chmaiwald
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| Pleasurably better, not measurably better This chase for neutrality (or accuracy or however you want to call it) makes me wonder. Audio setups with a strong sonic signature aside, it‘s like investing so much in finding something that has least personality. From the top of my hat I can‘t t... | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp Owning a Willsenton myself, I‘m curious about upgrade options. Please keep us posted! | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better @femoore12 True! Speaking for myself, I tend to modify the sound to get the perfect space. Only yesterday I fiddled around with an EQ, using long cables do I could sit on the sofa with it. It really improves the sound = the space (living room) = ... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better Measurements are definitely helpful. But what everyone experiences as pleasant varies. And what we call pleasant we tend to define as good as well. There the trouble starts. I´d never expect anyone to like my prefered sonic signature. When I bou... | |
| Who has heard and can comment on any of these brands?? For a long time I had rather small Audio Physic (Yara 2) speakers until last year. Amazing soundstage for that price. A friend owns a bigger pair and what I heard was just great. Definitely worth checking out. | |
| sub connection via high level output -> sound quality @carlsbad If the sub offers this you can put it in series, yes. Maybe it´s me but I couldn´t find any REL that offers serial wiring. @m-db I´m tending to go for the PB since it reaches even lower frequencies than the SB. Recently I´ve been listen... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna I heard good things about this one: https://www.lab12.gr/product/integre4-mk2/ | |
| Roger Waters Live Last Night in Glendale,AZ *Sigh* Brushing aside the mainstream media is boring the hell out of me, it‘s such a lazy manoeuvre to give weight to arguments (which it just does not). As an artist Waters can do what he wants, he can go on stage with a two hour pantomime show.... | |
| Weird and funny songs @deadhead1000 There´s not one time I´m at an airport without being „worried about the baggage retrieval system they´ve got at Heathrow“. It always hits me. Ubuweb in 2003 hosted a full year of strange and funny songs (365 days project). It´s stil... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Hochzeitskapelle – If I think of love They call it „rumble jazz“. Band partially comprised of members of German alternative band The Notwist playing mostly cover versions, all acoustic (banjo, tuba, trombone, drums, violin). Extremely charming an... | |
| What was the last CD you bought (Name, and year issued)? Joe Strummer 002: The Mescalero Years Joni Mitchell: The Asylum Albums Earthen Sea - Ghost Poems All 2022 issues, only the latter actually new. And worth checking out, if dubby ambient is to your taste. | |
| Transients hurting my ears on hifi solid state amps If if you can narrow it down to certain frequencies an equalizer might be the easiest solution. I know it‘s frowned upon by some but compared to trying more and more amps and other gear (which you are otherwise happy with), this might be a step wo... | |
| 1st full tube amp Oldchen EL34 I have a slightly bigger chinese tube amp (Willsenton) running Klipsch Cornwall IVs and without having any tube amp to compare it with I find the combination very sweet. Just yesterday I played some music I hadn’t listened to in ages and again it ... | |
| Schiit's solid-state 6SN7 Steve Guttenberg just reviewed the Freya+ with these. He likes it. Personally I don´t get the product. Usually people get tube amps for a reason and the reason rarely is that it should sound like a solid state. But for a reasonable price people w... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i A quick update: After testing quite a few 12AX7s I must say: Believe the hype. The Telefunken (ECC83) is the best. Not by far, but overall it does its job extremely well. Second would be the Mullard (current production). At the moment I´m runnin... |