dougthebiker
Responses from dougthebiker
| Top DYI Speaker Options Yes, the servo subs from GR Research are fabulous and there are enough controls on the Rythmik amp to have them merge perfectly with the speakers. Danny has a very good YT that explains all the controls. | |
| Top DYI Speaker Options I built their smallest $200 kit to get a little experience; use those in my family room now. Then I jumped to the NX-Oticas. Used their MDF flat packs for both. On the NX-Oticas, I put a skim coat of bondo on them, then had an auto body shop ... | |
| Top DYI Speaker Options I’ve built two GR Research kits, both superb. As you feed better and better signals to them, the quality shines through. Belong to a very large metro audio club and mine compete with some of the best rigs in the club. Put a really expensive fr... | |
| Crossover and Wiring Upgrade Check out the GR RESEARCH website. They specialize in this and are extraordinarily knowledgeable. They also have lots of YouTubes on the subject. I have built one of their big speaker kits with their top flight crossover component selections an... | |
| Cryogenic Treatment of Tubes, and why you should not. The ability to hear a difference is a function of how resolving your system is. If your whole system is below ~$30k, there’s an awful lot you’re not going to be able to hear. In my own case, a few years ago I concluded I could not hear any diffe... | |
| Cable Quest You should try Kubala-Sosna. I ended up going with their top-of-the line Realization series. Power bables, speaker and digital. Beat out the best Synergistic, Nordost, Audioquest, Siltech, Crystal and Bibacord. Incredible focus, soundstage, dy... | |
| Backart Labs Rhumba Extreme version 1.4 Linestage Tubed Preamplifier @traubr , I went through two years of major annoyance switching components to get rid of brightness/harshness, then on a lark, I replaced my 30 year-old power conditioner and mish mash of power cords with modern stuff (Kubala-Sosna in my case.) I... | |
| Jay's Audio Lab Visits GR Research's Listening Room I’ve got the NX-Oticas in my listening room with about $50k of power conditioning and 1st rate cables. Only have a $25k digital front end, but my rig sounds MUCH better than Danny’s. I made some of Danny’s cables and they degraded the sound sign... | |
| T+A MP 200 with T+A Dac 200 Synergy I did think the two T+A components were much better together than separately. i ended up not keeping them because there seemed to be be a high frequency harshness I couldn’t get rid of by changing cables. I ended up going further up scale and bo... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? @larsman My new WE 300B's were about 2 1/2 years old, guaranteed for 5 years as you know. My only backup was a set of cheap Cossars that came with the amp. WE had a sale in November so I figured buy another pair just in case. I had no idea mine... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? I built the Elekit TU-8600S kit with all the upgrades and put the new Western Electric 300Bs in it. It’s fabulous and drives my 94dB speakers with ease. highly recommended! | |
| Digital isolation between Ethernet hub and streamer I have the NA Muon Pro, like @fastfreight. It is extraordinary. Have an English Electric switch plugged into a Nordost QBase Reference. Pure audio nirvana. | |
| What were your favorite gear additions in 2024? Had an epiphany this year. Power cables and power conditioners can make a much bigger improvement in SQ than components, even in relatively modest systems. Upgraded to a Nordost QBase Reference power conditioner, which cost more than any of my c... | |
| Western Electric 300B problem I’ve used two pairs of the new WE 300Bs in my Elekit TU-8600S and have had no issues, just absolutely unmatched wonderful sound quality. I would be amazed if they didn’t give you a prompt warranty replacement. | |
| Why I Sold My Aurender N200 The Grimm wins hands down. Not so dry sounding as the others you mentioned and it runs Roon, which is a necessity in my book. |