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| New Tubes- Need Burn-In? I had a pair of EH EH-34s that never got rid of their glare, and from what I've read, that's not uncommon. My advice is to get the Svetlanas -- I did, and the problem was solved immediately w/no "break-in." | |
| Pet Peeves - my Rants and Raves I totally agree about speaking w/someone on the phone. Yeah, if it's a low-dollar sell OK, but once you start talking 500, 1000, etc, I want to know that I'm selling to an intelligent music-lover who isn't an idiot. Call me old-fashioned. | |
| Longer Power Cords Sound better? This is basically hogwash. | |
| Telefunken E188CC Sound I don't know, but I do know that anyone wanting that much is a scam artist and anyone willing to pay it is a fool! | |
| Tube newbie - recommendations? IMO, "casual listening" might not really call for Rogue 120s. Jolida would be a great choice as would an older C-J integrated (CAV-50). | |
| help me build a system for $1200 The NAD is as good, and probably better, than most receivers out there -- no need to buy amplification. Keep it and the rest and grab a really nice pair of speakers on Audiogon (Vandersteen, Spendor, KEF, Paradigm, Von Shwaikart, etc). | |
| Lifting speaker cables Please!!!!!!!!! Lifting cables is %$#@!@ and has no effect on "tonality" or any other facet of sound. I mean, really folks. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? For me, achieviving what one's definition of correct tonal balance is the key to long-term happines w/a system. What is the easiest, most cost-effective way to achieve that? High quality tone controls/EQs. | |
| All Japanese system I know that a lot of Japanese enthusiasts like the big, old-school Tannoys w/the pulp concentric drivers. These might cost you a good bit themselves. | |
| High Efficiency Monitors - List You might want to check out some of the older Paradigm models (3se in particular). I think they were fairly efficient (90-91db), but they were medium-sized monitors w/8" drivers. | |
| YBA 2 Alpha preamp and general preamp questions The only thing I know about the YBA pre is that it has a dual-mono design and that it has a decidedly solid-state presentation according to more than one reviewer. I've had the AA M3A in my system and it was killer good and dead quiet. I think the... | |
| Your Favorite Austin City Limits David Byrne was excellent after "look Into the Eyball" came out. Other notables are John Prine, Waylon Jennings, Steve Winwood, and Rodney Crowe, Tom Waits, Bela Fleck, John Hammond, and too many more. But SRV 2 was just wicked good, and yes, "eff... | |
| Best movies last two years I had high hopes for Sin City, but as I sat watching it, I couldn't get past the fact that its "plot" did not adapt to the screen no matter how technically strong it was. A History of Violence is a very good film w/violence that supports a plot (a... | |
| Audio Research Pre Amp LS15 iPod has a mini jack on it that allows a stereo connection to a preamp. Simply choose a line-in source as you would any other component. I run my MacMini iTunes into my rig like this, and it sounds great (plus I can EQ the signal on crappy recordi... | |
| contradictory communication It's very possible IMO for a component/system to be warm and transparent. I base this on what a live orchestra sounds like -- warm and transparent, like liquid. There is treble extension thru 20,000Hz, and violins and trumpets are smooth. True det... |