clhs04
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| Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices? my old Viva Solista looks so good just sitting still. I love that V-8 engine block chassis look...and that custom auto paint finish is the best,of course when I turn it in and those 845 and 211 tubes light up ...I’m in love for the first time ove... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? help!! @decooney has me on the ropes here....somebody bail me out! just kidding folks I agree and actually I’m all for tube gear myself...my Viva has some of the largest transformer iron I’ve ever encountered in my life. Not to totally derail th... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? Legacy‘s are large cabinet big multi-driver speakers that demand a lot of current..despite what their persuasive specs regarding sensitivity may imply.if you were to do a generalized perusal online of Legacy speaker systems I would bet that > 5... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? I’m sorry to perseverate but let me clarify that I meant Klipsch “Heritage” series speakers only. A great segment of audio listeners have a general perspective that Klipsch’s are too bright or too forward or harsh. Most are only listening to gen... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? I would agree with a few of the others and think about taking a different speaker path..along the line of anything hi-efficiency / sensitivity. ie....such as Zu, Klipsch Heritage series...Tekton...Tyler Acoustics PD series...and numerous others..... | |
| Want to get into Streaming I suggest you “ease in” to gain perspective and start with the Node 2i. After all ..with no comparison baseline...how can you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been ? The Node 2i should check all of your boxes and keep you wa... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. put on Billy Cobham’s “Spectrum” and let Tommy Bolin eat your brain ! | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? the road biking and surfboard themes resonate with me as well. I still have a few “holy grail” Italian frames hanging off the ceiling in tribute to my former king of the hill glory racing days. Also have at least 5 custom made performance longboa... | |
| Forever speakers around $5000 while you’re likely chasing the endless rainbow like we all are...how about one of the traditional larger boxes from the likes of Harbeth, Stirling, or Spendor ? | |
| Audioquest vs. Others 🤔 hmmm..I’m surprised no one yet praising the virtues of the proprietary AQ battery pack cables?? | |
| How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog? Lemme bring my AudioEngine B-1 to the shootout and I’ll win this horse race for pennies 🤠 | |
| Klipsch speaker choices disclaimer statement: to follow is a purely subjective and opinionated conversation (just like everyone else).However suffice to say there ain’t a lot of love for the RF-3 around here...primarily because despite its “reference” implication infer... | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Number one..resign yourself to a tube integrated (keep it simple) and be ensured complete compatibility vs going the amp-preamp experimentation route where negotiating the learning curve could become costly!for your Advents I would pass on the Rog... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Get the Plinius Hautonga integrated (with phono stage) and be done for awhile. |