daveyf
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| 12AX7A preamp tubes - ribbed vs smooth plate I have tried Smooth plate and Ribbed plate Tele's in my CAT preamp, much prefer the Smooth plates. The Ribbed plates are a little brighter and tend to be less resolving. Perhaps in a different position, or component, this might not be the case?? | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas I cannot comment too much on the sound of the Parasounds and the speaker at this fellow’s room. I heard the combo briefly, but do remember thinking that the synergy was not there between the components. Keeping in mind that the spea... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas Funny you bring up the Parasound amps. A fellow a'phile whom I know well, decided to buy a pair of very expensive and very difficult to drive speakers, reasoning like you, that the Parasounds would be the answer. His budget was limite... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @atmasphere Thank you. If you would have told the dealer exactly what you posted, he would have belittled you just the same. Some folk have agendas, and in this case, the guy was only interested in selling this speaker....not in discussing in an... | |
| Warped record Today, like in the past, most warps are caused by the dreaded shrink wrap. I thought the record industry had learned its lesson, but apparently not. I generally return warped records, but once in a while, assuming the warp is fairly minor ( and th... | |
| Borresen Loudspeakers Having heard Borresen and Raidho’s, I think these speakers are exceptionally good. If one is concerned about ’value’ then it is probably best to not really shop high end gear these days...particularly new gear. The market for ultra high end is ei... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? The speakers I was referring to were not Wilson's. Nonetheless, it is interesting what you posted about Alexia 1's. They are known to be extremely difficult to drive. Is it possible that the ARC Ref 75SE has a more capable transformer, and as such... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @ghdprentice I agree with this. Not only do you restrict yourself to a subset of speakers, but in the worst case examples, you also restrict yourself to a subset of amps. Like many of us, i know of a few a'philes who bought their dream speaker, ... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @mazian Class D amps are certainly a lower priced option, but most folks still are not that impressed with the SQ. | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @quincy There is another factor, a high powered good sounding ss amp, particularly one that can push current into very low impedances, is also going to cost a lot more ( on average) than a good sounding medium ( maybe even high powered) powered t... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @kennyc Well if you think that, there is no further need for you to post on this thread. | |
| Aurender N200 vs N100H @jsalerno277 Funny you should mention the Billie Eilish O'Connell LP...Happier than Ever ( explicit). I just listened to this very same album on vinyl last night. It does indeed have very deep bass and is well recorded when it comes to Billie's ... | |
| OCD mickey website and negativity. OCD Mike sells Jeff Rowland's gear. That's enough for me. | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? When discussing speakers that are hard to drive, I'm not really talking about speakers that cannot be driven by just a few watts. The video above, with the Decware amp is interesting, because while this amp probably sounds good within its envelope... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner I demoed a Kirmuss, was not that impressed with it. On a couple of occasions the record was off center in the slot and nearly did damage. Plus, the Kirmuss does not dry the record, a disadvantage, imo. I think the ‘Guru’ is a much better machine. |