mgattmch
Responses from mgattmch
| Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce? Piano for me. I have heard very expensive $0.5 million systems sound perfect, see: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/2c-hifi-epiphany-worlds-best-system. Until you play a grand piano. No speaker IMHO will reproduce grand piano lifelike. Some ... | |
| 2018 Axpona Eikon System I agree with lalitk, the Avantgarde Trio XD plus Basshorn system sounded and looked stunning. Probably the best sound at the show? $150k or thereabouts just for the speakers! To say nothing of the incredible size of this system, wish I had a liste... | |
| UK to US step up/down voltage converter This is a good site for step up/down transformers:http://www.eastwestusastore.com/product-voltage+transformers-543-577.htmlSee my previous post on this subject. You need to make sure the DAC is not restricted to 50Hz only, don't think it is. | |
| SME Tonearms of Canada - Alfred and Company that sell new and refurbish SME Purchased an SME IV from them last year. A friend of mine had his SME 3009 S2 refurbished there. In both cases everything went smoothly, Alfred is a nice guy to deal with; highly recommended. | |
| Michell Engineering TT users; Orbe or Gyro why Excellent over all of the rest? I have an SME IV on my Michell GyroDec, works perfectly for me. | |
| Michell Engineering TT users; Orbe or Gyro why Excellent over all of the rest? Just got back into analog after a 34 years absence. TT is a Michell Engineering GyroDec (not the SE, full plinth/cover version) with an SME IV and Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony cartridge. I have no comparison with other TT setups. However, to my ear... | |
| Just starting to look for 4K Bluray player Second the Oppo UDP-205. Works perfectly for me, the upgrade from HD to UHD is very noticeable. | |
| 2 Channel audio room chair ideas I agree, the Eames lounge chair is hard to beat for comfort and looks. | |
| Moving from 120 VAC to 220 VAC operation on Krell monoblocks I had (stupidest thing I have ever done, selling it) a Krell KSA-250 power amp. Used it in Europe on 220V/50Hz and in the USA 110V/60Hz and can't honestly say I noticed any difference in sound quality. How I miss that amp! | |
| Upgrade the projector or projector screen? No doubt about it, upgrade the projector. For $5k you will be able to buy a used Sony 4k projector. I recently went from HD (Sony VPL-HW65ES ) to UHD/4k (Sony VPL-VW665ES). The difference in resolution and general image quality is staggering. | |
| Isolation stands: snakeoil? My answer to your question is going to be a bit obtuse. I just got back into TT after a 33 year absence, see my post on this subject (https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/second-system-that-sounds-and-looks-spectacular-i-am-there) . The TT I hav... | |
| New Vinyl I agree with "mofimadness"; Gillian Welch's "The Harrow & The Harvest" is simply amazing. But then again, when you read the story behind this recording/pressing, no surprise why. Attention to detail is way beyond normal, they even purchased an... | |
| New Vinyl MFSL ultra disc one step LPs (Santana, Bill Evans and Donald Fagen so far). About as good as vinyl is ever going to get IMHO. Just purchased Michell Legrand (Legrand Jazz) and two Van Morrison LPs (Astral Weeks and Moondance) from Music direct; al... | |
| Krell Service I second that, Krell service and support has been outstanding for me. Certainly not cheap, but, you get what you pay for. | |
| Unforggetable song titals "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict" - Pink Floyd, Ummagumma album. Top that! |