br3098
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| Inexpensive Tube Amps As usual, I am late to the party but I will add my $0.02 worth: in general, I try to avoid cheap Chinese products. Actually I avoid MOST products made in the PRC except for a few Hong Kong manufacturers. This is not due to political issues (whic... | |
| New or used cartridge Well, to be fair sometimes a re-tipped or replacement cantilever will sound better than the original. But to invictus005's point (I think), you simply have no way of knowing what your cartridge will sound like after altering it. | |
| Decware preamp Thanks for your comments. I have been lucky; I have been able to acquire and play with lots of different audio gear for many years, some great but most not my long term cup of tea. But I'm getting tired of the audio gear roller coaster and am th... | |
| Decware preamp normd wrote: I have the Decware ZTPRE Do you have the old model or one of the new ones- the new one with the V6-looking tube engine? I have been wondering how this unit sounds. Are you using the balanced XLR outputs or did you add the RCAs? | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics I would suggest something a little different: Larsen speakers are designed to work with virtually any room and sound great. Larsens are an updated version of the Stig Carlsson designs. These come in three models, at different price points starti... | |
| Speakers (and system) for a small-ish room You didn't tell us what type of music you would listen to on this system. Classic rock. vocals, jazz, small classical, large classical, techno...? I always have a small system (not desktop speakers) in my 10'x13' office. I have usually used gea... | |
| Audio note ANK Kits EL84 Vs Audio Note Oto PP I disagree with jond's assertion that " most people will tell you stuff built by AN UK is a definite cut above AN Kits." Having experience with both I will say that both are excellent.Assuming that your ANK kit is properly built (or built profes... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations for CJ Premier 11A I have a small listening room (man cave) about that size. Once upon a time I had a pair of Premier 11As and a pair of JM Reynaud Offrande (original model) speakers - it was pure magic. Easily the best sound from any system I have owned. If I we... | |
| Speaker Suggestions for 300b SET Amp jbhiller,Your experience with the Omega XRS 8 Junior is surprising to me. I don't own a pair of Omegas but I have a couple of friends with them and I think they sound great. I wil add that the 8 Jr. is probably a better speaker for jazz than cla... | |
| Thomas Mayer 46 SE tube AMP? What's it worth That Thomas Mayer amp is a piece of crud. If you send it to me I'll dispose of it properly for you...Thomas Mayer produces on-off handmade amps and preamps in Germany. He is a very talented builder and his products are visually stunning and soun... | |
| high-efficiency loudspeakers There are several manufacturers of hi-efficiency speakers, nut not many that are commonly discussed on this forum. There is no "best", just what's best to you. Mating a speaker to an amp for best sound involves a lot of factors besides the sen... | |
| Singers do not sing the language they speak Most opera singers are are proficient (if not fluent) in 3-4 languages; typically Italian, German, French and English. Many European artists are fluent in more. My younger daughter sings opera and took three weeks of diction lessons last year be... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Every speaker type, manufacturer and model has it's advantages and disadvantages, as well as it's fans and detractors. I consider myself lucky; over the years I've been able to indulge my passion and curiosity to try all types of audio gear, incl... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? I apologize for chiming in on this topic so late in the conversation. IMO the phono cartridge is a major component in how a system sounds. BUT, the cartridge must be compatible with the tonearm , step up transformer/phono stage and (to a much le... | |
| Tips on dealing with audio dealers ivanj wrote: " In the USA all retailers have to be offered the same cost price as a rule by Federal law."What Federal law would that be? Most states used to have so-called Fair Trade Laws under individual state UCCs, but these have been done awa... |