swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Vandersteen Model 5 speakers As far as I know, yes. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? I've not compared tons of phono stages but I will say that when I owned a Ren Mk2, the internal MC phono easily beat the Rhea and Rhea Sig and was very similar to the Steelhead. However, you may want to consider an active gain stage phono or head ... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR My Ren 30 has the VAC branded 300bs so I'm pretty sure that I've got some untapped potential. From what I've read from VAC, I am concerned about the Sophia RPs in the Ren circuit. At $2K to retube, I've gotta be sure that they are not gonna go "po... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? AS a former owner, I'd would strongly advise against it. The amp itself is 9" high. The bottle on one of the output tubes is probably about 6". The amp would probably fit, but the tubes get VERY HOT and I would think it would be real fire hazard t... | |
| Conrad Johnson Sonographe sa400 or McCormack DNA-1 +1 to the McCormack and also to Soix's comment on the 0.5 vs the 1 and getting one w the SmC upgrades. You will get great service from one of the really stand-up guys in the business when you deal w Steve McCormack. | |
| Proceed HPA or Emotiva XPA2 Proceed will be difficult/impossible to service and if possible, very expensive. Do a search on Proceed or old Levinson/Madrigal gear to read about servicing issues. | |
| Speaker noises Can you describe the noise better? Is it a hum, a buzz, static, hiss, etc? | |
| Subwoofer setup tips vs mfg recommendation agree w above, but aligning a sub at the same acoustic center as your mains should help eliminate timing errors. | |
| Are High End Audio Products Unreliable? Charles1dad- You may have blown your chance to borrow my KRs and AVVTs ;-) Just kidding. Drop me an email if you are interested. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Or to the power of suggestion and visual cues. Same reason why I do not understand sinking megabucks into the audio portion of HT, if you are planning on watching movies. We are very visual animals. | |
| Are High End Audio Products Unreliable? I agree w Larryi and also point out that if you are operating on the bleeding edge, then you have to expect more failures. Nascar or F1 engines only go 500-600 miles or less between rebuild and or junking. Fuel dragster engines maybe a mile or 2. ... | |
| Impedance Matching - Tube Amp/Speakers SS has better bass control, speed and transients, but I expected that. Maybe better preamp could cover this area.While I am a big proponent of building a system around a great pre-amp, IMO, you are not going to get significant improvements in the ... | |
| Any experiences with Modwright SWL9.0SE ??? At its price point, it would be very hard to beat, unless you are looking for a real "tubey" sound. I had one in my system for about 6 months when my VAC Ren pre was out for repair (about a 4X retail cost differential) and it was very enjoyable. P... | |
| Can magnet placed beside cartridge damage a coil? Yep- Occum's razor rarely fails to cut through the BS. | |
| Worth Going to 'THE SHOW' IN NYC IN APRIL OK, so how do we hook up? Mezmo- You're a local boy, where's a good watering hole? |