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| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Tvad my friend, what's a "chip amp"?Dave | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help 06-18-08: Tvad said:"06-18-08: DcstepMariusz, I'm not playing a game. I payed just under $300 for a Holland GZ34 rectifier. You paid too much...by double if not triple. I'd suggest seeking a different source for your tubes. You're getting reamed."... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help 06-18-08: Mrjstark said:"Dave, I am not saying that it is an advantage......but just another choice."Yes, you and I totally agree. Somewhere earlier in the thread it was touted by someone else as an advantage.Dave | |
| speakers for classical music Atmasphere said:"BTW in an average room where you are 8-10 feet from the speaker, a speaker with 89 db 1watt/1meter efficiency could need 250 to 500 watts to make 110db (how dead the room is will play a role too so this power requirement could be ... | |
| speakers for classical music Shadorne, I'm not hearing that. I DO sit near-field due to my room shape and the furniture layout, so maybe I'm not compressing my drivers much even with an 87dB avg at the listening position.This weekend I'll torture myself for a while to see if ... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Mariusz, I'm not playing a game. I payed just under $300 for a Holland GZ34 rectifier. I've seen 300Bs for many times more and I've seen GZ34s as high as $700+. If you've got an intergrated amp with several tubes and you're going for the best soun... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Yeah, a little levity never hurts. ;-)I've found over the years that many people do, indeed get "bullied" by their perceptions of others. (It's actually a marketing strategy of certain audio dealers, as we know). They come to places like A'gon as ... | |
| speakers for classical music Shadorne, thanks for you links and comments. I read it and just didn't think a further comment was needed. Now you've prompted me to ask:How long is the typical musical peak? If I'm listening at 87dB on average and I have peaks of 105dB, which I h... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help 06-18-08: Mrjstark said:"Dave in all due respect, where did you come up with $1500 NOS tube replacement. If that is what you paid.........It just might explain your anti_tube parade. I personaly wouldn't down anyone for their choices and preferenc... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Wow, interesting attack Macrojack, you know attack my friends just because I don't think that tube rolling is an automatic advantage of owning tube gear and I point out that many prefer to buy a well designed system and just enjoy the music.Nowher... | |
| dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra See Mike Lavigne's Review of Playback Designs' MPS-5 for a comparison of a new one-box to Emm. David Robinson also has a review in the works. There's further discussion of the MPS-5 over at the Audioasylum.Dave | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Blindjim said:"No matter how you shake it, tube gear offers additional advantages over solid state merely by their nature. Don’t confuse that with performance though. That’s a whole other realm."So tubes have some mystical advantage over SS, but i... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Blindjim, I didn't say that you're "half baked" I was speaking of tube rolling audiophiles, in general, not being anywhere near as qualified as the designers of their equipment to make decisions about the best tubes for the equipment. In hobbiests... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help The guy's been through a divorce and has surely been around the block a time or two. I suspect that he can smell a bad dealer. Audio societies are also good, but you'll run into no-it-alls there and it can be hard to find any "real truth."I sugges... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Best Buy does NOT carry a full range of VA speakers. If you shop there you'll not be listening to their best.Dave |