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| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? If you value your SVS sub more than your BAK pre-amp, look for a pre that can drive a lower input impedance. EAR-Yoshino pre’s (tubed) are designed to drive a 600 ohm load (its designer, Tim de Paravicini, does work for clients in the pro recordin... | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. Every medium has it’s own shortcomings. While tape has provided us with the bulk of our music recordings, that medium’s shortcomings are made crystal clear (no pun intended ;-) when compared to a direct-to-disk LP. Doug Sax made "safety copy" tape... | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? I feel your pain, Steve. I too was enthralled with Ginger's playing, until I wised up ;-) . Buddy Rich referred to him as a clown. I didn't yet know Clapton had disbanded (heh) Cream after and a result of hearing The Band's debut album, but was st... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent, The Kinks are one of my favorite live bands. I saw them in '70 and '71, I believe it was (could have been '69 and '70). Also one of the loudest, louder than The Who! | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? Will, one thing you could try is a sub that provides high-level hookup from a power amp, rather than line-level from a pre. Two that do are REL and Rythmik. I don't know about REL, but Rythmik provides for both high (on binding posts) and low (on ... | |
| Reco for a low power amp to try Take a look at the low-power tube amps Music Reference is now offering. Triode, pentode, single-ended, push-pull, designed and hand-made by Roger Modjeski. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Thanks Al and Chris. I really gotta learn how to do that ;-) . | |
| What area or country do you live in ? @schubert, Robert Fulton's incredible Ark Records recordings were of local amateur Minneapolis choral groups and church organists. Sonically, they are amongst the best recordings I have ever heard, and are musically charming. | |
| New in 2019 Ha, good one @slaw! Weezer are my favorite "new" Rock Band, sort of The Ramones meet AC/DC. | |
| Shorter speaker runs or shorter IC Runs...Which is the better set up and why? For those wanting true balanced connections (for all the benefits afforded, including the elimination or at least minimization of cable artifacts), know that beside all of Ralph Karsten’s Atma-Sphere products, others doing balanced correctly are R... | |
| Best rock song of all times Great choice @mapman! There is a version of "Revolution" (perhaps taped on a soundstage for TV broadcast) in which they combine elements of the slow and fast versions; it’s really cool. | |
| the Garrard 301 plater is concaved. The original Well Tempered platter was also concave, intentionally by design. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Roger, there is a current Audiogon thread inquiring about the Dynaco ST70. I posted that for the same money one could get a used RM-10, a far better amp. If you want, find the thread and let the op know why ;-) . | |
| Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables Bi-amping correctly (with a filter removing the bass from the amp powering the midrange and/or tweeter drivers) requires two pair of cables of course, and some bi-ampers like to use heavy gauge on the woofer, lighter on the m/t’s. Bi-wiring can pr... | |
| Best rock song of all times I don’t even know what "Rock" means. I know what Rock ’n’ Roll means, but my definition is different from that of younger Rockers, to whom Little Richard (Paul McCartney’s role model, along with Buddy Holly), Chuck Berry (John Lennon, Keith Richar... |