marakanetz
Responses from marakanetz
| Cable confusion? I'll dare to rephrase Skooks: Use a CD of a music You love the most to all your auditions. | |
| Cable confusion? A lower gauge(thicker wire) means lower per/length resistance but larger per/length capacitance. A capacitance load for large amps(>60W/ch) usualy will not create any problem. For poweramps >150W/ch I would recommend a minimum of 12AWGA high... | |
| Racks vs. furniture w/pods, points, aurios, etc? You can realy get even with buying cheap or non-audio racks but you will loose necessary isolation. I possess a standesign quatro rack and it's considered to be a basic meaning that there is no isolation what-so-ever. I cut extra mdf shelves and p... | |
| Salsa and high energy latin jazz album suggestions Arturo Sandoval's albums all arround.Bueno-Vista Social Club(produced by Ry Cooder) There are also a bunch of solo albums of its members singing an old and hot cuban songs. | |
| Danceable jazz recordings, any recommendations? MANHATTAN TRANSFER ALL THE WAY FROM...TO... WON'T REGRET!!! | |
| MC cartridge with "big rich and life-like" Save bucks not buying GyroDeck but buying Gyro SE instead. If you're realy serious you can get Lyra Helikon SL and some 70dB MC phonostage(Heron VTPH?). | |
| need help - Cd players First you have a possibility to audition few of listed if you call upscale audio or audioadvisor for 30 days. Among your list I would vote for AH! and you can buy it from upscale and audition for 30 days. There is a digital volume control which yo... | |
| Bob Dylan, Keith Richards & Tom Waits: A cappella Just don't tell TWaits has worst voice. To me it's much better than Sinatra's... | |
| Can an FM Tuner be "hot-rodded" long distance??? Herman made a very precise and short explaination. Horizon for FM signal is the bottom line. | |
| How many truly high-end speakers sold yearly? Is there a possibility to acquire a mortgage for the "true high-end speaker"?I'm curious but not serious:)When you're buying a junk house and rebuilding it yourself you can realy take an advantage in this case building a listening room. All it has... | |
| Ebay auctions referenced at AudiogoN? I completely understand your points and very often saw "sale pending" while an advertised product is on ebay auction.As to the product that advertised as an ebay action is just upto our personal opinion whether to ignor it or get there and bid. | |
| Nothing new under the sun? The high resolution audio systems today are bettered only by possibilities of more precise measurements to setup the electronic components. Far not all the 20 years vintage equipment was well engineered for the high resolution playback. Most peopl... | |
| Best way to compare amps? The best way is to combine both. First you kind-of A/B switching between each other and than listen one after another for couple of days. | |
| Dedicated AC lines??? I highly recommend to brows among Albertporter participated threads and you'll find his comments very helpful. | |
| What do you do when the kids come along? I used to have my own tube radiola(record player combined with tuner amp and speakers) at the age of 4 along with collection of records including 78rpm. Well, I don't have any dedicated listening room and my rig is in my living room. My son now is... |