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| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @audioconnection I feel your pain because many of my customers complain about the same thing....Hi John, ProAcs like tube amps, noting you also sell ProAc too, and Quicksilver amps. Perhaps something like a Proac D20 type smallish 2-way 8ohm floor... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @auxinputsorry, but I disagree here in burn in. I have burned in so many different cables, capacitors, power cords, equipment, speakers. They all require burn in. Some more than others. I know that tweeters could have a slight bright edge when the... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Hilde45,A quick and dirty test to do and report back. Sounds really stupid and crude, no cost, but it works as another method for process of elimination and targeting some things with a particular speaker to get some ideas. Quick to try. 1. Put gr... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Trying to help and chatting with Hilde45, here is what I’ve gathered since his speaker demo startup. May help for anyone assisting to analyze the gaps and opportunities. Hopefully these notes (or assumptions) might save some time for those chiming... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) For the Salk 6M SS, it's said to be the same Be tweeter used in the Salk 9.5, and the "b" is a 4 ohm, and the "bn" is the 8 ohm version -and- also 1.5db higher sensitivity too. With woofer and tweeters in the 92/93 range and the end result of 87d... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) The room is the speaker :) | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Rolled off is rolled off. Old trick. Works but you can build $500 kit speakers that do this. Low ceilings pressure loads high frequency. Really good AMTs are magical in the right room and source/cable combos. AMT size is key too. A larger footprin... | |
| Seeking tales of speaker demos @b_limo Good to know on all fronts. While I've had a long exposure to AMTs since their original design in the 1970s, some material changes too. Along with variations of AMTs from different manufacturers available on the market now all sound diffe... | |
| Threshold, Levinson, Bryston, Krell, ?others? used amps @mjt_tx "I currently own a Nakamichi PA-7 (Nelson Pass Stasis design). Looking for an amp that is great at doing the disappearing act, smooth sounding, but not colored, and with lots of authority". What do you not like about the Nak PA-7?Has it b... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? Yes, the difference is in the fullness of the sound, only after fully burned in - yet I added the smaller White non-evo version to my input devices (DAC, pre) and use the larger black EVO Supreme Silver Gold only on my amplifiers fwiw. YMMV. | |
| signs that tubes need to be replaced The same exact same Ruby EL34-BSTR (formerly Shuguang Factory made for Ruby batches), same tubes in the Cary SixPacs were also used in my Cary V12R amp. Don’t underestimate these particular -bstr tubes due to the lower price point. These amps were... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? 300HRs+ The Mundorf EVO Supreme SESG Silver Gold coupling caps sound absolutely beautiful now. As good in my Quicksilver Mono amps as they were in my former Cary amps. Worth every penny for my system. A few other amp owners have messaged and trie... | |
| Quicksilver audio silver 88 mono amps @fjs1155"I replaced the JJ KT88s with Tung Sol KT120s and the difference was remarkable." fjs1155, If you can recall, did you find the stock JJ KT88 output tubes to sound kinda lean and edgy and less musical in your QS KT88 Monos?Asking for a frie... | |
| signs that tubes need to be replaced @jchiappinelli Look here for additional signs...https://www.thetubestore.com/how-to-tell-if-your-tube-is-bad@oddiofyl Interested in your update after you fully burn in the Genelex GL KT77s in your QS amps. I'm recommending them to a friend for hi... | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. @mapman "... not fatiguing."A buddy of mine has the III and giddy about getting the IV. I've not heard it myself. Wondering if the difference is more than subtle. I've heard the new Tractrix® horn midrange and noting the Hersey IV has a titanium... |