hilde45
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| I find myself "tuning out" anymore.....is the magic fading? The pendulum of suffering: when you get what you’re after, you’re bored. When you don’t get it, you’re frustrated. Either way, you lose. This is basic Schopenhauer, but it applies to the hobby of audio. It's clear -- you're tired of chasing goals... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Endless debates about gear when control of key variables have not been accounted for. Take, for example, the room. Food critics would never debate the quality of food if they were unsure whether or not food was doused in ketchup... But many audi... | |
| Subs? Two subs are always better than one. They extend the soundstage. This may be true, but for me it is subordinate to them helping with room modes. Two is good, three is great, four is...marginally better. Helpful: https://blog.teufelaudio.com/w... | |
| Impedance - The most ignored and useful measurement tool Not sure enough people understand how impedance phase angle affects matching of amp to speakers, too many look at only sensitivity. @sns Great point. In both the case of Fritz's speakers and my others, Ascends, the builders (Fritz and Dave Fab... | |
| Impedance - The most ignored and useful measurement tool I was talking about this yesterday with @decooney -- the usefulness of knowing speakers' impedance loads. We were discussing how much class A power would be optimal for speakers. | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @atmasphere We tested the amp for distortion and found that the left channel had a magnitude more distortion than the right; @5 watts it was 3.5%! So, we opened the amp up and there was a mis-wired tube socket with reversed leads. Green went to bl... | |
| Merry go round @rvpiano Got it. Sometimes my concert hall doesn't sound very good. I will come home from a performance and put on a CD or stream the same song and think, "Ah, now that's better." It is -- it's truly better. | |
| Is it O.K. To Speculate Re: Company Stability Here? If there's a problem with an audio company, just blame DEI. It works for air disasters, it can work for amplifiers. | |
| Merry go round @kevn Thanks, you too! rvpiano: Honestly, I didn't quite understand your point. Your view of "portrays the music accurately” is that it "delivers the musical message in a realistic way without distortion of original signal." My point was th... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @atmasphere Thanks! I am passing along to my tech | |
| Merry go round Thanks for the clarification. We will have to agree to disagree. If I’m understanding, you believe in the idea of a "true" sound of live instruments, particularly in an intimate setting as a universal baseline for audio appreciation. You suggest ... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? Interesting reaction I got from my tech about your idea: "That is an option and can be done. It is relatively simple and keeps the amp using only cathode bias, but if the EFB article is to be believed, the output transformers are not optimal for t... | |
| To Fritz, Quicksilver, and all the exceptional makers trying to get the word out @burtlake That will be my next experiment -- ST35 + Carbon 7s! | |
| Such Great help before. Maybe some more help now If you like the speakers, as I did, the greatest positive change would come from three things: 1. Room treatment. This is the biggest lever, potentially, but also involves the greatest cost and trouble. But it's 50% of the sound. Lots of help out... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? Thanks @atmasphere. I need to check into those things and I have a friend/tech who can help. |