mceljo
Responses from mceljo
| Swapping Receivers due to 4K HDR passthrough - thoughts on Yamaha? If you had the Marantz hooked up to the Krell you already had “separates” so wouldn’t you mostly be hearing the sonic difference between the Marantz and Yamaha receivers?Did I look up the model correctly? Separates makes me thing preamp/processor... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap Sorry for a third reply, but your post sounds somewhat close to my experience. I think you’d benefit more from a better receiver than adding inexpensive tubes to your current setup. I would look for a receiver that has pre-outs and is also 4 ohm s... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap An EE friend of mine build me a speaker switch so that my Focal speakers could be easily shared between my Integra receiver and the Yaquin tube amplifier. It allows me to just flip the speakers while keeping a load on the tube amplifier so that I ... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap I have a Yaquin MS-30L and it’s simply fantastic. Get one. | |
| Best Usb A to B in $100 to $250 cost zone? I would have him do some reading on the Blue Jeans website and he would likely pick up one of their affordable cables. Great quality products advertised with pure science without the standard audiophile subjective advertising angles. | |
| amp or preamp to extend upper end Why did you go away from the Krell? Is there compelling attributes of the new gear that make it overall superior? | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier As I suspected, my buddy couldn't contain himself and I have the completed switch on my desk at work this morning. I should have time to install it tonight. One of our design criteria was to only use components that don't require a break-in period... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier The box of parts has been passed to the EE in case he gets time before we get time to overlap. Two dad's with small kids means very little free time and even less overlapping free time. | |
| Krell FPB600 can it be bridge to mono Why not stick with Aestetix all around? My personal experience is fairly limited, but my local shop carries the full Focal Utopia lineup and the last time I stopped by they has Asthetix gear to go with them. Having said that, I was never that impr... | |
| Most enjoyable speaker you heard under $800?? ZD542 - I am not great with audiophile descriptions, but the results of the A5+ with my SACD player made me believe that I could be happy with the combo if something happened to my Focal 836v speakers. Using the Airport Express the sound is more l... | |
| I recently picked up the Yaqin MC-30L with the opt Based on the date of my original post I have had my Yaqin for about 18 months so far and have loved every minute of it. Now that I have both an SACD player and Maverick Audio Tube Magic D2 DAC (iTunes to Airport Express) as sources it's so easy to... | |
| Most enjoyable speaker you heard under $800?? I was actually blown away wight the sound of my active Audioengine A5+ speakers when they were hooked directly to my SACD player. The results are not nearly as great using the Apple Airport Express as the DAC, but that's what how they work best wh... | |
| Does anyone listen to Military Music? I have a great CD called Stand Ye Steady: Songs of Courage And Inspiration by the USMA Cadet Glee Club. I often listen to it on quiet evenings. I really enjoy the Via Dolorosa with Lea Salonga as the guest vocalist.I can understand the viewpoint o... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier This sounds like a great alternate solution that someone else may choose to use. I have some of the parts in hand and almost everything else is in the mail. The only missing piece is some 10awg cable from Blue Jeans Cable as the stuff that we got ... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier My current solution is to have two sets of cables at my speakers that I manually switch depending on the amplifier that I want to use. To this point the tube amplifier has always been shut off (though not always at room temperature) before disconn... |