grannyring
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| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil My Duelund Alex caps sound poor after 120 hours and sounded glorious after 30 hours.My bass. Is now all but gone? I am really fustrated and will let them burn in another 100 or more hours. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Ok, I hope you folks can tell me if what I am going through is normal with these new Duelund Alexander caps. I purchased a new set of 3.3 uf Alexanders for use as coupling caps in my tube preamp. After about 24 hours they sounded darn good to me. ... | |
| Modern Linestages Pubul57I think you do know the answer for NAD. Small margin, but very high volume over many years. Just a different business model and marketing strategy. Bet NAD sold/sells more units then the Constellation preamp in one day part.In addition the ... | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? The 8 foot ficus tree idea came from Dr. West the man who designed my Soundlab speaker. This particular tweek is a universally accepted way to diffuse the sound coming from the back of my speaker. He actually sells a tall device that diffuses, but... | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? Well I "feel" they diffuse as, well, they do. I pulled the 8 foot trees out from behind my Soundlab speakers to a/b vs. them in place and they do indeed work!Maybe placement behind Soundlab speakers is the only way they work, but they do work in t... | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? I assume your being serious? Diffusion works most with the thin branches and leaves and how they are spread out. I ask if you actually a/b's the two to back up your comment?I would think the leaves could be most any material - with or without wate... | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? They work great for diffusion. I place them behind my Soundlab speakers for effective,cheap and good looking diffusion. | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? Stringreen are you serious about real plants? Are you saying they work better/sound better then fake trees/plants? | |
| Modern Linestages Charles1dad,Did not mean to imply my system was all that .... Really just pointing out my experiences and I sure wish I could have another listening room with an equally well thought out "simple" system with SET tube amps. I have a place in my hea... | |
| Modern Linestages Charles1dad,My current tube pre is a well executed, pretty simple design and the best I have yet to hear. I share the same general assumptions as you, but I have not heard enough to say simple is best. I just don't know for sure. I would love to l... | |
| Modern Linestages One other thing for us to consider. If we rest and stay put on known current simple and complex designs, then we will never progress and learn what is possible.I say continue to develop on both fronts (simple and complex) to the benefit of all Aph... | |
| Modern Linestages Well it's not necessary if you're not shooting for the very, very best and trying to push SOTA.If using established means and really not pushing the limits is all one wants, then the push for that last vestage of improvement is a waste of time and... | |
| Modern Linestages Correction - Absolute Sound has the Constellation Altair preamp review not Stereophile. | |
| Modern Linestages Is it not a fair question to ask what prompts a tripling in price for what essentially should be a fairly simple electronic device?"Some preamps are not simple in design and are SOTA accomplishments that push the whole industry further. The curre... | |
| Modern Linestages Atma,Yes, I so understand your post. Yes, it seems the digital medium may in fact be a great source of lost fidelity. There are different roads to the same end and perhaps different experiences based on each of our own perceptions of what fidelity... |