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| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? Greetings, Rcprince! I commend you on your mnestic powers.Yes its all broken in, except for my ears. I am still of two minds. I find the IO much quieter with a wider and deeper soundstage and a tad better separation between indiviual instruments. ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? CW London, do you think this Mr. Whitehead is real? Seems rather like a bit of a wag.....but then perhaps he has a Bose system in his Spitfire and a big B&W system in his B-17. Me, I'm a snob, I'd rather be shot down and crash then listen to t... | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? Hello Ferrari,Jadis JP80 to draw me into the music, as once the all tube, two chassis Beverdige did in the seventies. JP 200 balanced with the Aesthetix IO phonostage in front has given me the most musical, dynamic and deadquiet vinyl rendering, w... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Pops, you are right, it is sickening. What you forgot to mention is the audio press which also helps to keep the wheels greased. It would all grind to a halt, if consumers would no longer play along. | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s J.D. Hear,hear! I remember, long, long ago, when TAS was still innocent and without advertisements, HP ruminating on just this point Steve was bringing up, to wit, that tube's "musical superiority" might be the effect of their inherent lower harmo... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Stevemj, things percieved often lie behind the eyes of the beholder. | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Come on Redkiwi, don't you apologise, don't be more Brits than those "back home" and please don't continue now with an "understatingingly"- polite attitude. Your posts are wonderfully written and argued and the underlying passion ( a passion we al... | |
| High End and Classical Music Koen, to get back to your original question, starting this thread, I would say that for chamber music Quad Electrostats with either first class tubed electronics and top of the line XLO or Purist wires would be your best bet. Jadis comes to mind, ... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Redkiwi, a most erudite, well considered post and a joy to read. Wished I had written it. A sincere thanks..and Jadem, though Jostler surely is able to defend himself, I think you are doing him an injustice. I love this forum, because all my consc... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Sharp thinking Jostler! You're right, assumptions will get us into trouble, especially if they get metamorphosed into "thruths", which often enough happens. On the other hand, assumptions , as new insight in a given set of problems, can lead to sc... | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers Dear Mr. Magoo, why read at all then, if it isn't true anyway and when listening, what should I do with the other half? Do you really think, life is a simple as that? Come now.... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s JD, GREAT, thankyou for the time and trouble to inform us about this at lenghth. The article seems to help along with a few questions which had been bugging me for a long time, which I had tried to bring up here in other threads and probably been ... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Jostler, apaologies, I did not mean to be offensive, I wondered that was all and I was proved to be wrong. Besides often enough you seem not to mince words either, remember those clicking of heels to consequently hear better. Mind you, that was wi... | |
| Opinons on XLO Signature 5.1 Get in touch with the Cable Company at www.fatwyre.com to try it out. They have a cable library, where you can give it a trial run in your system. You will have to pay a deposit I think, but finally it will cost you just the shipping and not more,... | |
| Hum and Hiss from Sonic Frontier Preamp Try switching tubes and listen again. Both hum and hiss could be from there. Also check for a gound loop (hum). It seems clear to me, that you hear more of a hiss through earphones, there is no attenuation through room effects etc. Possibly, I am ... |