orpheus10
Responses from orpheus10
| Tube Power Amp Recommendations around $2000 Primaluna-6, I have never been more satisfied than since I got mine. | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? I just compared two systems with the same speakers, that had different tone and timbre. Out of all the many aspects of high end audio; you had better be rich if you are in pursuit of precise tone and timbre. | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? 2 track master tape is the gold standard. | |
| Parasound A21 I have had o success with biamping. Now is a good time to audition various amps in your present set up. Most dealers will allow this. | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10 vs. PV-11 No electrolytic capacitors would make th PV-11 much better than the PV-10. | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? Without a lot more feed back from the originator of this thread; we are passing gas in a high wind. This is quite irrelevant. | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? If you start with speakers, you are adding a huge unknown quantity at great expense. When you add new unknown electronics, you have absolutely no idea which component is contributing what, to your overall sound.His present speakers are a very well... | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? The sound of the system ends with the speakers, it does not begin with the speakers. If anyone is going to start new they should begin at the beginning of the audio chain. Dealers will allow you to audition electronics in your home before you buy.... | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? The sound of the speakers change every time you change electronics. Those Polks will sound fine with some good electronics. Most dealers will allow you to audition electronics. He can see for himself. | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? Loudspeakers are the last thing you should buy. They are too arbitrary. I like this speaker someone else likes that one. They are also musical dependent; those Polks will do fine for now. | |
| Toddler-Friendly Budget Speakers? There is a thread that asks the question, "Does Polk make the best sounding cheap speakers"? Many seemed to concur. I think so. You might check the model numbers they recommended. | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-14 background noise My mistake on the PV-14; I was thinking about the PV-12. | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-14 background noise Have you replaced the electrolytic capacitors. That is the first thing I do after buying older equipment. | |
| The Sound or Music I just remembered something; when I was a teenager , in the back seat with a cute girl; the music coming from a "jive time" car radio sounded sooooo good. | |
| Reel to Reel decks Mikelavigne, "Wider bandwidth, greater dynamic range, and correspondingly lower noise level" than 4 track. If we assume that high quality 4 track sounds as good as the source, if 2 track sounds better than 4 track; it has to sound better than the ... |