bigkidz
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| Do I need speakers upgrade? You have not really let anyone know what improvement in sound you are looking to achieve. Larger Proacs will give you a bigger Proac sound. If that is what you are looking for, then go that direction. What about soundstage, what about total dim... | |
| Newbie looking for amplifier advice One of JohnnyR's best attributes is that he knows so much about audio and knows what works well together. I have heard him assemble systems for every pocketbook and I scratch my head every time as to how he can do this consistently. I read the p... | |
| I should have never .... The variable in the equation is the system. Just because it was a tube amp that does not mean much except how that particular unit works with that particular speaker. That is why you need to hear a particular component or speaker in your own hom... | |
| The Best , make that the all time best, 6SN7. i always felt the tung-sol round plate dark glass was the best sounding 6SN7 tube. But I have moved on to DHT designs. | |
| Audiocap Theta Audyn True Copper Mundorf Supreme I recently tried the Audyn copper caps in the Direct Heated Tube DAC I make. I have been using the V-Cap PIO with great success. The copper cap presented a deeper sound stage and a different sound but overall in my design I preferred the V-caps.... | |
| Marten Coltrane I played around with accuton drivers in a speaker building experiment. They sounded great with a cheapo cross-over i used. I would love to audition a pair someday. Oh well, until then Happy Listening. | |
| Your Go to CD to Impress Fortunately for me it is not the CD that I play but my DHT DAC that makes digital sound like analog so no matter what CD I use, it probably sounds better than most TT set-ups. Happy Listening. I do like the RLJ Pop-Pop last song though! | |
| Top resistors I personally don't know the difference between old and new, my experience is recent within the past 3 years. Also Caddock makes a very nice sounding resistor so for the prices of resistors, but several and try them for your self. I mostly buy fr... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? plenty of DIY people can make anything audio and make something very special making them for commercial sale is entirely difficult. I know, my friends all ask me to make them audio gear. Building something takes time and trial and error researc... | |
| Help Id speakers try bill legal at miller sound in PA send him an email with the picture of the driver | |
| Cable Controversy Cables make aa difference sure but there is so much to do with components first that imp are the key to getting you there first. Each system and your ears have to do with what you will prefer kinda like as vs tube sound but just go with what you ... | |
| Relationship of amplifier sound to transformer quality? Good info guys. There are many parts in audio designs that can impact the sound. Ps caps trannies resistors etc. polite on makes good tramnsformers as I repair counterpoint products. Significant change in sound not always but yes. If the power su... | |
| Sony CDP-XA7ES vs CEC TL-1 transport I recently heard the ps audio transport and then we replaced it with an old Cec 5100 transport. The Cec was much more musical and natural sounding. The ps audio sounded one dimensional by comparison so make sure your try something in your system ... | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE try using a wire and touching it to the source to preamp, preamp to amp, etc. to see if the hum is eliminated | |
| If you won the power ball tomorrow night would you Easy - buy a 1957 Gold Top Les Paul! Everything else is just more stuff.Happy Listening. |