larsman
Responses from larsman
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? Speakers probably #1, but after that, I'd put line-stage preamp and/or phono stage. | |
| Listening to digital and analog I've recently done some serious upgrades to my vinyl/speaker system and my digital/headphone system; awesome sound experiences from both!! | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? I've got a Technics SL-1200G with a Clearaudio Charisma MM cartridge, and it sounds amazing through my Herron Audio tube phono-stage - yes, it can make an immense difference. | |
| Vinyl...should I stay, or should I go? Looks like you've got a really good system with that Chinook and all; I'd expect that vinyl would sound great on there, depending on your other gear. I've got a big vinyl collection but hardly ever played any records for years, just because they s... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers I like my power bulbs just fine, thank you very much; I don't much care for dry, analytical sound, I prefer the pleasing distortion that 'power bulbs' provide. | |
| At This Time Can We Recreate Full Range Live Music In The Home? It's not about replicating 'live music' - it's about getting as close as possible to what the producer and artist wanted the record to sound like; it's all about their subjectivity. "Live music" will sound 10 completely different ways from 10 diff... | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning I totally love my DeGritter - I've cleaned hundreds of albums and it works perfectly!! | |
| SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations? I've got an SL1200G with a Clearaudio Charisma MM cartridge, going into Herron Audio phono stage and line stage preamps. Sound is AWESOME... | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days A real popular one in our college dorm was "Johnny Winter And Live" - that sucker rocked!! | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo Lots of great choices here. As my favorite guitarist is Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult, most any of his solos are my favorites - all very tasty stuff. Otherwise, I got weary of the whole 'guitar solo' stuff around the time that punk came in in ... | |
| All New Totaldac D100 Loudspeakers....The HOLY GRAIL OF SPEAKERS ?! Sounds like something their marketing department might say.... | |
| Lack of Female Representation This has always puzzled me as well; it's not like women can't tell the difference in sound quality of various gear, and I'd think most of those would prefer something that sounds better than something else. So I don't know why this seems to approa... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? All about demographics and disposable income. And a lot has to do with the fact that a phone and earbuds is perfectly OK to most of them. As they get older and have more money to spend, some of those might decide to see if they can get the music t... | |
| transistor pre with the sound of tubes I've got tube gear, so you definitely do not have to be mature! | |
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? I've got about 500 or so; used to have way more than that before I sold a bunch when CD's came out. Most of what I have are ones I got for free when I was in the record business in the 70's and early 80's. Sometimes I look for newer things, but no... |