76doublebass
Responses from 76doublebass
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! Always start at the front end and you will be rewarded greatly ; but eventually you'll want to fine tune the system to what your ears say it to be. I suppose my priorities with the ear thing may be changing since I'm approaching 65. | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? 1977 to 1990 JBL 4343 Studio Monitors1990 to 1996 Acoustat 2+2's Phil Keck mods.1996 to 2002 Martin Logan CLS Speakers2002 to 2006 Martin Logan Request Speakers2006 to 2014 nothing out of audio.!!2014 to present Magnaplanar 1.7 Speakers | |
| The best CD Player for the money I was scanning all the responses and I did not see an Oppo 95Although it is not strictly speaking a cd player but a universalPlayer and does everything just right. I have owned one for 1 monthOnly and I'm warming up dearly to the sound and picture | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? I'm using a 17 inch Mac pro interfaced with my iPod classic going into the Inova.. I am also using the Oppo 95 for blue rays and CD, SACDGoing straight into the INOVA,and I am thrilled with the resultsThus far speakers are Magnapans 1.7For a budge... | |
| Been listening to The Beatles ... I noticed since purchasing The Help CD in stereo from the 8 I have already that the sound is more organic and more natural sounding. I assume it must be from using maybe an earlier Ampex Reel to Reel deck, instead of the newer transistor sounding ... | |
| Been listening to The Beatles ... I also was hoping that the new Beatles CD was up to the same sonics as the Love Album as well,and it just is not really of the same quality.Although I am still pleased with the issues I have bought.Which are Get Back,Abbey Road, St. Peppers,Magica... | |
| Any tweaks recommded for under cd player? This is thinking out of the box. I put my tube cd player on a sofa cushion and everything improved the highs,imaging and bass response.It cost me nothing 'just used from an old couch I don't have anymore. Just kept a couple of the cushions.Lokks l... | |
| What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009? The best at the show is almost a toss up between two IMO.WIN ANALOG WITH THE BIG S833 100 WATT MONSTEROUS TUBE AMP.I hope Albert took a great picture of this with the huge 833 RCA TUBE. Each amp weighs 200 pounds and puts out 500 watts of heat,BUT... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Not to get off topic But I see Dueland will be at the RMAFthis year.Is anyone going? This should be exciting .I guess they will be displaying a speaker system with all cast components installed.I hope to see u all at the show.Don C. | |
| What Cables does ARC use at Audio Shows? At an small audio show in Seattle the dealer used only Transparent Reference, I beleive Opus MM only ,with the transparent reference conditioners and power cables.I estimated this was huge retail bucks in cables maybe50k worth. Ouch! in total driv... | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? http://www.decware.com/newsite/ZP3.htmTry Decware ZP3 this is very high quality class A Tubefor $895.00 fully assembled and comes with a 30 day trial as well.I am not affiliated with them. I have their integrated power SET amp and love it alot,But... | |
| Has anyone tried Dueland 2.0 Hookup Wire Thanks I was just wondering,and at $25.00 per foot I would be better off with Kimber ag Silver. I have used the Kimber along time ago rewiring a pair of Dynaco Mk3's with tremendous improvments everywhere.Chris may have some stuff come to think of... | |
| where to invest??? Get a Porter Port cryo hubble receptacle from Albert Porterthis is where to start your tweak at . The receptacle only cost $35.00. If your on a tight budget and you can diy try making your own power cords, ic's and speaker cables.Also I found the ... | |
| Which MoFi and MoFi UHQR LPs? I may be wrong but from what I remembered MoFi did not put out hardly any UHQR DISKS. Yes many pressings were made from Mo Fi,But I think only 8 or 9 disks were made usingUHQR. At one time I had them all including Dark Side Of The Moon Sealed. My ... | |
| Acoustat 2+2 : CJ 2500A or Simaudio W 5 ? Dynaco Mk3's mono pair worked fantastic when I owned2+2's for several years. It was a great cobo at 60 watts tube per side. |