glennewdick
Responses from glennewdick
| I Think We Can All Agree... Because a Focus RS (340hp) is so much better economy wise then the F150. | |
| Easy to drive, outstandingly natural sound from 40-50 Hz up.....AN-E, O/96, others? Living Voice speakers are what I moved to from AudioNote ANE's and I find them a better overall sound. 94db 6ohm nominal. I run them on a 8wpc 300b SET but honestly double that would be better. | |
| Are todays digital recordings engineered to sound best on a smartphones? oh the loudness wars continue. But I bet a majority of pop rock rap ect is mixed for headphone listening as 75% of those targeted listeners only listen through headphones- computer - Bluetooth speakers. ( ok I'm ready for the other 25% to lambaist... | |
| problem with volume control on a tube headphone amp + Elizabeth also:do not put WD40 I electronics period (wd40 is a cleaner with a mild lubricant not really good for anything imo). use a proper electronics cleaner. Also should note most volume pots are not very closely matched at their extremes ( ... | |
| Binding posts tightening physics and drastic change Was that the first time you moved your cables in some time? this would -could effect sound quality because if your cables have not been moved in a long time your basically reseating the cables and cleaning off the corrosion and making a better con... | |
| Hate to do this again. Start over. Class d For class D I hear the Red Dragon amps are a great sound quality to cost value, and they have a huge sale right now almost 50% off. I also don't get why people are so resistant to change with time the class D amps have come a long way, this from a... | |
| Does it make sense to use 6k$ Nos tube with 5K$ tube amplifier? of all the current production 300b tubes I feel the Genalex gold lion to be the best overall sound. better then the Shuguaug Western Electric knock offs and they are more money. I've heard or run the Suguaug Treasures, WE's, Psavne (not sure which... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions Ifi Audio Iphono 2 is actually dam good for $500ish. | |
| 300b tubes burn in time? Same brand and model or did you have another model from Shuguaug. I know the Black Treasures and WE's sound quite a bit different. That's said they do take a 50-200 hours to settle, so give them at least 50 hours. I personally found the treasures ... | |
| 300B Warmup versus other tube or SS amps? I'm sure it depends on your amp's my 300b SET seems to be fine after 10mins or so depending also on the time of day as I live in the city so supper time it sounds not great after much better. | |
| Recommendations for improving visceral impact? Vacuum your carpet before critical listening? really we are going there now. Next we will have threads on what vacuum sounds the best. | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? what type of speaker do you have as some speakers using 2nd and 3rd order cross overs have drivers of different polarity so you will never get the right polarity as each driver in the speaker could be different. | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? I ran a Luxman Class A amp 100v with a step down and found it wonderful. You do need a step down as the extra 10-20v in NA can cause issues. If you are concerned think of it this way there is a huge step down transformer out in front of your house... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? + for the ChinookAlso the Gold Note ph10, Allnic audio if you can find a nice used one ( first choice). Another contender you don't hear about much and surprised me was the Audio Note UK phono stages (particularly the stage 2 Audio Note Kit phono ... | |
| Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research 20 year warranty says a lot about Bryston, Levinson isn't really Levinson anymore can't say much about ARC never owned anything from them. Bryston and ARC have stood the test of time rather well with good customer support and product stability. |