hilde45
Responses from hilde45
| Quicksilver Preamps? I'd like to A/B my Quicksilver against a "truly hi fi" preamp someday. I don't doubt it can be bettered, but I've not had the chance to see whether it would be bettered by 50% or 10% or 1%, etc. To my ears of course, which are the only ones I've h... | |
| Premature gear defenestrations I came up with this question because sometimes people make changes to their gear without first realizing its potential. People may not realize that tubes can be changed, or that a number of other factors could either be optimized -- room, electric... | |
| Premature gear defenestrations I don’t understand “sold a piece of gear.”You might want to get a CAT scan. | |
| Quicksilver Preamps? I have the non-remote version and tube changes have been fun to play with. I will mod it when the warranty period is over and may not feel a need to change it until everything else changes around it. I love it. | |
| Could The Music Room biz model be duplicated? A second TMR? TMR is a proven success. So, the odd person here or there who doesn't prefer them is not indicative of whether or not their idea is a good one; they are. Their testing and guarantee of the gear is a huge factor for me, and it's where they more tha... | |
| Reasonably sensitive speakers for tube amps, max $2k/pair, new or used @charles7 I heard the QS Integrated with Dynaudio Evoke 20 and it was very good until about 77 or so db and then it got a bit distorted. Those speakers are 86 db and 6 ohm, so it was probably a bit much, but I've heard tube amps really like an 8 ... | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. Not sure what "missed out on" means, as all the recordings are available. Missed out on the chance to see these bands live? Missed out on the zeitgeist of the times? Help me out, here. | |
| Recommendation for Class-A integrated amp "Some nice Nazi gear out there." FFS. | |
| There us a Worldwide Panic on Availability of Vacuum Tubes It may turn out to be true both that more and more move to Class D *and* that tube demand creates new supplies for demands from Asia and from others (e.g. guitar amp makers). But there's bound to be some novelty to the new situation -- perhaps tub... | |
| There us a Worldwide Panic on Availability of Vacuum Tubes @tomcy6 Fair point. I've deleted my response to keep the politics out. I suppose I'm unnerved about politics again due to the variety of things happening in the world, but audio should be our haven. I will let the slight go. Thanks for your cooler... | |
| Reasonably sensitive speakers for tube amps, max $2k/pair, new or used Spatial audio fans: how would you describe the dimensionality of the sound in comparison to, say, Magnepans? | |
| Could The Music Room biz model be duplicated? A second TMR? @theo East coast would be great. I didn't think they sold new P.S. Audio directly, but rather that the used gear that P.S. Audio gets from their generous trade in program is somehow channelled to TMR for resale. I read that, I believe, somewhere. ... | |
| Speaker Road Trip "Something for me seemed to be missing, it may have been the fact that I couldn't pinpoint the source of what I'm hearing which was unfamiliar. Ultimately I decided they weren't for me" EXACTLY how I feel about them. | |
| Upgrade thoughts and reccomendations How do you like the Hawks? Saw some used recently... | |
| Reasonably sensitive speakers for tube amps, max $2k/pair, new or used @zazouswing Room's about 22 feet x 14 feet x 8 feet. Omegas are an interesting idea. There's an Omega 7xrs set used for $800 on audiomart I was eyeing for my friends. Hmmm. |