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| One of the best HDMI cable? I use any HDMI cable that is premium certified, as indicated by the logo:https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/premiumcable/faq.aspx | |
| This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in. This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.Trust me, you would have received a response from Georgehifi regardless of whether or not the post is especially for him. :)Just injecting a little humor :) No doubt about it that @georgehi... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General This is old stuff gd.Right. I'm pretty sure there was a recent thread though here on the forum quoting Nelson Pass as to his thoughts on amplifier evolution. If I'm not mistaken it is somewhat at an impasse. To that end a fellow (Roger) from HCAT ... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General Sales pitch, to make one believe there’s a a romantic/euphonic side to it. as the tubes are in between the s/s I/V stage and output buffer and serves no purpose, but a sales pitch.Then perhaps I should stay with my M6si which I’m happy and content... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General Interesting bit of info as well that MF went to the trivistor when the Nuvistors dried up.Musical Fidelity time-line http://www.musicalfidelity.com/about-us/timeline confirms that nuvista 1997 and trivista 2002, but why then (seeking speculation) ... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General I see that. And I hope I wasn’t patronizing! It’s just that they are such different beasts. And what is a tube sound anyway? ....All good. And your question is well taken. | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General @georgehifi and @viridian Thank you both very much. A lot to read through and digest.From what I gather from your input this far the use of nuvistors in the MF design does not necessarily in and among itself produce the famed tubed sound, and inst... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General No. Not necessarily. It depends on everything - circuit, quality of transformers, type of tube, configuration of tube, quality of passive components. Adding tubes is not a panacea for some "tube sound."Agreed. That's why I prefaced the question by... | |
| The MP3 is finally...dead! ....would anyone like to tell me if flac is as good as uncompressed wav files ....Yes. Meaning the same wav file (uncompressed) when compressed to flac is definitely "as good". In terms of disk space, flac is preferred because it takes less of it.... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General To clarify one other thing, Nuvistors are vacuum tubes. Appreciate the clarification. Then, given they are vacuum tubes, assuming all else being equal, should one expect to achieve the same level of "famed" tube sound by using nuvistors (as compar... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General Thank you @viridian | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General @viridian Do you have an opinion (and care to share) of the Musical Fidelity amplifier products/designs that use nuvistor tubes? I'm currently using an M6si which I'm very happy with, but the "nuvista" series is their top-of-the-line offering. Tha... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General Hi @georgehifi Your reply is a bit "over-my-head", but I glean the gist of what you're saying/writing is to avoid designs that use nuvistor tubes? To your point about needing to have capacitor or transformer coupling, is this something unique to n... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General I do not know what a Nuvista is so I hope someone hear can help you with that I do know what a Nuvistor is Yes, excellent point. My bad. The essence of my question stems from Musical Fidelity amplifier products http://www.musicalfidelity.com/prod... | |
| Full detailed sound at 30 - 40 - 50 dB @atmasphere I’m very appreciative of your rather detailed and informative last post herein. I know I read from you elsewhere on the forum (and quite a while ago now and paraphrasing) that all amps distort less as their power level is decreased, bu... |