csmgolf
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| Ayon CD5S Tube Replacement It has been several months ago so I am not 100 percent certain, but I believe they were Sovtek. They were certainly nothing special (i.e. pricey NOS tubes). Knowing how it sounded with the inexpensive factory tubes, I had no problem going with the... | |
| Ayon CD5S Tube Replacement It specifies (4) 6H30 and (4) 6Z4 in the manual. The 6Z4 are Chinese made tubes with very few substitutes. They are pretty inexpensive. I was experiencing some tube noise in mine and changed them all out. I used Electro Harmonix gold pin 6H30s, so... | |
| Aragon 8008 mk 2 The 8008 mk2 had both balanced and single ended inputs. They were built when Klipsch owned the company between 2002 and 2009, but are electrically the same as the Mondial built 8008BB to my understanding. After that, Indy Audio Labs purchased the ... | |
| Ayon CD5S Tube Replacement It is best to watch the video that Gammajo mentions. It is not just removing the screws from the bottom, but also how the machine needs to be handled to prevent damage to the internals. I have a CD5s also and agree that it is a really nice player. | |
| Annoying sounds from cars at stop light http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_drag_racing They don't let people in the car during these "competitions", but if it is loud to you at the stop light in the next car over, it is incredibly intense inside the car with the loud stereo. | |
| Which integrated amp? @gabby_835 No problems. It is hard to sort out all of the recommendations here. I looked up the review you linked after you originally recommended the 600i in your first post. What is it specifically that you like better than the Hegel in respec... | |
| Which integrated amp? @pumper24 Thanks for the input. It is valuable to get both the positive and negative for the equipment in question. Very helpful information as it helps me determine if our preferences line up with each other. | |
| Which integrated amp? @gdhal @imhififan How do the Musical Fidelity integrated amps (either M6 si or M6 500i) do at low volume or with speakers that are not real demanding to drive? I have read several reviews and am intrigued by them for sure. I previously had an LSA ... | |
| Which integrated amp? @lak I do not own any of the integrated amps I listed. I am asking opinions of those that have heard them to try to get a feel for sonics and how they may fit my needs. The Hautonga interests me a lot. One question about Plinius, is how are servic... | |
| Why is the snake oil topic closed? Well for one thing as a serious audio fan that honors science and engineering, it can be kind of embarrassing to be associated with some of the more ridiculous tweaks that some support here. Why would you feel embarrassed if you don't believ... | |
| What happened to the New Today box on Audiogon. Go to the "discover" tab at the top of the home page and hover over it. New today will be one of the items in the drop down menu. I like it when it is on the home page as well, but it is still available. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I cannot go through all of the posts on this thread. I believe this has been asked but I don't remember it being answered. What is the difference between the DI and the SE version? The website says nothing. What makes up the $3000 difference in pr... | |
| Room acoustics Great thread so far with a lot of information. When taking FR measurements, what kind of smoothing needs to be applied? IOW, what is the minimum Q of a mode that should or needs to be dealt with? | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? Geoff, thanks for the link, very interesting. The Tool disc I have is on the low end of the medium scale, and is audible. Clearly many of their albums are better, and I will check out some of them. It also shows that the upper range dynamics of th... | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? I'm guessing you've never even listened to Tools recorded work. Dynamically compressed doesn't at all describe it. More assumption from you, what a surprise. I have "Opiate" and went back and revisited it after this comment. I immediately fol... |