immatthewj

Responses from immatthewj

Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes.
Gotcha, @erik_squires  , I have never purposely or accidentally done that.  The only experience I have is with one of those test CDs by Rodger Skoff & Doug Sax where (I think it's) Rodger who says, "IN PHASE, my voice should be tightly focused... 
life span/failure rate of filter capacitors?
Thanks, @sns  , I would like this amp to last longer than I do, if that is possible. I just got done looking on partsconnexion, & this may not be as easy as I was thinking it would be (finding one with the specs I want).  I'll do a search on ... 
Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes.
@erik_squires  , now I understand what you were saying. Out of phase, right? But with mismatched polarity, I would think that there should have been no concrete imaging between his speakers?   
Snowballs
@knotscott  , I must have missed that game.  Were the refs throwing any flags for the Tackling-Tom-Brady penalty?  
life span/failure rate of filter capacitors?
Thanks for the reply, @sns , I remember (and miss) the Dennis Had days. There used to be a wonderful individual (Kirk Owens) in tech support who was quite patient and thorough and walked me through about every problem or upgrade I ever had with on... 
Snowballs
Back in the ’90s betting on pro football was a hobby of mine, so I used to watch a lot of foot ball in those days.. I remember one game, it was San Diego @ The NY Giants, (Kent Graham was the QB for The Giants at the time) and the Giants gave up a... 
life span/failure rate of filter capacitors?
Thanks all.  @ditusa , @arcticdeth  , this is the thread that got me thinking about the subject   and after reading this thread, and a couple of quite recent threads related to the SLP-05, I don't think I want to send anything back to Car... 
Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes.
All tubes do is add harmonic distortion (the so called warm sound), so I'm not surprised it doesn't sound as good. @pedroeb  , I've never heard that tube amps have a reputation for shrinking the sound stage.  
Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time?
they do not reseat all connections, power and signal I will certainly give that a try, @ieales  .  
Microphonic from Vacuum Tubes?
For whatever reason, it hasn't happened since I started this thread.   So I just decided not to worry about it anymore. I think that's a good strategy.  It's hard to fix something when it's not broken (at least that's what I always say about in... 
Greatest Songwriter of all time
@backwash  , unfortunately I am not too familiar with Lyle Lovett's work, but You can't talk about song writes without Steve Earle or Lyle Lovitt I am in total agreement with you as related to Steve Earle's song writing--so much so that I prev... 
Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time?
Without question it does get better give it a week ,just like speaker cables  and use good gold copper outlets the garbage that are on your wall is $3   buy good outlets and always copper,never aluminum wire ! @audioman58  , is there an outl... 
Microphonic from Vacuum Tubes?
@xcool  , did you ever get to the bottom of this? The reason it came back to my mind was (unrelated to the SLP-05 specifically) I was reading a customer review of a brand of 5AR4 rectifier tube and a pop or thud heard through both channels was me... 
Dedicated Line - Things to consider
@immatthewj please let us know what you’ve heard as a result of the test when you get around to it I will do that, @audphile1 , and let us know what you wind up doing as far as your dedicated circuit(s) go. I actually hate doing sonic comparis... 
Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes.
Maybe the Mac 275 doesn't like the McIntosh MX123 A/V processor?