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| Do you leave CD players with tube outputs on? I have left my player on for 72+ hours and do hear improvements in sound stage both width and depth, and a little more detail. The CD player runs quite warm to the touch -- Is heat a concern??Hchilcoat -- It's hard to say. I'm not sure which Ayon ... | |
| You're probably listening too loud All good points in the last several posts. I would add, though, that we should keep in mind that the purpose of a good audio system (and the recordings it is playing) is not to transport the musicians into our room, it is to transport us to the co... | |
| So Much "Harshness" While many good points have been made above, my feeling is that you hit upon the most significant reason in your original post. Recordings that are poorly engineered, or intentionally brightened, or both.Most of my listening (80% vinyl, 20% cd) is... | |
| How to eliminate FM RF coming thru turntable? Glad to have helped, and thanks for letting us know. This seems to be a not uncommon problem, and your info will be helpful to others.Regards,-- Al | |
| I am sick of cables Kijanki -- You raise some good points, and also some that I see somewhat differently. I too, by the way, have been an audiophile and in electronics (not related to audio) for around 30 years. This is how I see it:-- You have a good point about cab... | |
| I am sick of cables Mapman -- Excellent thoughtful post.Some of you may be interested in the following, written by the late distinguished speaker designer and manufacturer John Dunlavy. http://www.verber.com/mark/ce/cables.htmlTowards the end of this post, he describ... | |
| Directional fuse and integrated IEC outlet Solid core wire is directional. The late Bob CrumpHmm. Well, ok, I'm willing to accept their empirical findings, even though pretty much everyone in that thread admitted that the phenomenon was unexplainable.Bob,I suspect that your bottom line abo... | |
| Do you leave CD players with tube outputs on? Hi Abe,Thank you for the polite nature of your questions, but I'm not able to answer them particularly knowledgeably. Yes, I would think that a suitable high-current thermistor, suitably placed somewhere in the path between ac inputs and tube fila... | |
| I am sick of cables ROTFL.-- Al :) | |
| Directional fuse and integrated IEC outlet If it makes any difference at all, which I doubt, I would think Jea's guess is correct. However, I agree with Bob R. Re Overhang's comment, balanced interconnects may have the shield grounded at only one end, in order to eliminate possible ground ... | |
| Do you leave CD players with tube outputs on? An excellent writeup by Raquel, and excellent advice.For the record, though, I'd like to cite a couple of minor points that I believe are mis-stated. Most small signal tubes that are used in audio components, such as the 12AX7's and 6SN7's, use in... | |
| DIY speaker wire: does insulation matter? You're welcome! 75W into an 8 ohm speaker would be only 24Vrms or 35Vpeak.By "dc" CPK meant "dielectric constant," which is proportional to the capacitance the cable will have, and the amount of "dielectric absorption." Thicker insulation will als... | |
| need warm and LAID BACK hi-rez/focused power cord Still, if you know of a hi-rez, well focused power cord to the warm side that isn't foward and might take the edge off of a hot midrange (horns, piano, and some guitar on already hot recordings), please advise. I don't think that such a thing exis... | |
| Subs for the 5z4 tube? An older Sams tube substitution handbook that I have lists the 5AR4, 5CG4, and 5V4 as substitutes.Regards,-- Al | |
| HELP Stylus Cantilever slightly bent to the left Is it that way only when a record is being played, or is it still that way even when the tonearm is in its rest position? If the former, it means that your anti-skating needs to be adjusted. If the latter, it means that the cartridge was manufactu... |