knotscott
Responses from knotscott
| Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System? Do you have a sub, or a method to adjust bass? Every room and setup is unique, so finding "0" is always a bit of a compromise unless you adjust on the fly. Once in a while I adjust for flyers, but usually just let them play out. If that’s a song y... | |
| Tube vs Solid state for Preamp I’d consider some tube rolling with the AI before giving up that preamp. | |
| Using 2 Amps with Audible Illusions Modulus 3A Preamp I split the outputs of my Lazarus tube preamp in a bi-amp configuration. I use the solid spitters vs the y-adapters but either should do the trick. | |
| How you know your system is improving? For starters, you only need to please yourself, so if you’re happy or "happier", your system is good and/or improving. You’re also only as good as your reference. Getting exposed to systems that exceed yours can be useful. So can listening to liv... | |
| Need help with phono cartridge selection It’s a highly personal choice, and somewhat system dependent, but after trying several ATs, Grado, Ortofon, and Nagaoka (among others) my clear choice would be the Nag MP200 (nude elliptical on a boron cantilever). It should have great clarity, re... | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? @vuch Panasonic Thrusters. Prove me wrong. Those were speakers?! 😉😂 | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? Bose 901 (series IV w/EQ, on pedestals) | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby @rvpiano Unfortunately, as we know, too often the hobby becomes so engrossing that it closes off the enjoyment of the world music we deeply care for, resulting in a sum negative. On the other hand, music can be gloriously enhanced by good sound... | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby That’s true. We all have different sensitivities and needs from our systems in order to be able to get a visceral feel from the music. We’re all unique in that regard....my wife and girls are just as happy with a crappy stock car radio, but I rare... | |
| Speakers, floor standing or Bookshelfs It depends. Room size, room acoustics, and setup are are big factors. The specifics of speakers in question and how they play in your room are more critical than whether they’re floor standers or bookshelf IMO. Two subs help smooth out room nodes... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... No ownership of anything at this level, but my guru says the MBLs are among the best sounding speakers available, but also says they're hard to drive and are brutally revealing, so need top amplification. He's also quite positive about the Clary... | |
| Music first or sound first? Now that my system is up to snuff, music first! 😋 | |
| Measurement Bias @audition__audio I dont understand the apparent need for validation by measurements. It should simply be enough to like the sound of a component... That’s exactly where I stand. We listen with your ears and brain, so listening is an excellent... | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? Pet-free, kid-free, and smoke-free are "nice to haves", but condition is more important. If it's in good condition and from pet-free, kid-free and smoke-free...all the better. | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? @emergingsoul That might be a bad example, as there may be other selection requirements not shown... I’m sure there are others. It doesn’t provide the advantages of a true 2nd amplifier, but running a separate output channel for each driver, do... |