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| More evidence that LPS are still alive Chadnliz, here's why: you can hear our band and do a download at myspace.com.thunderboltpagoda (the cuts are from a live show), but if we make a CD, somewhere someone will copy it and post it online. CD sales will then be weak. This is what is hap... | |
| speakers for classical music One recording that seems to have nearly everything is Das Reingold on Decca, conducted by Solti. If you have an original pressing, side 6 is nothing short of spectacular- nearly everything a stereo could be evaluated on: delicacy, bandwidth, impac... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Several bands here in the Twin Cities (including mine) are releasing LP only. Five years ago this would have never happened.RCA had announced back in the 1980s that by 1987 they would be done making vinyl (boy were *they* wrong). In the course of ... | |
| speakers for classical music I use the Rite of Spring that was recorded by Kenneth Wilkenson for the RCA/Reader's Digest's box set 'Music of the World's Great Composers. It is a spirited performance and the sonics are spectacular but natural. I've often demoed it at shows.For... | |
| speakers for classical music Hi Dave, We will be at RMAF. Bring your classical torture tracks! Our room is very large, but I am hoping we will be able to take advantage of that by having a soundstage as wide as an actual stage. A nice big soundstage where the musicians seem l... | |
| speakers for classical music Dcstep, your goals and mine look identical on paper. We are thinking the same way there, but went about it differently. I use tubes *because* I can get them to be more neutral, detailed and relaxed; I'm not looking for coloration. On my speakers, ... | |
| speakers for classical music Dcstep, until you have heard all the tube amps in the world its hard to say that they all sound the same isn't it? That was all I was trying to get across, not that tubes are inherently superior.Of course I do believe in what I am doing. Making tu... | |
| Need help What monoblock power amps for bass? A nice trick with Maggies, at least with tube amps, is keep the speaker cables short, really short, like maybe only 6 inches. I've heard that make a profound difference. | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State The trick to getting tubes to be really quiet is the same that is used by transistors- fully differential circuits with really good constant current sources, with a well-regulated bi-polar power supplyThis is not to say that such a circuit will be... | |
| What do defective phono tubes sound like? Sirspeedy, I would be suspicious that the CD player is making either RF, DC or both. I'd pull it out of the system altogether, as if it is RF, well, that stuff can get in everywhere!Given what you have told me its *not* the tone arm that did that.... | |
| speakers for classical music Shadorne is right about 'damping', and in fact its more profound then that- once damping factor exceeds about 20:1 or so, there is no improvement gained. 'Damping factor' is a bit of a misnomer, as it assumes more about the load being inductive th... | |
| Recommended 12au7/5814s for Atma-sphere MP-3 In the MP-1, starting from the rear, the 1st two positions are wired differentially within a tube and the 2 tubes are then in parallel. This is the bottom of the cascode. The 3rd tube is the top of the cascode. So the 1st two make the most differe... | |
| What do defective phono tubes sound like? I would check for continuity between the ground of the table and the chassis ground of the preamp. | |
| speakers for classical music I've spent years playing bass in orchestras and also recording them. I've also spent years looking for the best classical recordings, like a lot of people on this list. What I have found is if you really have a good recording, very few speakers wi... | |
| Need help What monoblock power amps for bass? Audiobb, you can use the passive crossovers in the speaker if they are designed in such a way to allow for separate amps. The problem is that while the speaker only sees the frequencies it is supposed to, the amp still has to reproduce full-range.... |