atmasphere
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| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? Seriously, just try a tube preamp, and see if you still want to play with solid state. You may find that to get similar or better sound, a tube preamp is less expensive. | |
| Best vintage amps (late 70s / early 80s) under $3k? Steve’s speakers work well with our amps- we showed together at one of the last T.H.E. Shows in Las Vegas. Great guy too.They are getting a bit harder to find now, but if you can find one of our older ’12-tube’ MA-1s (made in the late 80s or early... | |
| CDs Vs LPs Also, I agree with Ralph that the tick and pops are indicative of album condition and tonearm tracking, not the medium.@minorl You may have missed my point- just checking; while the above is true, most ticks and pops are actually the result of poo... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions Preamps are few and far away a crapshoot as to getting a good "really balanced" unit. FWIW dept: we made the first balanced line preamps. They are tube and support the balanced standard.I have to admit, your statement is quite true- most of the ba... | |
| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. Many subs take their input off of the speaker terminals of the amplifier driving the main speakers. You then adjust the sub's controls for a proper blend.Your room at home sounds like it could work well. You may get some brightness off of the bric... | |
| CDs Vs LPs I can't do the hiss and pops. I can't deal with a radio station that has low level static or very high hiss like the university station near me.These are not problems of the format, they are problems of the setup. If you don't like those things, ... | |
| Best speaker/system piano concerts Any speaker that is free of artifacts and has enough power behind it will do the job. You can't build a speaker that favors a certain instrument- that is like making a speaker that favors a certain kind of musical taste. Speakers don't care about ... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? Just so we're clear here, the equipment used to **record** a metal band is a lot different than the gear used to **amplify** a metal band on stage.On stage, its not uncommon for the guitarist to have a fairly low powered tube amp and is relying on... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers @prof Just so you know, the Devores are intended to work with smaller tube amps, often ones that don't use feedback. This places them in the Power Paradigm rather than the Voltage Paradigm- if you auditioned them with solid state, you may not be ... | |
| Looking for AMP relacement You will want to examine the connections between the amp and speakers (looking for shorts, like ’cat whiskers’ of copper strands due to sloppy installation) and also **make sure** the speakers are not damaged!If the voice coils of the speakers got... | |
| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. 3) Radio Tuner- Nobody want's them anymore. I just gave away a great Proton Tuner. You can find them on craigslist for a song. I better get looking. I still play the radio on my system! Right now I running a modified Dynaco.I agree getting t... | |
| Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamp Hum @invictus005 Are you suspecting as I was in my earlier post, that the unit is sitting in the hum field of a power transformer? | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers @prof Sound Lab, IMO, makes the best ESLs and don't have that 'ghostly' quality to which you refer. You do have to put some power on them, and if its tube power, probably about 1/2 to 1/4 of the power you will need if using solid state (IOW, in mo... | |
| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. I am starting to think that speaker position and possibly the fact that all of this stuff had been unused for a few years are all part of the problem.When I first assessed the system I had the speakers in the middle of the floor a few feet apar... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Second, there is no such thing as an amplifier being overpowered for any set of speakers. Period. Musical transient peak demands typically can require 100’s of watts to the speakers. I doubt your class D amp of 125W RMS is up to muster. Actuall... |