waltersalas
Responses from waltersalas
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? I have found that some components, especially amps, respond to power cord changes much more than others. The same power cord might perform beautifully on one amp and make no discernible difference on another. I'm not sure I would have believed tha... | |
| Best DAC’S $5k to $15k I have tried many DACs over the years at various price points and I always end up coming back to Lampizator. There is just something about Lampi DACs. You can get a Baltic 4 in your budget, which will be hard to beat unless you spend a lot more mo... | |
| Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8 Lalitk beat me to it. Now that you've discovered the difference between AES and USB with the N20, just wait until you hear what a difference a quality cable will make--with all due respect to the perfectly respectable Mogami cable, which did give... | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? I notice a little bit of a hum very briefly when first powering up my A100, but it quickly goes away. I have not noticed any noise at all changing the volume. In the year I have owned the Synthesis, I have come to love it more and more. It is jus... | |
| Going Tubing I have tried to walk away from tubes many times and always wind up coming back. For some of us, there is no solid state gear to be found that can match the presentation of tubes, regardless of what the skeptics say. The only way to know is to list... | |
| Heavy speakers: How to be able to reposition? Another vote for Herbie's super gliders. Work great and not super expensive. | |
| Are You a Swifty? @tylermunns It really helps if you have a relentless teenage daughter begging you to give it a try. In this case, I'm glad she prevailed. In other cases, not so much. I don't guess I'll ever love Imagine Dragons the way I should. Be well. | |
| Are You a Swifty? @tylermunns Count me as a fan of the vast majority of your posts in this forum, but I’m afraid this isn’t one of them. Taylor Swift’s songs about the vicissitudes of young love are at least as interesting--to cite a random example--as Fleetwood ... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I no longer have a dog in this fight, but the hysterical backlash against Tekton speakers on this site has been going on for years and is, for me at least, far more nauseating than Tekton's lofty claims for various speaker models. FWIW, I have per... | |
| Damping Factor and Overall Negative Feedback. Unfortunately, our beloved Al (almarg) is no longer with us. If you search the archives, you might find some of his insights that may help. Al is sorely missed, that's for sure. He was one of our very finest. | |
| Luxman leaves me wanting Here's another recommendation for the Synthesis A40 or A100. After a very lengthy amp search that involved at least half a dozen highly regarded integrated amps, my search ended when I tried the Synthesis A100 about a year ago. Not only does it ha... | |
| I Cried Today What a touching post, a reminder for us all to keep things in perspective. Thanks for sharing this story. | |
| 100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie Without a doubt, my list would be a little different if I could use box sets (Howlin' Wolf, James Brown, Ornette, etc.) or best ofs (Creedence, George Jones, etc.) and would be subject to endless editing upon closer inspection, but this was nevert... | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? @pryso Now there's a thought! I am going to look into that possibility right away. Thanks for a creative potential solution. This is my only issue with this amp, which continues to delight me every day. | |
| Stephen Stills @roxy54 I didn't say Stephen Stills didn't have talent. There is a difference between talent and genius. I could name at least a dozen Neil Young albums that are better than any solo album Stills ever made, but so what if you disagree? Some peopl... |