andy8400
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| KT-88 vs. EL34 bpoletti, you may be right. I had heard however that some, including possibly the above responders, have converted and found the EL34 to sound "better" on the same amplifier so the design wasn't a variable. On the other hand, the outlay of this ty... | |
| KT-88 vs. EL34 First of all, thank you for your replies. I will address all of your questions to date. 1. Amp is wired as a pentode (or tetrode, depending on how you view beam power tubes) and not triode. Often thought of triode wiring and even single ended usin... | |
| Audio Technica ART9 sounds awful Hi Safebelayer, with all due respect, why not reverse one speaker lead as one poster suggested just to find out? The tubbiness and sound shift can very much be caused by that very thing and it would take a minute to find out for sure. If it is wor... | |
| Your Go to CD to Impress In keeping with the spirit of the OP's question, I'm eliminating all SACDs (such as Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me"), DVD-As and other specialized discs (except XRCD which is a standard CD). One of many possible great demo CDs is: "Mapleshade's M... | |
| List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now... A genre not mentioned here is show music. As a result due in part to revivals after revivals, musicals such as:South PacificOklahomaMy Fair LadyWest Side Story...and so many more will be appreciated far into the future. | |
| Need Small Bookshelf Speakers With a Big Sound I know this doesn't help the OP but I just resurrected a pair of AR4x speakers which are definitely small and still worked after (gasp!) 51 years... no cone separations and great wood cabinets! No wonder that era is named the Golden Age of Audio. ... | |
| Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound? Re: WILLIEWONKA: By a real coincidence I just this week modified my Music Hall 5.le (Pro-Ject) tonearm by adding a 3 gram weight to the head for my Denon 103 cartridge. It did more than tighten bass. It removed almost all of the edginess on the hi... |