albertporter
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| Lamm electronics and Sound Lab Everyone knows I'm a huge Soundlab fan. So, It should not come as any surprise that I would recommend them as your first and ultimate choice in a speakers. As far as the Lamm, I just was at an (ex) Fi Magazine guys home in CA. And got to hear the ... | |
| Sound Lab A-1 & the Ultimate differences Bryceeboy, I went from the Soundlab A-1 to the Ultimate 1, and there was a big difference. However, in my case there were several upgrades on the Soundlab design in the interim, so my experience is inconclusive as to what did what. I agree that th... | |
| smoothing those sibilants... Aldenruss, the 12AX7 tubes will be a big change in sound in your system, depending on which ones you are running. The JJ Yugo's are better than some, but certainly not up to the NOS classic tubes like Telefunken, Mullard and Amperex. The Telefunke... | |
| Current CD playes and transports Hey, I still listen to Mono LP's, someone told me that they are out of date. Is this true? | |
| 1 million dollar speaker made by Kharma Monica enters a newly constructed dry cleaning establishment, places her dress on the counter and looks across at the employee. Unaware that the attendant is hard of hearing, points at a spot on her gown and asks, "Will you be able to get this sta... | |
| smoothing those sibilants... Aldenruss, I am not familiar with the Antique Sound amp. Does it use tubes or is it totally solid state? I ask the question because there are lots of tube changes possible. | |
| 12AX7 tubes for Counterpoint NP400 The comments posted here already state what I would have said. The Telefunken, Mullard and Amperex tubes are all wonderful choices. However, one option, often overlooked is the black plate RCA 5751. This tube was designed for the US military (like... | |
| Mismatched power tubes sound? Matching of tubes is important, or not, more often depending on the design and type of amp, and the tubes you choose. A perfect example of shooting the matching theory in the head just happened to me. I have finally broken in my Wolcott Presence a... | |
| Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?... If you order the Proteous new, and let Jim Aud at Purist know where in the system it is going, be can fine tune that cable so there is very little difference between it and the Dominus. The advantage in the Dominus is that no matter where you put ... | |
| Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?... Avguygeorge, all the cable in my system, including the balanced and single ended interconnects, Power cords, and speaker cable (including the Dolby 5.1 surround sound) is all Purist Audio. The two channel is all top of the line Dominus, with the 3... | |
| Worst Audio Injury !! Recres@msn.com, judging from the year that accident happened, could "Electric Light Orchestra" have been playing? That would explain the shocking encounter. | |
| The best and worst Audiogon poster's Hey guys, (Brian and Carl) you know I am the supreme Purist Audio guy. I am willing to give the FIM a chance, who is going to set me up with some? Remember though, Dominus is what is in the system now, and it is mighty tough to go up against. | |
| Best Preamp under 10K Hi Brian, your right. I have not heard the Tube Research Preamp, you know I've had the amps. Sedond, I have zero experience with the Melos preamp, so I will not compare. As far as the comments about the Viva by Aaudio@home.com, the Viva is what I ... | |
| Shelf Material Redkiwi, Hard Maple butcher block is commonly used in the food industry in the USA, but I don't know availability in your native NZ. Maple, although relatively light (compared to MDF or particle board), is dense, and when large solid lumber strips... | |
| Best Audio Related Story (or joke). Years ago, when I worked for an audio store that was part of a large shopping center, we had a reoccurring problem every night. Parents would leave their children to play with our musical instruments, Hi Fi gear, and music software, while they sho... |