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| How do I get the best soundstage? Soundstage optimization is not easy. It can be hard identifying the weakest link in the chain that is compromising spacial clues. For most situations, the most likely culprit is the speaker/room interaction. You want to really kill early reflec... | |
| Sony Hap 1ZES play with SR Purple Fuses @dhart86 No problem. I usually post when I have actual experience relevant to the question being asked. I find that tends to be more helpful to people than random non experientially based opinions. 😀 Let me know what you think. The difference ... | |
| Autoformer/Passive Preamp vs. 6SN7 vs. 12AT7 with Class A, Class D, and Tubes @hilde45 In some respects, my experience with a very good passive is similar to yours. I still own a Prometheus (sic) Signature passive TVC. It has been out of my main rig for 10 years now. I still have it because it is worth more to me as a back ... | |
| Speakers for string Quartets @caglioti I just came upon this post, so I am late to the party. I am utterly devoted to string quartet music, and it has always been a significant factor in my selection of equipment. I’ve personally owned Magnepan, Quad ESL 57s, small bookshel... | |
| Sony Hap 1ZES play with SR Purple Fuses I have a Modwright Sony HAPz-1ES and am using SR Black fuses. I found that replacing the fuse closest to the front of the unit produced an audible benefit and that replacing the fuse closer to the back of the unit produced no additional audible b... | |
| Western Electric surveying market for (domestic?) mfg. of other tube types? When I lived in Indianapolis I drove past the site where the old WE plant was located. There is still open land there. It would be cool to see them return to that site. | |
| Dumping it all for Lyngdorf??? I bought a Lyngdorf 2170 for my downstairs system. My living room is not a good sounding room, and the Lyngdorf Room Perfect correction really made a huge difference in a problematic room. If you don't have a well treated dedicated room, Room Pe... | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? This is of course, a good point, but I really think, based on my experience that the 6SN7 tube is just inherently a better tube. Its inherent virtues are such that a talented equipment designer (AKA Ralph Karsten) can do some magic. I was really... | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? @bigkidz nailed the 6SN7/6922 comparison. Perhaps I shouldn't comment, because I've never owned a 6SN7 based pre. OK, as long as you insist. What I can say is that I've never been satisfied with my system without a 6SN7 tube in there somew... | |
| Dunlavy SC IV Speaker- Any Good??? @chorus I did not own these but heard them once. I stopped in to a local shop on a Saturday morning and these speakers had a substantial audience. We were all just amazed at what we heard. Consensus in the room was that this was by far the best... | |
| Differentiating audibly between bad caps and bad Ferro fluid @sifter, take a look at your crossovers. If there is any indication of compromised electrolytic caps, change them. Also look for any indication of excessive heat. I had some old speakers that needed new ferrofluid, and this caused enough heat t... | |
| CLASS D MONO AMPS buy ATMASPHERE MUSIC SYSTEMS I have been watching for this, half hoping that Ralph would conclude his class D effort couldn't play in the same league with hist tube OTLs, and half hoping that he was able to pull this off, thus giving us Atma-Sphere fans a wider selection of c... | |
| Lieder anyone? Yep, for me Schubert Lieder are beautiful beyond words. Strauss is a respectable second, and everyone else is trailing by a considerable margin. I tried to warm to the Brahms Lieder, but just couldn't make it happen. | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @mahgister, I've agreed with pretty much everything you have said in this thread. I will add a few comments/commentary. When I am auditioning in a Brick and Mortar setting, time is limited and the variables are complex and not always controlla... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @mahgister @hilde45 I have that Britten piece also. I love it, and pretty much everything else Benjamin Britten wrote. |