viridian
Responses from viridian
| Thoughts on Overlord 12AX7-HD / ECC803S-HD tubes I would love to hear them, rather than idly speculate on their sound quality. That won't happen as I have plenty of nice Teles, Amperex and Mullards in my kit. Perhaps someone with deep pockets will give them a roll (see, I made a pun).It does giv... | |
| Sleeper Vintage Tube Gear? I do, you must realize that the PAS does not have cathode followers so it will only work well into an amp with high input impedance.It will sound very differerent than the C1. But better, that's a subjective judgement that you must make for yourself. | |
| 0 feedback sellers Each person has to answer that for herself. IMHO the buyer has a responsibility just as the seller does. And that is to report any shipping damage, cosmetic damage or functional issues not described in the ad in a timely fashion and to aid in the ... | |
| How NOT to sell an item on Audiogon Since you are an expert with four recorded transactions on the website I can only say that, as a group, we are pretty evenly split on the idea of listing specs in ads. Please see the thread addressing this here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr... | |
| Vincent SV236MK Dry and bright? What speaker cable, power cable and interconnects are you using? Are you using any type of power management? Do you use any room treatments? | |
| Sleeper Vintage Tube Gear? Stromberg-Carlson ASR433, Magnavox SE console amps. It's usually easy to purchase a pair of mono integrated amps if you buy them separately. Heath made some nice ones with 6L6s. | |
| Do Countries Have a "House" Sound I really think that they do and I also think that it is related to the differences in typical construction of the residences in different countries. Literally a house sound.The Brits typically have smaller rooms than in the US and construction is ... | |
| VPI Prime: Casual Review DarkstarUno:Thanks for the update. Precisely what I was interested in the dynamic envelope of the turntable. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to go through the change to give me your impressions. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. | |
| My apologies to all... It's very confusing. The variety of perspective on these boards is what makes the discourse both interesting and broadening. It's not for those that are thin skinned however. | |
| How does tone-arm mass impact performance? Well, it's only been six years. My experience is that the primary resonance of the moving system rarely falls in the audio band. Sure it can cause problems but it is pretty forgiving of minor mismatches.What colors the sound far more are the secon... | |
| ZEN cartridge ? Mofimadness, great detective work. Interesting to see a cartridge with a sapphire cantilever and conical stylus; that's a first for me. I do have a Kiseki Purple Hear Sapphire and it is a great sounding cartridge, but it has a line contact stylus.... | |
| Why not accordion ? +1 for Flaco Jimenez. It's not exactly an accordion but kind of it's distant cousin with the bad breath; Astor Piazzola played the bandoneon and pretty much defined the tango genre. Every one of his recordings is worth having. | |
| ZEN cartridge ? The Zenn cartridges were marketed in the U.S. under the Klipsch brand name. They were artisanal Japanese cartridges hand made by a gent named Hibino. I have an MCZ-7 in my collection and it is quite nice.Regrettably, the Hibino cartridges had a ro... | |
| old AR XA with mods vs Rega RP1 No question, keep the AR. | |
| 180 gram? No they are inferior to 200 and 220G albums and re not worth the cost. |