hickamore
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| Tube amps under $7500 All: definitely aware of ARC, CJ, BAT, and would not need to ask about those as it is a given they are top-end. Many others mentioned that I don't know much about and will check out. Could be I will end up where I started, which is "if you don't ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 Biasing: thing is, power amps are huge and heavy and live in a dark spot down by the floor where I would need to crawl like a reptile with a flashlight more often than I find comfortable for normal maintenance jobs. | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @audphile1 Just learned that user must re-bias ST-100 tubes every 4 months. Hmmm, yeah -- one of several reasons I have avoided tube amps. Current Prima Luna 400 has autobiasing. Not sure how well it works, but if it does . . . | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @audphile1 Rogue now definitely on the list. Had forgotten about them but I do know a dealer pretty well. @biglou13 , If this means I am wasting my time shopping under $15k, well, so much for the experiment. You did notice I am talking amps, not ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @soix, I love the romantic, tube-y sound, with realistic deep bass. Always relied on preamps with class A-A/B amps before, but that could be just habit or bias or maybe I forgot why. Legacies are Signature SE, best bass presentation anywhere near ... | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? @waytoomuchstuff +1 for the post. Thought I had owned/heard the worst of the worst, but this thread proves I got off easy. OMG, JBL. Never bit on those myself, but knew people who did. Ouch. | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby We say "music" when we mean "recordings." We can buy "sheet music," but it won't play itself. So we acquire recorded performances of that music. Some of these recordings are lousy -- the conductor has an idiosyncratic interpretation that we can't ... | |
| The real truth about recordings As I have always said, there are no great "songs," there are only (1) great performances and (2) great recordings. In hi-fi we deal with recordings. (Actually there a few songs so good that almost nobody could mess them up. Except maybe James Tayl... | |
| A.I. music Very interesting stuff here. ++ @snilf , @sfgak | |
| Giving Advice without recommending your own equipment Frankly, I see nothing wrong with experienced audiophiles recommending products that they own. THE MERE FACT THEY HAVE CHOSEN IT IS A TESTAMENT TO ITS MERIT. In this forum you are dealing with sophisticated consumers of a sophisticated line of pro... | |
| Dog pissed on speaker Who allows a piddling dog inside the house? My terriers NEVER peed indoors. True, I could use only wall-mounted bookshelf speakers, but that was because of the cats, who would scratch anything if you displeased them by, say, leaving home for too l... | |
| Anybody using the last record preservative Back in the vinyl days I put all new records through the Nitty Gritty first, then treated with LAST & stored in MHS archival sleeves. And so they remain today, nothing being spun more than once a year barring intoxicated visitors. Sounds like ... | |
| Amp — Leave on or turn off @kckrs In my experience, Class A/AB also on 24/7 unless traveling. We really should follow the mfr recommendations. And if you bought used, the manual is available online. | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. After a career of frustration in rewrapping naked wires and tightening spades, along came bananas to the rescue. Sold me immediately and forever. If I am missing something other than needless hassles, the proof thereof is, shall we say, not yet ev... | |
| Volume levels @bigtwin +1 @lowrider57 +1 |