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| Saw John Prine a couple weeks ago, WOW Always one of my favorites. Songs about life wonderfully imaged with liberal doses of cyncical humor and painful truths woven in.Saw him in an outdoor venue on a Spring day in the late 70's. Two hours of rare enthrallment capturing both my musical... | |
| Hooking Up A Subwoofer You can also use a splitter on one of your preamp IC's to the amp. After the split one runs to the amp input on your powered sub and the other to the power amp for the main speakers. You can split both lines this way if you desire. | |
| How important is HDMI? Brewed-That helps- thanksRalph | |
| How important is HDMI? This thread has prompted me to expose my ignorance..I have an older 5 channel processor (Anthem AVM-2)with of course no HDMI inputs. I would like to continue to use it. If I purchase a BD player and plasma TV both with HDMI input/outputs how do I ... | |
| What's the worst high-end set-up you've had? C-bob,Unhappily it is also an accurate description of the sound. | |
| What's the worst high-end set-up you've had? Krell integrated, Coincident Tech Conquest, Musical Fidelity E624 CDP. So bright and edgy it torn the enamel from my teeth. Skull piercing, ear icepicks where no amount of adjustment or cable changes would tame the sonic pithing this combo deliver... | |
| Are attenuators linear or logarithmic? While we are on the subject - what is the relationship of potentiometer resistance to volume output? | |
| Most important component?? Spousal approval. | |
| EL34 Lovers? Both circuit and tube determine the sound of a particular component as well as internal components. A circuit can indeed be optimized for a particular tube's characteristics. Does it mean no other tube of the same type will work? Probably not. Cou... | |
| Kinergetics Chiro series amps worth it? I have a Chiro C-500 recently added to see what they are like. Surprisingly good solid state. Good dynamics, excellent bass. Top end lacks a bit of air but still very satisfactory. I would compare it with older Parasound amps.You could certainly d... | |
| What is a good, compact sized integrated amp?? Rega Luna | |
| EL34 Lovers? EL-34 tubes I have tried that I think are better than JJ's:Siemens- Good dynamics, engaging presentation,solid top to bottom Telefunken- Rich, good dynamic range, detailed-great tube but pricey Mullard- original not the Russian reissue . Smooth, w... | |
| EL34 Lovers? I don't understand the reluctance to roll some NOS American or German EL-34's in these amps aside from cost. I think that you will be very surprised and how much difference there is between tubes. | |
| EL34 Lovers? You can't unless you find them used. They were actually made from the Dynaco designed circuits after Dynaco's demise. A company bought the designs ungraded the components to a degree and started producing Sound Valves amps. You can find them occas... | |
| EL34 Lovers? Pubul- My tubes were not the "L" version but I have had similiar results with other EL-34 based amps over the years. A Dynaco ST-70 & Sound Valves M-40 both responded to non-russian/non-chinese EL-34's with great improvements in dynamics and r... |