erniesch
Responses from erniesch
| Belles preamplifiers -- experiences at different levels? I’ve just acquired a Belles Signature duel mono preamp (2025). I’m using XLR connections with my AR DA 400 amplifier. It’s the most beautiful preamp I’ve ever heard. All XLR from dac to amp. It’s stunning. | |
| Do Fuses make a difference ib sound? Hafler didn’t think so. All of my Haflers have the output fused. Those has saved my butt while my head was up it. The difference between with and without can’t be discerned. Keep em. | |
| Tube Phono Stage Recommendations I love my tube phono stage in my AR SP9 preamp. | |
| Inexpensive Streamer for Office System I’ve a WiiM ultra and two pro plus. I love em all. I’m using a better dac now,but still love the flexibility. | |
| Do I need an expensive digital cable? I’m a network engineer retired after 20 years. Most of those years reading packet traces on token ring, Ethernet and others. When using a cable to broadcast digital data packets, there’s no sound to it. Error correction is built in to the transp... | |
| Picked up a real gem of a speaker EV Sentry 500 I’ve an excellent woofer guy, Mathew M Shelton of Utah Reconing, that does all of my woofers for me. I like em factory new beautiful. He’s also saved loads of valuable JBL woofers that had amateurs botch the surround install. I’ll re-cap them th... | |
| Emerald Physics and My System It’s an old thread. Just got my CS2. Using a Minidsp 2x4 HD and REW . They are amazing. | |
| Emerald Physics and My System It’s an old thread. Just got my CS2. Using a Minidsp 2x4 HD and REW . They are amazing. | |
| Found a treasure JBL L200t3 Not sure if I can do that here. | |
| Found a treasure JBL L200t3 I’ve replaced the crap plastic base in my pair. They now sport monster spikes with heavy plate steel outriggers. Awesome. | |
| Found a treasure JBL L200t3 By the way, the L80T is jaw dropping. | |
| Found a treasure JBL L200t3 I paid $600 for mine. It’s really funny, when I was a young pup there was a shop in Ogden UT called the Hi-Fi shop. It’s famous for multiple violent murders that took place. But they sold JBL. I listened to all of the JBL “t” family. I spent big o... | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? I build high end speakers for a Utah based company. My company has utilized both designs with great success. I have spent years and years of listening to both. There’s just some thing about a well designed sealed speaker that sounds so good to my ... | |
| Class-D recommendation I was able to make every door, window, wall, subfloor, pictures, and cats vibrate/shake with a sub test with my Crown 1502 bridged. Impressive. | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? It’s so interesting that folks think they need a high quality power chord and expensive interconnects. Never mind that just inside the wall is the cheapest copper lines the contractor could buy. It’s laughable. Just inside your loudspeaker is usua... |