timothy_m
Responses from timothy_m
| Manufacturers with great customer service Small Green Computer and Bricasti have been super. Over 40 years ago a crack developed in my Ortofon Concorde 30 cartridge. I contacted them about it via snail mail and they returned a new cartridge to me no questions asked. | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Experiments Right, but they limited it to the stereo configuration not two amps in stereo. So, if you hook it up to just one of the two amps in stereo, how's that sound? I am familiar with the Benchmark website and their information. | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Experiments I'm curious how one would connect a REL S/812 to the amps in the one-channel two amp mode? If connected to just one amp as Benchmark suggests when set to stereo how's that sound? | |
| Replacing Roon - What Should I get? I started using Roon 10 years ago when I bought a SonicTransporter i5 as my music server that would also run the Roon core. The SonicTransporter/Roon worked flawlessly until it died a few weeks back. I suppose 10 years isn't too bad for a compute... | |
| Streaming resolution For me 24/48 is ideal as well. Wonder why? | |
| Signal Cables —Silver Resolution. I have them in a fairly high resolution system with reasonably expensive gear. They are 3M long with Neutrik connectors and spades. I had a complete loom of Signal cables and have upgraded the XLR interconnects with way more expensive cable to go... | |
| Looking for a DAC $2500-$4000 Yes, perhaps the Pasithea. I have the Morpheus MKII that's excellent and they say the Pasthihea is a nice step up. I've been buying and listening to digital since I first heard the Sony CD-101 on a rainy night in 1983. The Sonnet implementation... | |
| Advice on ~$10K Monoblock Amp/Pre-Amp Purchase @jc4659 Awesome combo! The OP would be wise to investigate the AHB2s with a quality tube preamp. Always controversial as equipment tends to be in the audiophile world, but the AHB2 is close to a "straight wire with gain" so the choice of preamp ... | |
| Advice on ~$10K Monoblock Amp/Pre-Amp Purchase I'm pretty darn shocked at how incredible the combination of Benchmark AHB2 mono's with a Backert Rhumba preamp sound. You can generally find both used. Some might say that there's too transparency with the AHB2 resulting in a "clinical" sound bu... | |
| Is Shindo now Tone Arts Laboratory? No idea. Doesn't much matter about the current status of Shindo as he used beautiful point to point wiring and construction that's very accessible and components that many solid technicians can get their hands on if needed. The gear is easily r... | |
| Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates? Go for a used Benchmark AHB2 you will not regret it especially with the LS 99. | |
| Narrowing line stage search Conrad Johnson ET-6 SE VS. Backart Labs 1.4 Rhuma Extreme I have a Rhumba 1.3+ (internally upgraded by Beckert) and this is not your father's tube amp. It is a fabulous preamp but in no way is it lush or romantic as you desire. I can't image that if you went further up the Beckert line they would fundame... | |
| Need Roon Advice. I've been using a Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter with Roon from the inception when I bought a lifetime subscription. It's always on and knock on wood, flawless. With Arc you do have to open a port that is a potential vulnerability to you... | |
| Tube Pre with Benchmark AHB2 Amp - anyone doing this? I really enjoy the AHB2's that I have with a Sonnet Morpheus II DAC and Hermes endpoint directly into the amps. I would like a preamp for functionality and have wondered if with a tube pre I could eke out a little more dimensionality, tone and ov... | |
| Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed I owned a pair of L112’s back when they were first released. A really, really good speaker and I wish I’d kept them. I used a Mac 2120 amp with a Crown 150A preamp. This gear was taken around to all kinds of venues and played loud with reggae bein... |