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| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Whatever you decide, do not buy the older Wilson speakers with the awful inverted tweeter. | |
| looking for a tube preamps that doesn't sound like SS I forgot to mention that Audio Note Kit preamps are very good and lean toward the warm side but not obnoxiously so. You can buy them as a kit or have them assembled. | |
| Just purchased a pair of Atma Sphere M-60 Mk 3's upgraded to 3.3's If you have speakers of high impedance and also of a stable impedance you really cant do much better than Atma OTLs or even OTLs in general. In fact, you can pretty much forget about all other tube amp types (SET, Push Pull) if your speakers are a... | |
| looking for a tube preamps that doesn't sound like SS I am not sure why you would a warm old school sound unless you had some deficiency in your system that would cause you to want to thicken things up. A list of your components would be helpful due the fact that a change elsewhere could solve any pr... | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. Ralph at Atma-sphere is your man. Not only does his equipment sound wonderful but he also knows of a few tweaks on the older SLs that can improve the speaker. Whenever I have heard the SLs sound really good they have been driven by tubes. At one C... | |
| Let's roll: what pre-amp tubes should I consider next? A Telefunken smooth plate 12AX7 might hit a good balance between the Amperex (Philips) and Siemens.I dont like any Mullard 12AX7. I also dont care for any U.S. made 12AX7 except perhaps for the old stock Tung-Sols.If you can live with roughly 30% ... | |
| Useful Idiots "Kreator" is a metal band. | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste Stereophile is the same just better at hiding it. Corruption is unavoidable if your publication depends on ad revenue. For the record, corruption doesnt have to be anything as insidious as pay to play it can be much more subtle like not giving a s... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! prof,I assume that when you suggest a speaker measures well you are referring to frequency response?I have seen JA ignore, explain away or excuse very bad measurements on speakers which frequent the pages of Stereophile while scratching his head o... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! I refer to the entire Harbeth line although I have never heard these speakers in my home. I did, I think, get a very good idea of how they sounded at shows and at a few dealers. I am sure they can sound better but the fundamental "house" is pretty... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! Often I find that people define tone as pleasant coloration. When you examine how a speaker is made and all of the specifics of this design, you can usually predict very accurately how this speaker will sound. A perfect example for me would be Har... | |
| Anyone hear Vivid Audio Speakers? Considering Vivid Giya G1 Series 2 from Magico S5 MKII To me a major advantage of any speaker is if the design has a sealed enclosure. People that think that ported and to a lesser degree transmission lines have better bass need to take a look at what is really going on with the speaker and then think... | |
| 5687 Tube Suggestion Most think that the old stock Tung Sols are best. There are several variations all of which are good, but I dont know which is considered best. | |
| A reappearance of Black Diamond Racing? I had the cones under a component and also under a pair of older Kharma speakers. Wasnt much of a fan. I agree with geof in that I think the shape was wrong for many applications. I have never found a one size fits all solution in this realm, howe... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? Here we go again. Put a fork in me. |