david12
Responses from david12
| What other hobby or hobbies do you have? How can people afford 2 expensive past times and a wife and family. My other interests are'nt expensive; Amature dramatics, people still talk about my Malvolio, very little is printable. Martial Arts: crawling up to black belt in Karate for wimps ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "A case of You", on Blue by Joni Mitchell, helped me through the teenage Angst "Guitar Town" by Steve Earl, has there been a better song about being trapped in a small town and longing for life to begin | |
| Looking for compilation suggestions I am afraid I don't know the label, as a friend copied it for me, but there is a CD of Bob Dylan covers from the likes of Eliza Gilkyson and Martin Simpson, called "Nod to Bob", which is one of my favourite CDs As for a CD of cover versions, try S... | |
| Vibration and Isolation at a budget? Whats the world coming to, when I was a medical student, I could'nt afford HiFi and spare time was spent in the Pub anyway. If you are not going the homemade route, another vote for Herbies. Sold direct, with good advice, but no fancy packaging, h... | |
| Amazed at Herbies Iso Cups Another vote For Herbie. I have put the Iso cups under my VERY heavy tube integrated, I almost feel sorry for them. I noticed a big improvement in base definition and imaging which suprised me a little. Knowone has mentioned the big fat dots. My r... | |
| Should I replace my LP12? I used an LP12, Ittok, valhalla for years. It was something I lusted after(nurses first of course) as a Junior Doctor, back in the late 70's. Eventually, after a lot of auditioning, I changed to an Origin Live Resolution Illustrious. I far prefer ... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? I agree with Piedpiper, the Viva Solista is a revelation. Mine is just back from Italy for modifications and it controls and drives my Acoustic Zen Adagios beautifully. No fuzzy tube sound, crisp, clean, dynamic. I also have the Karan K 180, someo... | |
| New Acoustic Zen Adagio loudspeakers To answer the origonal question about amps. I use mine with a Karan K180 and Viva Solista SET tube amp. THe K180 at 180 watts of SS power, sounds goood, very good even, but the Solistas 22 watts are much better. There is more dynamics, base grip, ... | |
| Leave an amp "on" permanetly I leave mine on all time and have for years, and I dont care about the Green movement. All the Liberal tree huggers do is just buy Carbon Credits that dont mean anything, its like going to confession....you can do whatever you want as long as some... | |
| Wood v. Metal for stands. Is there a clear winner? I agree about wood, looks good to. If you are looking for cheap additional vibration treatment, which i agree you should, look no further than Herbies audiolab. Very good, cheap, no nonsense kit and excellent advise. the one thing to avoid is glas... | |
| Reference level playback Like mechans, I am an MD and feel there are an awful lot of us who exhibit symptoms of OCD in replies to this forum. What starts as a love of music, becomes an obsession with your own interpretation of what a perfect system sounds like. Following ... | |
| Am I going crazy or? There is a bit of psychology in this too, for the seller. I discussed a Burmester CD player with its proud owner recently. He plainly loved it and felt it was worth more than the market would pay, so be it. He did'nt sell perhaps he won't. In tha... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players In response to recent comments regarding how valuable the SD shootout was, with respect, they are blindingly obvious. I am sure the participants would'nt claim they are the final word regarding the players tested. Of course players need to be warm... | |
| Musicality vs Transparency & Detail To achieve transparency and low level detail retieval, without sacrificing musicality, or introducing an etched sound, must be one definition of an ultimate system. I think it takes dedication and a near bottomless pocket. Something that mere mort... | |
| selling vinyl and feeling? No, I still use CD and Vinyl. Living in the UK, I have that treasure trove of EMI ASD's and Decca SXL's to search out. I do worry what will happen to them all when I am old deaf and demented, my kids love music, but not mine. Make that more old de... |