rhljazz
Responses from rhljazz
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? No. Will it sound different? Likely. Will it sound better? Possibly. | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? You should have ditched the Oppo or added a decent dac. | |
| too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers I’ve been a member since 2001 and have not listed anything in years. I have a tone arm and some power cables that I would like to part with. Since Audiogon instituted their new fees, I pretty much lost interest in selling. These reports of idio... | |
| How much acoustic room treatment The least amount is best. Surrounding the area adjacent to the speakers with damping has not been beneficial in my experience. Read the thread by Michael Geen on tuning the room. I purchased a new summer home that has a large great room and setup... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Whitecamaross, is it possible for you to post a photo of your room and setup? A set of room dimensions would be helpful as well. I think it would be beneficial to see the environment in which your reports are based. That way readers would know i... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? I’ve never tried the Oppo direct but I find it very digital sounding (in a bad way) and that is through a VAC preamp. So, I don’t think any preamp is going to help. If you like the sound direct, stick with what you have. I would suggest a better... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies The more I use my Bluesound Vault 2, the more I’m impressed with its capabilities and features. I recently made a complete backup file to an external usb hard drive for peace of mind and it was super easy. The Bluesound is one of the best values i... | |
| Securing Vicoustic Diffusors to my sheet rock wall/ceiling. How about picture hanging putty? I see it advertised on HGTV all the time. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! It is an unusual speaker/amp match you have arrived at. The Sasha 2 has a 2 ohm minimum at 90hz. Hegel only quotes power into 8 ohms and the H30 mono is a bridged stereo amp. Typically a bridged amp is not the best choice driving very low impeda... | |
| Proclaim Audioworks DMT-100 I remember these from RMAF 2007. I made notes on all the rooms I visited. The sound in this room was excellent. They looked like they would be a challenge to setup properly. If you’re a tweaker, you should get a lifetime of enjoyment. If the pric... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies The Sony is $800.00 more than the Bluesound plus you then need to buy a PC to copy your cd collection. It is certainly not as simple to setup as the Bluesound and is considerably more expensive. That may not matter to some, but was important to ... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies I have the Bluesound Vault 2 and I really like it. It has a slot load cd drive to copy your cd’s to the internal hard drive. It takes about 8 minutes to copy each cd. So it takes a bit of time to copy an entire collection. Since I’m retired I di... | |
| Attending an audio show Bring a note book or use your phone if you’re adept at making notes with it. Create a synopsis of what you liked or didn’t like on each room by name. List components and cabling so you will have a record of things that might interest you later. ... | |
| Tube amps and heat Btw, I’ve used my VAC amp over a summer (4 Kt 88’s) and it’s tolerable but still not ideal. The BAT amp with (4 6C33’s) and all class A triode is intolerable. You can feel a massive heat bubble from 3 feet away. The tube preamps are no problem ... | |
| Tube amps and heat To all the fan proponents, it’s a no go. AZ summers peak at up to 120 day time and stay 95 overnight. A/C systems run almost continuously. If one room generates much more heat than others which requires the thermostat to be turned down, then you ... |