jaulbrich
Responses from jaulbrich
| Integrated brand choice -- Simaudio, Hegel or Mark Levinson? Mac is Midfi. Rounds or smooth the sound. Music is not smooth or round. | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? Sounds like a great system. I would add a Audioquest Niagara 5000 or one of the power conditioners. Definitely gave me more umph at lower volume and improved overall dynamics/transients. | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Sell thoses beasts and get a stereo pair of REL 812's. You will find they integrate seamlessly with your mains and the sound is superb. I also own JL's. They sound great after a few weeks of tuning the gain, crossover and room position but not... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Gone, there is an assumption in you suggestion that if measurements are the same the sound will be the same. I think it has been pretty well established that hardware with the same specs will usually still sound different. In fact, sometimes equ... | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? Sometimes I wonder if when audiophiles physically gather if they speak to each other the way they do on these posts? There are many different flavors of audiophiles: the self exclaimed expert, the I have to have the best audiophile, the reasonabl... | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? I agree wih the JCP guy, let's sell all our expenses, great sounding stuff, and buy crap that sounds horrible and leave our petty problems behind😉 | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? Given budgets are not unlimited, I would split the difference and get a good pre-amp/ amp pair and gleen the benefits of better in both components. Getting the right match of the two can be better than one great component and one marginal compone... | |
| "Musical" subwoofers? Advice please on comparing JL subs I have both REL (pair) and JL. Hands down, the REL. They integrates better with the system and simply disappear. You need to understand the difference in philosophy for the two companies. A month or two ago, TAS had an article that did just that. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I have a Node 2i as well as an expensive Moon 680D DAC with the internal MIND streamer. I have done a direct compare. As such, there is a very noticeable difference streaming from the higher end streamer vs streaming from the Bluesound player. | |
| Purifi Class D: Junk? What did you expect from a low budget amp? Compare a high end class D implementation against your high end AB and then let's talk... | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? Chris Potter and any band he plays with, especially Dave Holland groups. My biggest pet peve has already been mentioned...so many young guys have come out NEC and Berkley where they learned to meld classical music with jazz. Yuck! Combining the... | |
| McIntosh vs Accuphase? Listen to the Moon (Simaudio) gear before you buy. Maybe a little more money, but... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Sounds to me like the "old school" fighting the future:-) My grandapa used to do that...but he died:-) I have Moon 740P, 680D 820S, Niagra 5000PC and B&W 802D's with a pair REL 820s. Power Amps are a pair of NAD M22 v2 (900W @ 8 ohms, $3300.... | |
| I was literally minutes from purchasing the Special 40's... Special 40's with speaker stands and a small hi quality sub have an amazingly big sound with great musicality. Image like a mifo...go 40's! | |
| The NAD M33 will cancel your complaints about Class D Lots of the usual audiophile blowviating above, especially "teo"😆 Ok, I have a new system that includes the following: Moon 820S Ext. PS, Moon 740P PreAmp, Moon 680D dac, Audioquest 5000 PC, B&W802D, pair of REL 820S. I am using a pair of N... |