photon46
Responses from photon46
| Joseph Audio Pearls? I went back to Joseph Audio's room at Axpona several times to listen to the Pearls. They were a very well balanced speaker but (naturally for a monitor) lacked gravitas in the lower registers. Supplemented with a good subwoofer, I could live with ... | |
| cd player that forgives bad cd recordings It seems to me that these are contradictory goals. A system or components that reveals great recordings in all their glory isn't going to undergo a sonic transformation and suddenly roll off the sharp transients and sweeten edgy sound that mars su... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Williewonka, sorry to have misinterpreted your post and hijacked your thread. Needfreestuff, GIK was one of the firms I consulted and they did indeed recommend fat bass traps on the wall immediately behind my heaad. Problem is, they are visually i... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? Peter, the acoustic designers I consulted seemed to feel that unless one uses massive amounts of bass trapping behind the listening position, one can't effectively ameliorate the total adverse influence of the rear wall. Out of curiosity, how clos... | |
| how can I make the back wall transparent? After corresponding with a couple of acoustic treatment purveyors, I have despaired of finding any aesthetically acceptable rear wall treatment. Everything recommended is always some four inch or greater thickness monstrosity that looks like someo... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 and Nuforce Reference 18 If I were still a Maggie owner with worries about what my unsupervised kitty would do, I'd think about making something like a protective sandwich of Gatorfoam that could be quickly attached and removed with velcro tabs. The veneer fascia on the G... | |
| Hearing Aid Confusion Good luck and hang in there. Getting the right prescription doesn't always happen on the first try. Those Danes are in the forefront of hearing aid design. I remember reading an interview with an audio industry insider (name escapes me this mornin... | |
| Cartridge for my system? Your wisdom is needed I'd agree with Tom_hankins that Grados in the stated price range are not ultra resolution champs. They are not my idea of neutral either, although they sure sound pretty. | |
| VPI Scout with Grado Master - but what next? Oops, my bad. I forgot the fact that Lemoco was discussing the 5.0mv HO Grado. My Statement Master1 is the .5mv. model. My previous Sonata was a HO 5.0mv. model and I don't remember there being such a disparity between its output and other 5.0 mv ... | |
| VPI Scout with Grado Master - but what next? Hifiharv, I noticed your remarks about gain differences between the Dynavector and the Master not seeming to translate into noticeable differnces. I found the stated gain of .5mv for the Grado Master to be very optimistic, at least when compared t... | |
| VPI Scout with Grado Master - but what next? Just to be clear, it is more than isolation that impacts the sound of the Scout. The mass and the resonant quality or resonant frequency of whatever the Scout is sitting on impacts the sound greatly. Wall mount shelves I've seen use thin MDF which... | |
| VPI Scout with Grado Master - but what next? In my experience, I suspect your cartridge is not the problem. I had both of the cartridges you use and a VPI Scout. Lack of bass slam was the last thing I'd complain about. If anything, bass slam and general low end fullness overshadowed the rath... | |
| How to protect against burglary A friend with many years as a detective in law enforcement discussed this with me. Most thieves are after prosaic, easy to fence items. Macdadtexas explained the problem for the thieves well. Most of them are going to go for your wife's jewelry bo... | |
| Shelf for VPI scout As a prior owner of a VPI Scout, I wholeheartedly agree that a maple plinth greatly increased the potential of the Scout. I was quite underwhelmed by the Scout when I first purchased it and had it situated on the MDF shelf of my Billy Bags rack. T... | |
| Can I find audiocable for Empire 598 II turntable? If you feel like paying $1700, Zu Audio sells silver wire replacement cables for the Empire (see their ad on Ebay.) Gulp. I used to own a 598 and while it was a great vintage table I can't imagine who'd spend that kind of money for recabling a thi... |