albertporter
Responses from albertporter
| Goldmund record collector's standards VS. English Like everything else, it's best to have experience with the seller. I know venders that grade VG and ship vinyl that is indistinguishable from new. Their idea of Mint means unopened or unplayed.Others rate Mint and ship vinyl that is good, but far... | |
| tube matching in groups or bias Almost forgot, I would not buy specially graded or matched tubes, especially new ones. New tubes will be sufficiently close to work fine in your amp. For used ones, the trans conductance ratings on the advertisers notes should promise at least 80%... | |
| tube matching in groups or bias As Avguygeorge says, different tubes sound different in various amps. I have no direct experience with your Manleys, but would rate EL 34's in general in this order, good performance to best: (I own all of these.)Sovtek / Electro Harmonex EL 34Sve... | |
| open cell foam for entec subwoofer grill I would construct a sturdy frame the same size and shape as your failing foam grill, then cover it with acoustically transparent black cloth. The original foam will probably be difficult to find and probably offers no advantage musically. | |
| Anybody know where to get 845 tubes????? The Chinese 845 is really a good tube. I would not be afraid to buy it and run it in your Bel Canto. If you want better, you must buy NOS American or British tubes such as Cetron, RCA, GEC and GE. The least expensive of all of these will be more t... | |
| Federal Telegraph Co vintage 18 inch speaker That is what Audiogon is about. I am very pleased that good has come of this. | |
| Non Audiophiles are funny people Bishopwill, If I hang him on my power pole and he shorts it out, I will have a lot of down time on my stereo.Better punishment would be to let him buy his own Bose system and suffer the slow death of music withdrawal. This is usually accompanied b... | |
| Digital "Crispies" and the ART di/o I have not gotten to hear my ART yet. It returned from extensive mods a few days ago, and a good friend is playing it to break it in. For those who have not already heard the boring story, I am still under construction.Is your ART stock or modifie... | |
| Thinking about upgrading your Rega? You are giving the very best advice by warning others about the hazards of trying to get those turntable mods performed correctly. Pleased that Expressimo was helpful and bailed you out. I know you mention their good service in order to reward the... | |
| Great music in bad commercials - what can you do? Beethoven "Ode To Joy" for the Direct TV ads. Worse, someone at my sons school identified it as the "Direct TV .....Movies, Movies song" when the teacher played it for the class.At least my son was pissed about it. | |
| Non Audiophiles are funny people I get the same reaction each time a non audiophile visitor enters my home and sees my Soundlab U-1 speakers. They are over seven feet tall and more than three feet wide.First comment, "Are those speakers?!!?"Second comment, "Boy, I'll bet they wil... | |
| Why do I have to turn the volume level so high? Marantz, like early Yamaha gear prefers to have the volume control a very slow (low) slope from off to maximum. This is actually a more accurate way to set up the control, as opposed to obtaining clipping levels just a short turn off the stop.You ... | |
| Federal Telegraph Co vintage 18 inch speaker I knew Andy was a fan of this technology, and not surprised he offered to buy them.I thought they were probably valuable, but resisted making you an offer. :^) | |
| Jazz Renaissance Damn Tireguy, my confidence level in you rose to a new high after reading your post. | |
| Can I damage my amp and/or pre amp if I... I think you are already on to it. There should be no problem using the record output jacks from your Yamaha to listen to radio.Just to be on the safe side begin with your new preamps volume all the way off and bring it up slowly. Probably not nece... |