amandarae
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Finally! Damn, I waited so long for someone to post a message like this. The NOS tubes IMO does not "really" improve the sound of the preamp, it changes it and since you spend so much $$ for the tube, it must be good right?Here's my post dated 7/7... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Slipknot1With my Chenin, the tube rolling has been pretty limited. I tried swapping out the stock 6922's with Amperex NOS only to be disappointed with the results. I was very pleased however, with replacing the stock 6SN7's with NOS RCA Grey Glass... | |
| do planar or electrostatic speakers inherently I beg to differ. I had the electrostatics (ML's Aerius, Aeon and Ascent), planar (Magnepan), single driver (Fostex in MLTL, still have it). At present, I have a 3 way active(Linkwitz Orion) speakers.The Martin Logans sounds good at low level, but ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Allen,The Chardonnay uses a 5AR4 for rectifier,i read in another thread the 5AR4 can be used as a substitute for 5U4,but not the other way around.If youd like to read the thread,do an audiogon search for "5U4" and click on discusion post,the same... | |
| Speaker cable gauge and amplifier power The resistance of a conductor depends on the length use and the cross sectional area. More precisely, it is computed this way: R=p(l/a)p=resistivity of the material(ie. a constant for copper, silver, etc.)l=lengtha=cross sectional areaIn theory, i... | |
| Was your first cartridge relatively expensive? My take.1.) Do I have enough LPs to appreciate analog setup?2.) Do I have adequate enviroment to have TT setup?3.) Am I willing to settle for best quality or better than cheap CD quality?4.) Am I willing to spend time to change LP vs remote contro... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Do any of you guys have the LP Soular Energy by Ray Brown on Pure Audiophile label? I got it for Christmas. WOW! this thing will test the limits of your system. The LP sounds fantastic! Some of the bass notes from Browns bass shake the whole house... | |
| Myth: low-power high-efficiency Goodbye 300B!I have a 300B/Fostex set up as well. At first, I like it but it does not have that "complete" experience. In chamber and small ensemble music, it's gorgeous but I end up wanting more. Dynamics, that is.Do a survey! From my reading, I ... | |
| Merry Christmas Everyone Merry Xmas and Happy New Year! | |
| Cartridge Tacking Problems - Help please Compliance matching because you are using a new arm checked? Cartridge rubber boot suspension okay? Stylus still optimum? | |
| Preamp/Amp impedance mismatch Mahalo!Of course not! It means that the preamp can drive the amp (load) easily even with longer interconnects. A 300 Ohms source can properly sink the current to a 100k load without breaking a sweat. That is 1:333.3333 ratio where people here reco... | |
| CAT vs. Aesthetix vs. Supratek - Preamp Choice I have the Chenin. I can only respond to the Supratek-Odyssey combo. I used to have the Stratos monos and the Supratek is a "very good" match. Things that really stands out with the combo were how deep the bass becomes and how true-to-life the voc... | |
| A blood oath among Audiogonistas HEY! HEY! ME TOO! PLEASE? LET ME BE A "BROTHER" PLEASE?C-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hmmm...but I thought all 5Y3xx series rectifier (6106's generic is a 5Y3)are directly heated with the exception of the 5AR4.Again, my opinion only! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Kgturner,The Bendix is a 5Y3GT (directly heated)and does not have the "soft start aka delayed start up time" feature that the 5AR4 has upon turn on. What it does is it wil strip your other tubes(cathode-stripping)because there is no electron cloud... |