decooney
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| 13 Cables ... A Horror Story @erik_squires "..reduce five pieces of equipment to 1". Similar thoughts, and a few years behind you hoping to head in this direction for the home theater system, next. The idea of selling the big heavy amps, processor, many $ cables, extra s... | |
| Smart buying buying a preamp with tubes anot avail except as made by preamp manuf? @emergingsoul "...he is only person making the tubes?" Really? | |
| Krell KCT versus Cary SLP-98 As a SLP-98 owner, a few thoughts. First, there are least 3 different old and new versions of the 98 I’ve heard personally. Each build with/wo upgrades sounded different. Some of this is due to different vintage or modern 6SN7 dual triode tubes u... | |
| I'm confused - Different music...different speakers? @smaarch1 Oh I've been playing with speaker positioning alright.... Forgot to mention what a colleague and I landed on with our former Totem's with the same metal dome tweeters. If you have not already done so, face them dead straight forward,... | |
| I'm confused - Different music...different speakers? @smaarch1 I ran two custom 12" 500w Scanspeak subs with my former Totems. It was overkill for the Totems, not for my current speakers though. Possibly quality dual 9s, 10s, (faster) could be really nice with the Hawks. With levels adjusted down I... | |
| I'm confused - Different music...different speakers? As a prior owner of Totems with that exact same tweeter for many years, and going through a few different higher current amplifiers, and cables, I had to kinda beat them into submission to get them to sound reasonable to my ears across different t... | |
| Improvement of MacBook Air for Streaming Tidal @laaudionut "...I usually stream Tidal via my MacBook Air to a DAC" Understandable question and reasoning. Yep, tried it both ways with A) MacBook Air (noisy) direct to DAC and B) via OSX client for Mac running Tidal on a quality streamer. Yes,... | |
| Recommend new EL84 tubes @dekay I also used old Russian 7189 types (later marketed by Sovtek as the EL84M). They were not as 3D, but I still liked them in the Pilot. Similar experience here with 7189/EL84M. They were a little softer, not as deep of a sound stage or ... | |
| Recommend new EL84 tubes to @lemonhaze There are older 2-3+ year old PSVANE and newer versions I've tested throughly, comparing 2012-2014 versions to 2019 yr plus and the newer 12AU7 and 12AT7s sounded better to me, notably. What changed, I don't know. As for EL84s, ha... | |
| Audible illusions Slow customer service @roxy54 Have you just asked for them to send it back? They aren't that exotic. Any qualified tube tech should be able to repair it. ^^^ +1. Exactly. Get your AI preamp back at least. Can you do this, even if you send them a prepaid ship la... | |
| Recommend new EL84 tubes Maybe try some new old stock matched EL84M Sovtek tubes. You can get them from Viva if not others. Not too bad, decent value, tried them in a test amp based on a recommendation from a friend. Give them 48hrs to burn in, they’ll open up. Also, I'v... | |
| Audio Friends Don't Let Audio Friends ... @chorus quote: ..."You find it to be a major downgrade in SQ in one way or another". How do you know its a "downgrade", have you heard the change first-hand demo in your audiophile friend's system? | |
| Would my system benefit from cable upgrades? For your first pairs of cables you buy, recommending you start with decent OFC interconnects (ICs) for the primary source you listen to the most; first. Particularly with the Vincent integrated amplifier you have. Note: I tested the same ML40s you... | |
| KT150 to KT120..or KT120 to KT150 daveyf OP @decooney Intersting point. I tend to agree that ic’s can make or break your system, depending on a number of variables. Your findings above do not actually jive with mine, as I am very impressed with a pair of OCC Ohno Continuous ic’s... | |
| KT150 to KT120..or KT120 to KT150 [Interconnect type pairing between these two output tubes] can help fine tone too. If you trying both of these types of OTs, and you are looking for fine tuning of tone and prefer a good balance half way between ultra clear and rich tones, here a... |