dekay
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| Barebone 2A3 or SET Amp and speaker MrGil: Have you tried subbing another 6922 type for the 6N1P tube? I did not when I had the amp in my possesion as I could not locate them at the time, but wonder what a nice soft Amperex or Mullard would sound like. I agree with buying the best p... | |
| How can power cords make a difference? I do them all the time, it's my new life. Where have you been? I don't do judge and jury anymore (just make obvious observations on my own) so, you will have to answer the other questions on your lonesome. | |
| What's wrong with my Cal Delta/Sigma? How long has it been powered up and what were you using as a source before? Might want to check the tubes in the DAC as well. Most of the tubes that I receive in the mail sound like crap for a couple of days (both signal and output) as they seem t... | |
| Damping Factor Thanks Poulkirk, for an answer that I can mostly understand. I have always wondered this about tube and some SS designs, in regard to the bass response. | |
| How can power cords make a difference? It's probably not 702's fingers on the keyboard, just some auto reply device that he has devised, to take the thought out of not thinking, let alone hearing. | |
| Barebone 2A3 or SET Amp and speaker The ASL stuff looks pretty cool too (especially the EL34 mono blocks with a volume pot each), but I have never listened to them. | |
| Is "WHAT HI-FI" a good read? Bigboy: If they dont take the time to run in the components, how accurate can the reviews be? I just broke in my DAC after an upgrade (200+ hours) and it does not even sound like the same unit that I took out of the shipping carton. Is it a defini... | |
| Barebone 2A3 or SET Amp and speaker Hi Paul: You may want to look into the amps at Decware.com which to me sound very similar to the 2A3 amps that I have listened to in that they are extremely detailed and good at the frequency extremes. I listened to a very early version of their b... | |
| Damping Factor Is "zero feedback" in an amplifier design referring to damping in any way? | |
| Is "WHAT HI-FI" a good read? PS: In the past I have noticed that some raving 5 star components reviewed by What Hi-Fi only rate 3-4 stars from Hi-Fi Choice (quite a spread I would say). In addition if you go through the old reviews you will see that Hi-Fi Choice has returned ... | |
| Is "WHAT HI-FI" a good read? I liked the old Hi-Fi Choice a lot (probably because they agreed with my opinion of a lot of the older equipment that they have reveiwed in the past:-). However they seem to have reorganized and the new reviews are not anywhere near as informative... | |
| Improving imaging Yes, I have had imaging problems (mainly a center image that was no longer on center) that were/was remedied by simply reinstalling the cables a second time. | |
| new system for beginner Thanks for the second, Rushton. I did not realize that they were that efficient, which if Massey likes the sound brings the total system cost down quite a bit. I prefer monitors myself in our living room, which is just to say that we all have are ... | |
| The top ten reasons why..... Viridian: Yes especially with digital products from my own experience. I have auditioned quite a few of these in the past year, many of them very pricey, that I would not even bother to plug in if they were given to me as a gift. These were suppos... | |
| Seperate Power Supply and Preamps Musical Fidelity claims that their separate power supplies allow the sound to remain clear and open as the volume level is increased. Something about stronger fields being created by the power supply as the power demand increases. Vibration from t... |