celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Upgraded banana plugs May I suggest simply a trial of bare wire. I had some higher end LAT International speaker cables with expensive locking banana plugs, one of which broke. I stripped all of the bananas at both ends and re-connected, the sound opened up and impro... | |
| How can it be that some old recordings sound sublime? Class A tube mastering amps, tube microphones, minimal miking and a real sound engineer with real ears doing the work. Simple enough as opposed to most of the dreck of today. | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? The Naim UnitiServe takes about 5 minutes per ripped CD. However, the unit referred to available here at Audiogon(great price!) is SSD which I believe will give you 512GB of storage. Even by burning in FLAC, you would fall short of internal stor... | |
| Need small size speakers for fireplace. Check the Role Audio small monitors, even smaller than the affore mentioned. Of course bass becomes an option. | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? Bob,I completed this same journey last year after exhaustive research and consideration of my need for simplicity vs performance. My answer was the Naim UnitiServe using FLAC. It is a great ripper, needs no external software and burning in FLAC ... | |
| Need small size speakers for fireplace. You'll want sealed box to sound right. The small ATC 7s or Spendors would work well. Not sure if your dimensions are exact or not, but these two should come close to fitting within the enclosure. | |
| Newbie Q: speaker cable length? Different OK? Take the long view. Your system will not remain static in its needs. A 15' speaker cable will not sound different than a 10' and later you may have need of that 15' length. Plus, who is going to purchase a used pair of 15'/10' speaker cables? ... | |
| are magnepan mmg any good and intergrated amp suggestion for them Decent speaker. As stated they do need some room around them and they are power hungry. Need LOTS of damping factor or the panels flop around and are unruly. For example, an older Hafler 120 or 220 will stay with them. | |
| Any opinions on a possible switch from Von Schweikert VR-1 to Spendor SA1 speakers? I like older Spendors; BC-1, LS3/5A. However, the SA-1 is tough. For that size the smallest Harbeth is far more engaging and musical. Give them a listen. | |
| Speaker Cable connection: Jumpers This discussion always perplexes me a bit. Why jumpers? In most cases one can simply run a single cable bridge between the woofer/tweeter +/- terminals or use shotgun. These jumpers are oft expensive and add yet another layer. I like simple. | |
| Simple question, best sounding inexpensive DAC. Micromega MyDac is cheap and very good. | |
| I am sick of Adele Adele who? No really, must be some pop singer. Who cares. Is she part of the dumbing down of music? Move along. I"ll listen to my now dead artists. | |
| Can you help me identify this pair of interconnect Don't know them, but if you like them does it really matter. Happy listening. | |
| Need Tube Preamp Warmth VTL or Manley Jumbo Shrimp. | |
| New CD player, Transport or DAC? Time to load up. I'm convinced that a sizable investment in a CD transport is now futile. A music server should be your course as it will outperform a transport. It also provides the convenience of having your library on you iPAD. Good luck. |