harrylavo
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| Anything more resolving than 65 year-old speakers? A note on Klipschorns, Altecs, etc. and other horn speakers. At the time the Klipschorns came out, James B Lansing (JBL) had a front loaded horn speaker that was even a bit bigger that sounded even better, although it's bass didn't go quite as lo... | |
| Anything more resolving than 65 year-old speakers? Great as the AR3 was at the time, at the same time AR featured in its Grand Central demo room and alongside one of the subway tunnels leading from the station to the bus station, a system featuring the AR1W woofer, the Janzen 130 midrange electros... | |
| WHEN DID YOU FINALLY STOP... I think wharts comments sum up my experience...both my first and second systems are highly musical and satisfying, and my record and cd collections keep growing and could keep me in fresh music for decades. Any swapping I do know is for educati... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? The Dynaco tube system --- FM3 tuner, PAS3 preamp, and ST-70 power amp, without a question....still not off today's best systems with fresh tubes and critical components updated with modern capacitors. The second best: KLH ORIGINAL (not new model... | |
| Speakers with deep/powerful bass A pair of Thiel 3.5 speakers with its equalizer will give you full power down to about 20hz....enough that bass turns into a vibration as much as a sound. The only drawback is that the speakers take at least 200 strong watts per channel to begin ... | |
| Tube preamp options If that "golden tube glow" is what you are after, the Conrad Johnson tube amps from the '90's are probably your most reliable source. Similar "softer" tube preamps (and very dimensional) are the Audible Illusions Modulus 3a and 3b preamps (with o... | |
| Which is better? I have never heard a Luxman component that was less than musical. | |
| Matching Pre-Amp to Amp Here's some generalities that hopefully might help: Most Transistor amplifiers (not all) have a relatively low input impedance and higher gain (than tube amps). Most transistor preamps have an accordingly low impedance and lower gain (than tub... | |
| Help Picking a Reel to Reel Deck Actually, you will have to go back to '50's and '60's decks to find ones that include a tape head output. And finding dual outputs may be even harder .... I don't know of any decks that feature that. Strike those from your list and you will stil... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Without being able to measure the response, are you sure that you are finding the Lyra better meets the loading of your phono input? You might want to explore both capacitive and resistance loadings on your cartridges to determine if, for example... | |
| Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding? I live near a major Air Force Base and occasionally get interference (although mostly on FM) from one of the radars on the base. The periodicity of the noise to me is a giveaway that it is something causing a "sweep". What that might be you are ... | |
| What's going on with the used audio gear market? ghasley - the Chicago School of which Milton Friedman was the main voice have been the minority economic theorists since the early fifties. Remember how FDR was going to ruin the economy? And the post-war "giveaways" (GI bill, subsidized housin... | |
| Dual 1219 spring suspension The older Duals are extremely well engineered, even though the engineering may look a little "crude". Unless you have a problem, just leave it alone. | |
| Sharing amp inputs between two pre-amps There is a company named Zektor that makes very high audiophile grade switching panels among other things. I have one called a MAS7.1, so named because it can handle up to 7.1 channel analog surround system. It will also switch three unbalanced ... | |
| Cat 5, 5a, 6, 6a, etc Buy some 4, 5, and 6 cables shielded or unshielded and begin to play by substituting.and listening, like any other component. Once you've got a preference for category, then try different brands and build qualities. Getting a system optimized ca... |