xenolith
Responses from xenolith
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? Agree with falconquest; a balanced power supply is a great way to provide clean power. The best use a massive laminated transformer to take the incoming AC signal and divide it into two perfect 60hz signals of opposite polarity which are then sup... | |
| Second opinions — how have others (including non-audiophiles) helped you? I value the input of others for several reasons, principal among them being that I can't audition in our system the number of equipment that it would take to efficiently effect improvement in our system. I must rely on the kindness of strangers :... | |
| Second opinions — how have others (including non-audiophiles) helped you? It’s the great conundrum and paradox of audiophilia: one needs to most critically listen to achieve a system that can be heard most sanguine and with aplomb. Two other ways to achieve this: spousal commentary...won’t go into detail; all with one a... | |
| Bang for the buck vs. “money no object” cable recommendations Yep, Silversmith Fidelium are both the best bang for the buck cable and the best cost no object cable.In my opinion of course. | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable We talked about this; here’s what we concluded: While the music we were hearing was unquestionably beautiful, it wasn’t the beauty of the music that caused us to cry, it was the success of our system in convincing our brains that we were in the pr... | |
| Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference? Having both my wife and I brought to tears multiple times over the last two nights by music that we've played many times before on a system that had never elicited that response from us prior to changing only the speakers cables, for me, and for h... | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable Was asked by a member to comment on these cables. My reply: I think a quote from my wife this morning says more than I ever could: "Your best audio purchase ever."Our system brought both of us to tears multiple times last night. That's never hap... | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable cried 5 times then more continuity | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable Zoiks, these are great cables! Bi-wire adapters took a bit of attention to arrange, but otherwise easy installation. Wife from kitchen says "Wow, those really do sound good!" Doesn't get better than that! :)Warming up the table and pulling favo... | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. Silversmith Fidelium speaker cables and bi-wire adapters. USPS tracking says "Out for Delivery". :) | |
| Don't get it, why anyone would ask others "what sounds best"? There's a very good reason to ask others "what sounds best?", particularly here; there are people who are very well informed about audio reproduction here. It's literally that simple. Equivalent to asking Anthony Fauci about viral reproduction.E... | |
| Tube Rolling Woes Have purchased new production and NOS tubes from most of the well known vendors. Best results have been from Brent Jessee Recording. While a bit more expensive than most/all other vendors, the testing and matching service he provides is, I belie... | |
| Tube pre w/ HT bypass? Dodd battery powered preamp. | |
| 1975 New Reflektor 6n23p SWGP or Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken Cca? "Correct"...is right!Here's an excerpt from what I wrote to the seller who had asked for a review of the tubes:"They produce such a cohesive sonic picture, that is so correct and natural, that it actually facilitates a more relaxed, less "critical... | |
| 1975 New Reflektor 6n23p SWGP or Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken Cca? Okalee dokalee. The Voskhod 'for export' mid 1970s 6n23p tubes showed up today. Clearly NOS; clean Ni plated pins. 5 hours on tubes so far. Definitely the "flow" thing is there. Most notable relative to the Siemens, Amperex, Mullard and Dario... |