tomcarr
Responses from tomcarr
| Upgrading my integrated amplifier for my Magnepan 1.7’s Agree with the others. Keep your amp. Upgrade your speakers. | |
| Looking for a narrow baffle small footprint speaker +1 @cdc GoldenEar | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? Standmount 2-way Pioneer speakers designed by Andrew Jones. $130/pair and sound amazingly good. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Remastered Tommy James and the Shondells | |
| Holographic DAC With Air And Decay @fsonicsmith +one million | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 Maybe, just maybe one of the speakers is wired inverted. Try swapping + and - on one speaker only and see if it changes bass. Then do the same on the other speaker only. | |
| Clipping with Separates with change of Power Conditioner[?] Even better consider a dedicated line from the breaker box to your listening room. Got rid of all hum from dimmers, large appliances, etc. Dropped the noise floor too. Improved clarity, inner details and soundstage. | |
| Kris Kristofferson Sad news. RIP Mr. Kristofferson. | |
| JL Audio hifi subwoofer match for my system I have a pair of JL Audio d110 subs and am very happy with the sound integrating with my main speakers. No issues. | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade McIntosh MCD600. Makes music sound gorgeous. Also plays SACDs. And it has a preamp built-in so you can go directly to your amp or amps. By taking my preamp out of the system I was rewarded with even more clarity of sound. Another veil that I wasn... | |
| Please help optimizing my equipment. The room, the setup and the recorded quality of the music will determine 50-70% of what you'll hear. Get those things sorted out before anything else. | |
| For SACD fans only @jafant I haven't listed the Luxman yet, but plan to when get around to listing it. I compared it to the McIntosh MCD600 and thought the lower midrange sounded more natural, with a little more bloom. Then, because the Mac has a preamp built int... | |
| PS Audio IRSV selling +1 @roxy54 | |
| Luxman D03X vs D10X A few months ago I brought home a McIntosh MCD600 and compared it to my Luxman D-03X. The Mac added a bit of lower midrange warmth which sounded very pleasant heard through my B&W 803 D3s. The 600 also has a volume control. So I removed my p... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD @mahler123 "I had written before about my nephew, otherwise a fairly intelligent guy, buying an lp and then being shocked to learn he couldn’t play it in a computer disc drive. One of my son’s girlfriend, who truly is an idiot, buys LPs and play... |