fishcat1
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| My first Tube Amplifier I started with a Jolida 502 Tube integrated. Now I have an ARC VS115, REF 5 preamp and a TAD-60 EL34 push pull amp. I've dabbled in Class D but find myself right back with tubes. Can't live without tubes in the chain somewhere. I've been a sem... | |
| help with speakers that rock, pleeze Ever thought of just getting a pair of matched subs? Set them right at the base of the Sparks and roll them in at about 50-60hz, and you should get some of the low end that will open up the stage on those speakers. I've got Sparks and love them wi... | |
| Quality recordings of reggae/ska and alternative I really like all the Counting Crows cd's for two channel. Also check out a Cd called "Dub side of the Moon" by the "Easy star all stars". It's a full dub remix of Pink Floyd's DSOTM. Awesome cd, great for parties, too. | |
| Looking for a great el34 based amp TAD-60 from Tube Audio Design. This has UL/Triode switch and the best feature ever for a small tube amp: Variable Global Negative Feedback. Also you can run this in a pseodo single ended mode where you bias one tube hot and one tube cold. This sur... | |
| Audio Space amplifiers I heard their amps at the Audio Karma fest in Michigan. The small room setup they had sounded fantastic, pushing Gini systems LS3/5A monitors with bass modules. This is just my opinion, but I think it was one of the standout rooms of the whole sho... | |
| Best bargain find ever ? I picked up an ADCOM 545 II for 20 dollars at a garage sale. Brought it home, hooked it up and cranked up Dark Side of the Moon on my old Klipsch speakers, my wife could hear the houses heart beating from the back fence!! Too funny! I got out of t... | |
| Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's? Hi Michael, I really wanted to fall in love with the maggie sound, too. The people who state that they need massive current and wattage might be on to something. If I have to take out a second mortgage to purchase amps for any speaker, that said s... | |
| Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's? I had the same exact experience as yourself, except my mains were Sparks. The MMG's seemed to create a "pretty picture" but just flat as could be from a macrodynamic perspective. Oddly, vocals had a more natural sound to my ears on the Sparks. I w... | |
| Which speaker is best with Naim A little secret about the Audio Physic offerings is the Spark III's you heard were not designed by Joachim Gerhard. I own the Original Spark (small room HT) and now the Tempo II's, both are pre 2000 production. My ears have never liked the ring ra... | |
| Paul Gryzbek's TAD-60 I just picked one up a couple of weeks ago. This unit is very versatile. I used to have a Jolida 502b and switched to a SS hi power monoblock chip amps. Low and behold, within a year, I'm back to tubes. The triode switch on the fly and variable fe... | |
| What is the best value you have encountered? IRD Audio MB-100's. 100 watt SS Monoblocks that use the same IC chip as the Linn Klimax amps. I'm just breaking them in now, and they already blow away my old AB ultralinear tube integrated. These things are super cheap, around 600 for a pair new ... | |
| Music that has good cymbals Phish-"A Picture of Nectar". Some of the best recorded rock & roll cymbals I have ever heard. Some of the crash cymbals decay for around ten seconds or more while the rest of the music just continues. It's almost creepy hearing a single crash ... | |
| Tube upgrades for Jolida 502B? I currently am running the EH KT-88's in my 502, to good result. I tend to think that the driver and pre tubes affect things a little more than the power tubes. Running a set of Mullard 4024's in the 12at7 positions, and tung-sol reissue 12ax7's i... | |
| The Musicians Behind The Motown Sound I'm an electric bass player, and Jamerson is my one true hero! He plays such ridiculously difficult lines, and they just flow out of the instrument. Most underrated player in the universe. The part about him laying on the ground drunk and playing ... | |
| Speaker Tilt Back benefits? This may sound crazy, but I've got the Virgo II's little brother, the Spark. I have used a different approach in my room. I listen about 6ft from ear to midwoof, and 8ft apart, so I'm in the nearfield. Anyway, the soundstage depth is so good-it st... |