loomisjohnson
Responses from loomisjohnson
| Eversolo, can I do better? +1 pgk188 on the wiim, esp. since you don't need a dac. you can certainly pay a lot more and get better, but i'm not sure whether the differences would be cost-effective. i have the wiim ultra as well as the cheaper wiim pro and am pleased with bo... | |
| Weak link room treatments are always good, but i agree with the get-a-sub--your kefs are great but i believe only go down to 35 or so. | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! certainly bose will eliminate redundant admin and shipping positions at mcintosh, but i seriously doubt they would interfere with the design/engineering side. by all accounts, d&m left mcintosh alone when they acquired it in 2003 and kept thei... | |
| Tune of the Day "love is alive", gary wright--unexpectedly soulful, tough number. i keep imagining otis redding or levi stubbs singing it, but it's pretty great as is. | |
| CD Player: Vintage or modern ones? @minorl @decathlon1991 i'm also a big fan of the old pioneer elite cdps, which are ridiculously overbuilt, tho i caution that the dv09 and some others don't play cdrs. i still use a dv-79av, which has been bulletproof, plays sacd and sounds great.... | |
| Definitive Technology BP 30 i've heard the powered version of the definitive speakers and they're fine, but relatively low on the audio foodchain--you see 'em used for a few hundred bucks. your yamaha otoh is a very well-regarded, $4k amp which i'd expect would really shine ... | |
| Bridged NADs vs. Rotel Ra - 1062 not sure why you're looking to bridge amps, but of the options you've listed above i'd go with the nad 270/370, which are gain-matched. personally, i'd just go with the 370 itself, which is extremely powerful (i think 120w/c?) and quite good sound... | |
| Revel F50 worth the money? Buy them. | |
| Greg Kihn His records were a bit new wavy for me, tho "rockihnroll" holds up remarkably well. he was a great live act, largely because he always had a burner on guitar (including, for a spell, joe satriani). springsteen was a big fan. very nice guy by a... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? the pastels, train truck tractor--don't know how this one got past me. it's a great freakin song. eliza gilykson, is it like today--i'm not a huge fan of hers, but she crushes this world party oldie tommy keene, love is a dangerous thing--for my... | |
| Cd Source for my system without getting into the seperate- preamp-is-better discussion, i note that the marantz 50N and 30N have an onboard digital preamp and streaming capability and are well within your budget | |
| Marantz DV8300 as Transport and Denafrips Pontus 2 DAC a bnc to rca cable (or a bnc to rca adapter + a coax cable) will work from your dac to the marantz (you could also use the optical connection). however because of copyright restrictions sacd won't ouptut through coax or digital, so i believe you'd... | |
| Pioneer Elite vsx-14 enough for hdi-3800? Alternatives? @szejna, i'm no tech wizard but i do know that frequency response measurement is an imperfect science and that other factors like dispersion, and dynamic range could make two similarly-spec'd speakers sound very different. i was curious enough to ... | |
| Acurus A150 i've owned both the acurus and the adcom (i'm also currently using an acurus a100 in my office)--the acurus is a real under-the-radar gem with less coloration than its peers and a nice, smooth tonality. i also preferred it to the adcom, which migh... | |
| Pioneer Elite vsx-14 enough for hdi-3800? Alternatives? Your jbls are very sensitive at 92db and shouldn't need a lot of power. Otoh they're rated to go down only to 37hz, which isn't super-low, so it may be they're just not as bass as their predecessor. Synergy is critical, however, so you could very ... |