fleschler
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| Can a system sound too Holographic? I wanted more holographic sound despite having two pairs of Shakti Hallographs. I purchased a GIK Q7D quadradic diffuser for the center mount between the speakers front wall and that made the soundstage pop from center as well as spread the sound... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @wolf_garcia Just the $22 Acme treated fuse took an EAR 864 with NOS tubes from the trash heap/forward sound with no depth (combined with plugging into the Tipplite plug closet to the power cable) to beat out the EAR 912 with NOS tubes. The SR bl... | |
| How rare is an audiophile Someone mentioned that audiophiles should spend more time procreating. True, however, two of my three current best friends are single men in their 60s (hetero) who are audiophiles and listen to music daily and often. as much as time permits (not ... | |
| How rare is an audiophile @mahler123 Generally, you are correct. The president and founder (deceased) Dr. Braun (head of thoracic surgery Kaiser, cantor and a fine orchestral violist) of the Jewish Music Commission (new classical and Jewish ethnic oriented music grants an... | |
| How rare is an audiophile @mahler123 Well, I have 7 living audiophile friends. I asked 3 of them today if they ever discussed music or audiophilia with their physicians (and myself included that's 4). None of us discussed music or audiophilia with our physicians except ... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" Any SR and the Acme fuses were tremendously superior to a Bussman and Littlefuse glass or ceramic fuses in my EAR 864. I was not using it for a decade and was about to sell it because it was very forward sounding and lacking in any depth. All of t... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @carlsbad2 I am responding to an earlier post of yours. I totally disagree based on my own equipment. The biggest change is in my DAC and Pre-amp between fuse manufacturers and type. Acme special-total failure/worse than the standard fuse in t... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" Last night, I found that the SR blue fuse in my EAR 864 pre-amp sounded more closed in that an SR purple fuse (both having 100s of hours on them) but the purple fuse, despite being more open, slowed the pace/dulled the rhythm-less interesting (yes... | |
| "But it sounds better at night...." I can affirm that it is not necessarily time of day but the weather and general neighborhood power use conditions that determine if the power will be less or more clean. Today’s power versus pre-internet and especially pre-HVAC was substantially c... | |
| Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps @orthomead Thanks for the tube life at 6 years. I listen a minimum of 2 hours nightly, more than 800 hours annually. I have 2 EAR 890 amps but they sound great with classical chamber/orchestral, vocal/opera/pop, jazz (traditional to post bop) a... | |
| Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps I just read the Audioshark forum. No difference in power per KT tube, interchangeable as well. Preference apparently for the stock KT88 over other types and most NOS tubes except for V1 6SN7s | |
| Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps @orthomead I didn't know that one could just drop in a KT150 quartet in at all or with modification. The amp is rated 100 watts per side with a quartet of KT88s (which VAC claims they achieve tapping 3 tube elements instead of just the plate and... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities @vinocour 100% on your 3 part answer. Better than my comment which begins with rhythm as well. My wife will not watch opera except live performances (we have season tickets-she loves live opera) and certainly will not share my huge recorded colle... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities To start with, without rhythm, there is no music. Timing is everything to music (just a single tone repeated at an interval can be considered music whereas random sounds do not constitute music). So, number one, the audio system has to maintain ... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? I haven’t read all the responses but I can assure you, that purchasing a Yamaha CR620 receiver for about $200-$300 and either a Legacy Signature III or Focus speakers for $1500-$2500 (all used but very durable/recap the Yamaha if necessary) will b... |