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| Bi Wiring Speakers from Luxman L-509X you have convinced yourself; am I overthinking it? stand out to me.https://www.audioadvice.com/videos-reviews/speaker-bi-wiring-bi-amping-explained/what speakers?note: these units, 2 pairs of speakers is not for bi-wiring, rather different spaces.... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? tube infohttps://upscaleaudio.com/pages/tube-basics-and-frequently-asked-questionsexcerpt Power tubes like EL34’s and KT88’s are good for about 2500 hours or more. But may go longer in an amplifier with a conservative design. Small signal tubes wi... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. It’s against purist thought, but I assure you, over the years, in and out of several systems, neither I, nor any of my friends can tell if this wonderful remote line controller is in or out of the system.Throughout covid, at home, I've refreshed, ... | |
| 2 Wonderful Stereo LP's RESCUED by: MONO MODE and BALANCE “Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice.Well, you don’t know what’s what about any individual LP. However, nobody who has ever been in the Village Vanguard would create or approve what ’this particular’ LP presents. It’s in pristine condition btw.I... | |
| 2 Wonderful Stereo LP's RESCUED by: MONO MODE and BALANCE Just thinking: to confirm the imaging: My friend had two of the Bill Evans Riversides, he gave me this one. I'll ask him to bring his copy here, and I can play mine on his system as well. | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation Maybe I'm wrong, I would like to hear from people who use advanced styli playing old jazz mono lps from the 40's, 50's. Are these just for pristine condition monos from the 60's?My instinct: a modern advanced stylus: shibata, sas, microline, ..... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? a preliminary factoid about Delta's ability to spread:"According to the study, made public prior to undergoing peer review, people with Delta had viral loads of up to 1,260 times higher than those with the original strain, according to the study."... | |
| Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table? Many Vintage RCA Jacks are in poor worn shape. Erratic and unequal signal transfer can occur by inadvertent movement of another device or cable,I had my McIntosh Tube Tuner/Preamp overhauled by Audio Classics. They replaced all the RCA Jacks with ... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? After Vaccination: Concerned, not Scared. You can get and spread Covid before symptoms, before you know (or never figure out) that you had it and were spreading it.Any event can become a small or super-spreader.I certainly do not want to be any pa... | |
| Channel Imbalance Mystery This will solve things until you ascertain what is going on. Gives you remote balance as well as remote volume.https://www.ebay.com/itm/234116696552?hash=item36827149e8:g:FOsAAOSwhNlgmIqcThen, after you 'fix' whatever is going on, you have it, it ... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear Not for me, however I do know:Liking something, every time you see it, every time you touch it, turn it on, is part of the magic for many.I designed Corporate Office Space, and helped many executives put systems together for their offices, and res... | |
| kingko KA 101 advice for sub sources send very low signals to any equipment. Raven says low bass is 65% of power needs:https://www.ravenaudio.com/product/blackhawk-mk3/"High-Pass CrossoverThis addition to the Avian series provides an extraordinary advantage when using a subwo... | |
| Channel Imbalance Mystery Get a GOD**** Tube Tester! I cannot imagine loving tube sound and denying myself the ability to have confidence or find problems in active and replacement tubes.Test the tubes, short? good or bad? go from there. Have the tester for the rest of you... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? the majority of our live experiences today are amplified. individual acoustic guitars with pickups, upright bass with pickups, mics, guitar amps with speakers, stage located speakers (musician monitors and front facing), wall of sound, ceiling hun... | |
| Mono cartridge recommendation OP, others considering mono lps:You may be concentrating on a recent 1960’s virgin beatles (name your favoritre) i.e. ’modern mono’ lp, and the best tonality for that. I don’t think I will ever go there. I’m concentrating on OLD mono recordings, u... |