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| Tube rolling ARC amps & Steelhead Yes, the Steelhead is good stuff. Using the tung sol 5687s is like giving it a steroid boost. If the stock Steelhead with the sovteks and the GE 7044s is like a breath of pure mountain air, then the Steelhead with orange globe 6dj8 and tung sol 56... | |
| Tube rolling ARC amps & Steelhead I have tried rolling several different brands of 6dj8 and 6922 variants. The Steelhead can be improved a lot with a good NOS tube. My current favorite is the Amperex orange globe 6dj8 (with splatter shield).Because the 7044 tubes are cathode follo... | |
| Yamaha Rx-V1 Channel Drop Out I think this problem is a result of overactive overload protection circuits which do not reset fast enough. I had this problem on my RX V1, the channels would eventually come back on by themselves after a couple of days/weeks. I found that simply ... | |
| Manley Steelhead Tube Rolling The Steelhead is very, very fast and dynamic, so it would probably mate well with this amp.Tube rolling is just fine for the Steelhead. Most manufactures don't use current production tubes because they are the best sounding. They will stock their ... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Manley Steelhead | |
| Audio Experience Concerto I have purchased the YS SOLO head amp from the same manufacturer. With an upgraded tube, it is the best bargain in Hi FI for MC cartridges, the sound quality is very very good. | |
| Reconciling analog and digital playback Unfortunately, you have to go up the price scale to get analog type performance from CD. It is a sad fact of life that great sounding CD equipment costs more, unlike vinyl, where you can get great sounding stuff at modest prices. I am quite happy ... | |
| Peter Gabriel....Bad sounding CD's......groan..... I also have a copy of the LP of "So". It sounds all right, but not analog in the best sense of the word. It does not say whether the original master was digital or analog, but PG's albums sound like they may have been stuck in the dark ages of dig... | |
| Most involving and thrilling moviemusic? Try Men in Black II soundtrack (second movie not the first) by Danny Elfman. It is an orchestral tour de force, much better than even Mr. Elfman's many other soundtracks. Sonic and recording on CD are excellent. | |
| I have a general question about surround sound. Actually, at a live concert, the sound comes from all around your head through reflections. The directional cues that you relate to come from the front only. The richness of the acoustic experience relies on accurate rendition of stage depth and r... | |
| Differences in CD players? Am I crazy? Try listening with some reasonable quality headphones. That would allow you to hear differences better without buying a whole new amp/speaker setup. | |
| Wadia 861 vs. Gamut CD1r vs Sonic Frontiers T3/P3 I think the P3 is an excellent DAC. I have not heard it with the T3, but I use it with the sony xa 777es as transport. I use the meridian 518 for anti jitter/noise shaping and it sound just extraoridinary. On the TELARC SAMPLER 2, in which the sou... |