audioguy85
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| Best temperature for optimum tube performance Room temperature?? Never concerned myself with this really. | |
| Dedicated power Stay with one line, a 20A. This will avoid ground loops. Just buy a Niagara 1200 and that will give you many receptacles to plug gear into. Also, I’d recommend the AQ Edison receptacle for the one line. So right there you will still have the extra... | |
| Help! Receiver or preamp? Im overwhelmed... As sort of mentioned, I would post this question on a HT forum, not here...this is predominantly a 2 channel forum, although some here still introduce a sub to a 2 channel set up, ugh...🙄If speakers are not doing it for you in the bass dept, time ... | |
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Speakers with big a$$ woofers sound great down low... | |
| What exactly is textural density?? Herb is the best!! Love that guy. | |
| JC3+ phono preamp Tavish design is where its at. Tubed preamps at different pricing. Using my tavish the classic with vintage ge 12au7, Rca 7025, and Sylvania 5751....sounds freakin awesome. Right now trying my 2m bronze thru the mm section and it is just buttery s... | |
| Just added full LP playback The actual compliance of the hana el/eh is:Dynamic Compliance @ 10 Hz 17 * 10-6 cm/DyneIt is a medium compliance cartridge. The resonance at 10 hz with a weight of approx 6-7 grams with hardware is @9 hz on a 13.5 gram arm. Can't get much better t... | |
| Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard. Isn’t that what streaming is for? To discover new music? Then you are not surprised, or should I say unpleasantly surprised upon purchasing the media. | |
| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening Why? I'd sell the speakers and buy one that does bass. Why ruin a speaker by adding bloated bass from subs. They are relegated to the home theater in this castle! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? What is near my turntable, not necessarily on it, is a pristine and sealed original copy of the Colgems Casino Royale.... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? Makes sense if you are insane... | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! Here's one...spending tons of money on this crap does not necessarily guarantee a great result. Proper integration, no matter the price, is the real deal. | |
| Best type of metal for turntable platform? Butcher block acoustics makes affordable and good looking isolation platform made of wood, maple or walnut. Been using them for years to good effect. Can be bought with or without metal threaded inserts for the feet of your choice, which they also... | |
| Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes) The answer is Sugden, a brand seldom mentioned here, for reasons beyond me....In particular, the Sugden A21se. It is a 30 watt pure class A single ended solid state integrated. Sugden IS the pioneer of the SS class A design. It possesses all the q... | |
| Oppo 205 guagers selling used units for twice the price... I will sell you my gently used oppo 203 for 10k..😁 |