swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| More Tubes = Better Sound My bad. I should know when to keep my ignorance to myself. | |
| Top brand speakers Paraneer- that's just typical Bo- a legend in his own mind. If you don't believe it, just ask him. He'll verify what I'm saying. | |
| More Tubes = Better Sound IIRC, Atmashpere's comment has to do with better impedance "matching" between his OTL amps and speakers. | |
| Cable Stress Relief Blocks/vibrapods under the female jacks at the component end? | |
| VAC Signature Mk IIa Preamplifier with phono? Well, if RH uses it as his reference, he clearly has never heard Nick Doshi's phono stages, which are a step up even from the VAC. Maybe it's a synergy or rather lack thereof w ZYX carts, but even the owner of the Rhea was amazed at the difference... | |
| VAC Signature Mk IIa Preamplifier with phono? Yes. We did a shoot out of a VAC Ren Mk2 phono vs a Rhea Signature. All 5 agreed that the Rhea was not in the same league as the inboard VAC phono stage. | |
| Shrinking my system Maybe Ref 2A driven by a VAC integrated? | |
| Sell quality turntable to buy top CD player? +1 Mgattmch & Needfreestuff. I would talk to Dan Wright and see if he recommends the Oppo 95 w the tube mods or to get the stock 105 and then save up for the tube mod for it. Having a digital input is, I think, key for the future. Plus Dan is ... | |
| Using iPod Classic as music server +1 Mceljo. I've got Pandora 1andI enjoy it very much. | |
| Wilson audio Search the archives. Lots of discussion. | |
| Best music server for the money There is nothing audiophile about a server though, its straight up computer nuts and bolts, so be careful about falling into the traditional audiophile mindset of more expensive means better sound quality, like often may be the case with actual so... | |
| Best music server for the money Mapman- You are correct, IF the user is well versed in setting up/running/maintaining a home network, getting the right software and integrating it correctly. That's a big IF for many of us. Add a wireless router into the mix and the IF gets even ... | |
| SMC McCormack or Vincent Pwr Amp Steve McCormack provides some of the best support in the business. His modded amps are among the best SS amps i have ever heard. Disclaimer- I'm now a "tube" believer, so haven't heard too many ss amps recently. | |
| Tube Amp with Balance Controls - Does it exist? There is a VAC full function tube pre w balance that just came up for sale. No relation, etc, etc. Some/all of the Joules have a gain adjustment for each channel. Doshi, TRL, and Emmanuel Go's Presence pres all have seperate attenuators or volume ... | |
| Apple and Beats? Agree w Sfar. Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow. IIRC, the beats streaming service gives you access to what you "rent" only as long as you subscribe. If Beats music gets 10million subscribers worldwide (not out of the question, I don't thing) @ $10/... |