audioman58
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| Reminder - It might be time to replace the rectifier tube if you have one. Rectifier tubes I have seen old 50s Mullard 5ar4 rectifier still operating wellafter 10 + years. The Type and quality of the rectifier has a lot to do with it ,as well as how hard they are run.if it a well thought out design it is around 35% of ... | |
| Klipsch Heresy IV - not what I was expecting My brother owns these and I can tell you for sure ,they sound decent in stock form just unscrew the back panel ,the upgrade we give the speaker transforms them ,the drivers are good ,but the connectors are cheap,and the Xover very low grade all ma... | |
| Where can I audition amps near Boston? Godwin’s audio if pretty big in Walthham I believe. | |
| Installation of new AC lines......best way to ground to avoid loops and noise One thing about breakers besides copper ,there are silver, silver tungsten circuit breakers which are better and don’t oxidize like Copper Siemens and one other company make them20 amp. | |
| How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system I recently had awg 12 20 amp 4 wire dual grounds.installed , in retrospect less resistance I may go to awg 10 , seems many use and even awg 8my question is I only have about 40 hours on my new dedicated line . The music seems a bit tipped up now o... | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? I don’t agree with some comments thinkng vacuum tube is not the equal to SSor hype, in many cases if good quality Vacuum tube can surpasses solid state in several areas sonic realism is one, depth of image and soundstage width and depth as well a... | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? Magus what do you have for speakers and sub ?that is important to know ,and have you ever upgraded the Xover?that for sure will give you better resolution and imaging for that is where most companies skimp on , unless spending a lot. | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? In a sence the Aloudspeaker quality is very important,for by far the Loudspeaker has much more THD % then any other part of your audio system by a large margin at least 3-5% under excursions ,this is why I Always rebuild the Xover with reference ... | |
| Streamer v DAC - which is more important? Without question the Dac quality for the music is processed here it is much better to pay to 1st buy a good digital front end then when you can afford it then buy a good streamer.your computer can do most of the streamers function and a good usb ... | |
| New experiment with Magnetics technologies - High Fidelity Audio cables various pieces These are very good products and gives great added detail but,I feel if you use too many of these it gives the effect of the musicsounding maybe too expansive like being in a hall with a lot of extra reverb. These are great especially if your spea... | |
| Albums that you listen to straight through / start to finish whenever you put them on! Beatles white Album ,+ Doors the Doors+ Steely Dan +CCR+moody Blues +SRV+Eric Clapton + former bands Led Zep+Pink FloydLarry Carlton +Simon and Garfunkel+Bob Dylan+Miles Davis+Ottmar Lieberman+Van Morrison+in all honesty these are just a sample,th... | |
| Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers how ironic ,my electrician came to put in my 4 wire dedicated outlets and I moved all j6 wires he said he didnot need to move anything ,I come down stairs my monitors were movedi flipped out ,I told him they took me and brother over 5 hours to ge... | |
| How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system HelloTo All , I never stated this was a cure all.my electrician has wired several Music studios ,and wires highly sensitive testing equipment he stated as a 30 year Master Electrician the 4wire Dual,ground ,where one is common bare wire the othe... | |
| How to guarantee to lower noise- ground loops in your system What many people don’t realize no matter how good your equipment design is if you are feeding ground off the same circuits you can pickup noise thst is why my electrician installed a dual ground one is common ground with other chains back to the b... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? I own the ex jolida - Black ice F35 integrated and it is very refined the well know Audio engineer Jim Fosgateis designing all Black ice gear. The Amplifier looks as good as it sounds .it is retail $2200 but easily will compete with any... |