jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore? The US and UK magazines have good writers. I enjoy Herb Reichert's column in Stereophile. Understanding neither German nor Japanese I can't comment upon their magazines. | |
| Tonearm issue Did you check the cartridge? I have never had the tonearm wiring fail. | |
| After a long, long sleep: ML-335 Get a variac and slowly power it up without connecting it to speakers or preamp. This will ease the power supply caps back to life after long storage. | |
| New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade This Audion GD is just a Class D circuit stuffed into a KT88 glass envelope. It has zero relation to a real vacuum tube. A clever marketing ploy! Add some LED's for that tube-like glow and the gullible are smitten and like Jay's Iyagi proclaim it ... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I heard Jay's Audio Lab system played on YouTube through my TCL tablet. It was playing THAT Elvis song "I love you baby ..." from Tidal. Execrable sound quality! The Wilson speakers looked and sounded like what you'd see at a rock concert! So a qu... | |
| DH Labs power cables I have had that DH Labs cable from preamp to amp for several years and feel no compelling need to change it. So a thumbs-up for DH Labs! | |
| DH Labs power cables I have one DH Labs cable from preamp to amp. Does it sound better than one of my Audioquest or Transparent cables? I don’t know or care! I chose the DH Labs Silver IC because it was the only good 6-foot cable I had other than some cheap Ch*nese si... | |
| DH Labs power cables Another case of "I bought and installed the new cable and the sound improved markedly!" Unless you did a blind test with someone helping to make the switch all bets are off! As Perry Mason would say "Not admissable in Court". | |
| B&w Matrix 800 Cabinet constuction No! You need to know the exact mid drivers and tweeters plus a schematic of the crossover. | |
| technics sp 15 You need a DIN female plug with appropriate holes attached to the end of a two-channel cable with RCA connectors at the other end, along with a separate wire with a spade connector for grounding to a phonostage/preamp. | |
| Turning amp up - any limit? Maggies and Sanders Magetch. Does the Magtech have clipping LEDs? If those start to flicker back off a bit on the volume control. | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? Returning home I wish I had my friend's system! | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? When I was in high school my friend had an affordable system: Pioneer receiver and turntable, KLH 6 speakers. Listening to Buffalo Springfield, The Nice and Pink Floyd was so enjoyable compared to my folks' GE console! Too many members here have l... | |
| Cart loadout question Pickering xv-15/750E on Empire 598 turntable Either 250pf or 300pf will be fine. No need to go higher. | |
| Teac Pd-301 and external DAC Today's inexpensive DAC's have reached such a high level of performance that I doubt you will hear any difference if you add a more expensive DAC to the TEAC's digital output. Others here will disagree because they have bought into the idea that m... |