dtrandall
Responses from dtrandall
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. Vintage shaving equipment. Razors, shaving brushes, soaps and a bit of artwork | |
| Tempted to buy a Macintosh You could consider a classic McIntosh receiver like the mac4300V. You’d get 100W per channel, a nice 5 band EQ, variable loudness and a very nice phono section. Something to consider... | |
| Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers. i know silver is a classic 80’s color, but I much prefer black. Black is elegant and timeless...unless it’s piano black, in which case it can look cheap if it’s not done well. Add a bit of chrome if tubes are involved....maybe a champagne gold if ... | |
| Bookshelf speaker for an apartment Check out the Ascend Sierra 2-EX. It’s a bit above $1000, but you get impressive 33hz-27khz frequency response, a RAAL ribbon tweeter for exquisite highs and a 7 year warranty.i have the RAAL towers which use similar drivers and they have a wonder... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. For timeless classic jazz: Miles Davis, Kind of Blue & Sketches of SpainFor chill saxophone: John Klemmer, TouchFor jazz-inflected pop: Michael FranksFor piano: Ellis Marsalis, Thelonius Monk, Marcus RobertsBrazilian Jazz: Bebel Gilberto, Nand... | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? my audiolab 6000A preamp can output a maximum of 2.3V. I will take a look at the Adcom 565SE. Sadly, it does not have a true balanced XLR output, but that is certainly a feature i’m considering for down the road. | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? Sadly, I’m an audiophile on a budget.In fact, my entire system...preamp, monoblock power amps, CD transport, turntable and speakers didn’t cost as much as the Pass XA30.8 amp does all by itself. Maybe one day.... | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? i am absorbing all of this...it’s a lot to process. My system is very happy at low to medium volume levels. The sound is open and clear and produced seemingly without effort. It ramps up nicely until you get to a place where things start to change... | |
| Smooth sounding integrated You might want to check out the Audiolab 6000A. It can be used as an integrated, or a dedicated preamp or power amp. It has very good specs, nice build quality, and a very good built in DAC plus bluetooth streaming and a phono input.It’s right at ... | |
| How Good Can My Vinyl Get? update.....I upgraded the OM10 stylus to an OM20 and that brought some nice improvements. There was a deepening of the overall sound with greater dimension and energy. The next step is an upgraded phono preamp. I am looking both at the Lounge LCR ... | |
| Affordable cables I do not have a super expensive reference audio system, or golden ears, and I cannot argue which cable is objectively “best” but this i can say....on the advice of others, i went with Blue Jeans LC-1 interconnects and I am very pleased all the way... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID I have the ascend towers with RAAL, and I’m very pleased with them, This was my first experience with a good ribbon tweeter and it produces a beautiful, airy top end that is quick and effortless, nice mids, and bass that is tight and balanced. Ev... | |
| How Good Can My Vinyl Get? The rest of the system is a work in progress... I have an audiolab 6000A integrated which I am about to turn into a preamp by adding 2 outlaw M2200 monoblock amps to drive a pair of Ascend Acoustics Sierra tower speakers with the RAAL ribbon tweet... | |
| Help me build a $2,500 system i have been doing a lot of research for my own budget system, and here are some thoughts on what you could do for $2500Cambridge Audio CXA60 Integrated Amp - 60W per channel, built-in Phono Stage, built in DAC with coax and optical digital inputs,... | |
| Purchased new speakers, need amp suggestion i have been impressed with the monolith amps from monoprice. The amps are built by a quality amp builder (ATI) and have very good specs. $999 gets you a class AB amp with 200 watts/8 ohms, balanced XLR inputs, a toroidal transformer, remote trigg... |