audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Does it bother you when you see inflated MSRP’s for used gear on AG? Many times when you get greedy people their item unless super popular will be sitting for months , unless it says OBO. | |
| Sound Stage and Imaging For $2k you will not get hiend quality sound ,you may get a good older speaker but any speaker over $10+ years old the Xover the capacitors start drying out then detail and soundstage diminish as the Xover starts getting old. I have been upgra... | |
| Does it bother you when you see inflated MSRP’s for used gear on AG? No it doesnot both me , only a fool would pay for a jacked up price I never would rarely even pay 50% , unless it was exceptionally good and could not get one new for a good price would I pay max 60% if pretty new. | |
| Have I Found the Holy Grail of Audio Systems? My Surprising Discovery rowlocktrysail good point ,hav8ng owned a audio store and 40+ years I audio sometimes I get aggravated when mfg don’t go all out , that’s me being too technical at times , I have gone over to aAudiophiles house with a $250k system then come b... | |
| Have I Found the Holy Grail of Audio Systems? My Surprising Discovery Hey Jack dad I was making a point mainly on the Xover ,for the vast majority of even expensive loudspeakers don’t put in top Xover parts i have over 20 years into this and it bugs me when mfg make tons of monies then sacrifice better potential... | |
| Have I Found the Holy Grail of Audio Systems? My Surprising Discovery The Xover is decent but not even close to the top look at humble homemade hifi capacitor test 15 being the best score what capacitors or resistors are in yours ? Path audio ,and Mundorf ultra are by far the2 best resistors which are $30 ea... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC That dac is decent ,if you have the $$ the T+A 200 dac - preamp is much better on every level so good I am purchasing one soon , and through our audio multi state audio get together I have heard most everything up to insane monies.the T+A 200... | |
| Close…But No Cigar A lot has to do is how good or bad your digital is. for starters with you modem- router combo which is a must ,I upgraded to the newer Motorola 7802 which has a bigger buffer,faster processor and docsis 3.1. the junk wall wart is pure noise ,Lin... | |
| Rediscovery I find steaming far more rewarding ,after you spend at least what a good turn table setup would cost Digital sounds better presently I am almost there . I use a used term8nstor2 dac which is very good ,but the T+A 200 dac is in another league o... | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? Normally a SS amp then a good tube preamp check out Linear Tube Audio they make a excellent tube preamp with 6sn7 , plus additional tubes you can use , if xlr you can get too theLundahl C core transformer option , exceptionally well made Davi... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 Have owned a audio store for a decade I can say these ultra expensive $2500+ interconnects ,power cords, speaker cables ,digital yes maybe a few % points better then a $1500 interconnects . is paying double for say 3% worth it , in truth if yo... | |
| best cost no object single unit streamer/dac combo you have ever heard? Between Wadax ,and DCS both approach $100 k Goodwin Audio | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Impossible , for mood , time of day ,just too many options. | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything I owned them and even modded the Xovers to better parts ,they don’t have the dynamic impact and imaging is a bit diffuse ,soundstage is though very big ,sound labs are a much better speaker ,much bigger but has its own section for highs,mids,a... | |
| "Diminishing Returns" In your case being myself an ex dealer your dac streamer for sure could use a big upgrade a innuos server,streamer with LPS , your router 100%should have a good LPS the junk wall wart Thst come with modem - router combo are normally 12 v 4 amp ... |