john_g
Responses from john_g
| Best integrated up to $6000 A VTL Integrated is sounding good to me these days, driving a pair of Vandersteen Treo CT floor-standers. It replaced a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum which cost half as much ($2,500 vs $5000 | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm a sucker for stride piano and so favor almost anything by Art Hodes and "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" in particular. Vince Guaraldi on "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" is a piece a go to again and again. (Guaraldi described himself as a "reforme... | |
| Speakers for a small room I'm using Vandersteen Treo CTs in a 12.5' x 15' x 9' room and am very happy with the sound. They replaced KEF LS50s, which I also liked. The thing about stand-mounted monitors is that they take up almost as much space as floor-standers and look pr... | |
| Mystery of the whistling amplifier Thanks to all who responded. The problem is "solved." I tried yet another set of J&J tubes in the pre-amp section and still had hissing and popping. So I decided to take the thing back to the dealer, and replaced all six NOS Telefunkens (two 1... | |
| full-scale orchestral music—best test of speakers’ potential? I'd agree that symphonic music is the best test of a system's capabilities, but like so much else in this hobby it's very subjective. Yesterday I listened to VTL electronics playing a 45-rpm recording of the first movement of "The Sorcerer's Appre... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? Rogue Audio Ares with Magnum upgrade, NOS tubes. Very happy with it. | |
| How do you move HEAVY speakers with sharp spikes without lifting? I use a four 18"-long 2 x 2s to move my Vandersteen Treo CTs (≅ 65 lb each). I rock each speaker back enough to slide one 2 x 2 under the front, and forward enough to slide another under the back. You move them by (very carefully) pulling each pai... | |
| Fraud Alert: Audio Zoom Zoom, Netherlands When you go their Web site a chat window pops up. That might be a good way to get a response or find out where or who they are. | |
| Cryongenically treated in-wall AC power wire From Whitlock’s paper almarg cites above: What Does “Ground” Mean • Also known as “Earth” in the rest of the world • A FANTASY invented by engineers to simplify their work • The “uni-potential” fantasy assumes all ground symbols in schematics a... | |
| What's making my system hum? For what it's worth, all the devices except the integrated amp are plugged into the same power distributor, and it's plugged into the same wall outlet as the amp. That wall outlet is the only thing on the circuit, and that circuit's breaker is the... | |
| What's making my system hum? Thanks again to all who responded. | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? folkfreak That is one impressive system! What's the distance between the listening position and the speakers? | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera After reading both regularly for about three years now, my feeling is that Stereophile is more objective and professional in reviewing equipment than The Absolute Sound. Although the latter magazine occasionally publishes well-written reviews, som... | |
| What's making my system hum? Thanks for the suggestions, folks. lowrider57, the cables are all pretty good quality, including the one between the power supply and TT-PSU. ozzy, the cart is a Rega Apheta 2 moving coil. I tried running a ground wire from the tonearm to the grou... | |
| Does It have to be loud? Just put on "The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe," and Brubeck's big piano chords are peaking at 80-83 dB, and the applause at the end of each track is irritatingly loud at 85 db. It seems I need the volume up a bit to hear the bass, although that ... |