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Distortion on piano recordings? Advice appreciated
Ryder, I listened to the Heartfelt Cd today and found no traces of piano distortion. It may be possible you have a faulty one. Though, it may be possible I have faulty ears! I do have the "Grand Piano Canyon" lp by Bob James that has most of side ... 
so what do you do when listening?
I listen intently. I don't drink, eat, read, compute, etc. I paid all of that money to listen to music that sounds awesome, and that's what I do. If I have something else to do, I'll put the XM radio on at a low volume. 
What is your cartridge and tracking force used
Grado Reference Sonata, 1.8 grams, set up by the fellas at Overture Audio who tuned my Linn LP12. 
Where does fatique come from?
Shouldn't that be "all of the spelling and grammar mistakes" ????? 
Rolled some 12ax7's recently...
Thanks Fishboat. I just purchased a pair of Sylvania JHS 5751 WA black plate triple mica's to try. These weren't inexpensive either! 
Rolled some 12ax7's recently...
Fbi, Nsgarch, I have Svetlana 12AX7's in my modded Jolida JD100 CDP, and am now thinking of trying the 5751's. Nsgarch, you mentioned the 5751'a are spec'd at 70%-80% the gain of the 12AX7's. I'm presently using a set of Rothwell 10db attenuators ... 
How can you not have multichannel system
Shadorne, did your subwoofer ear produce terrible surround scent, like some of the comments spewed in prior posts? 
If you lost your stereo system would you still ???
I have an old Marantz receiver, Denon CDP, and a pair of Advents that still make me smile. 
How can you not have multichannel system
So then what is your I.Q.? 
Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps
Celine Dion raises the hair on the back of my neck... 
How can you not have multichannel system
Check out his threads. Go the bottom one and see where that one goes. 
the grills
My wife and I have 2 "stinking cats" that don't go near my Wilsons. 
How can you not have multichannel system
This is great stuff! 
What piece of music can you play over & over?
I second what Facten said. Those four mentioned are, IMHO, his best! 
Jolida JD100 Missing Bass
I use Svetlana tubes in my Jolida. I bought one with mods, and the tubes came with it. I tried some old Telefunkens and found I liked the Svetlanas better. What really increased the bass in my system was a Virtual Dynamics Power 3 power cord. It i...