is still working and sounding fine despite being over 35 years old! | |
| Vintage versus New I am holding onto my collection of vintage Altec and JBL speakers. Their value will increase over time! Present day new speakers hold no attraction for me! I also have Infinity 2000A's, KLH Nines, Janszen ESL tweeters and two pairs of Quad 57's. | |
| Why are people paying these stupid tube prices? @oddiofyl : back in 2016 I bought four RCA 6L6GC black plate tubes taken from my friend's Fender amp. $300 - and worth it! | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties! | |
| preamp Luxman 5c50 indicator has gone red DC offset Set your meter to DC and measure each preamp main output between ground and positive (center). Ideally there should be no DC on the output jacks. | |
| Kenwood DP 990SG CD Player won at Yahoo Auction Japan You need a 100 volt stepdown transformer. I have a Kenwood idler TT that requires 100 volts AC. All Jap CD players for the US market use 120 volts. Ditto for Jap TT's and amps! |