jsalerno277
Responses from jsalerno277
| Oh no, say it ain't so. I would like to believe my primary driver is a love of music, but I feel no guilt that I love hi end equipment. Yes, I am guilty of at least three points. As an example, I am posting here. As another example that I have mentioned previously in... | |
| Speakers sound too bright. Some have suggested impedance matching as an issue. Both your old KEFs and your new MLs have a nominal 4 ohm impedance. The Schiit monoblocks are know to be stable to 4 ohms and put out 350 watts into that load. So, while impedance mismatches... | |
| Speakers sound too bright. Clarification: the AMT design has a wide horizontal dispersion pattern, narrow vertical dispersion pattern. Therefore, no ceiling/floor reinforcement, but possibly side wall reinforcement. | |
| Speakers sound too bright. My experience with ML is they are not inherently bright. The AMT tweeter dispersion pattern is not sensitive to floor/ceiling reinforcement and you said you experimented with toe-in. Therefore, I would let the speakers burn in 300 hours before y... | |
| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers Typo. Space between 0.04” | |
| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers @westcoastaudiophile Exactly. The specific product was a biwire Goertz Alphacore MI 3 Divinity, a 0.8” x 0.04” solid copper ribbon. The space between positive and negative conductors was only 0.4”. The dielectrics were Polyester Terapthalate an... | |
| A life sentence!!! I am not attempting to skirt around the premise of the post. At my age, the careful selection of all of the components in my current retirement system were specifically chosen as the components for my last system. Therefore, my response is my all... | |
| Favorite Albums Not in the Mainstream Found on Streaming Services @yyzsantabarbara Thank for your recommendations. I just extensively sampled all of the albums. Lux Prima - Karen O & Danger Mouse: I never listened to the band or album. I characterize the genera as melodic progressive rock with influen... | |
| Favorite Albums Not in the Mainstream Found on Streaming Services @sls883 Thanks. Just finished streaming Down the Way digits on Qobuz. Excellent choice. Never heard them before. I would characterize the album as a collection of a modern adaptation of late 60s acoustic psychedelic rock, similar in some ways ... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) Yes, a labor of love. Maybe it’s my age. They say frustration tolerance shortens as you age and returns to that like a child. I find myself now only tolerating the vinyl ritual when I cannot find a recorded performance on my streaming service. | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) The sound of vinyl vs digital depends upon the original mastering and the payback equipment. Good recording engineering played back on good equipment sounds wonderful regardless. I have heard vinyl albums such as some 1960s DG offerings that hav... | |
| Favorite Albums Not in the Mainstream Found on Streaming Services @sls883 Agreed. I like all of Carolin No’s albums. However, her freeform improvisational style that draws me in so deeply to the soaring exchanges between the piano, guitars, and percussion instruments is not as evident on the studio albums. ... | |
| Favorite Albums Not in the Mainstream Found on Streaming Services @sfgak Great choice of an album not in the mainstream from two mainstream megastars. I do not know of it being available on streaming services, and it is out of print. If you know where I can get a digital copy, let me know. By the way, did... | |
| New Magico Speaker Break-in Question I would have guessed equipment compatibility. The Magico A5 presents a difficult load. Your virtual system list your stereo amps as MAC 611 Monoblocks that can well handle the 2ohm dips in the bass. Therefore, it should not be a compatibility is... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it." - William Arthur Ward. +1 @ghdprentice You beat me to the scientific explanation and I agree wholeheartedly. |