fstein
Responses from fstein
| Some thoughts on ASR and the reviews It is hard to argue in favour of bad engineering. Present thinking is that the original AR speakers were muffled/dull. I had 3’s then 5’s (vastly underrated) When Vilchur,Kloss and Hoffman released their epochal design, they deliberately rolled... | |
| Some thoughts on ASR and the reviews One starting point for all gear should be proper engineering. If it is badly engineered, then good sound is only an accident. Yes, we have seen the reviews in S'phile of subjective raves followed by Atkinson's baffled measurements. ASR is a start... | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated CDC: I urge you to try a fosi or topping chip amp. for $150 or much less, you may be happy. Little to lose | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated for a bit more money go Purifi | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated look at the chifi TI 3255 chip powered amps. Chump change. Astonishing. | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I had the pleasure of watching Lyric in NYC go broke. | |
| Turntables get the new technics 1500 | |
| Placement of subwoofers Place a subwoofer on your seat and walk around the room. This will reveal nodes and optimum placement | |
| subwoofer slight hum Is your interconnect shielded? | |
| Which Line Level, Balanced Preamplifier? get an integrated | |
| I have NOVA V's and I am not happy Schitt Lokius | |
| A cunundrum of sorts... any ideas? 2 separate systems | |
| Im looking for the next upgrade. I'm not real sure which way I want to go Help! Room acoustics!!! | |
| Denon DL-302 rebuild thoughts The best is the enemy of the good. The more complex the stylus shape the fussier the setup will be. If you don't have (or are not) a tt specialist, I would avoid the micro-ridge. | |
| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube I think most of the people on this site have never heard cheap audio. If you had, you would be shocked at how good "mid-fi" has gotten in the last 20 years |