immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| Amp vs Preamp I suppose it might be easier to stay within the same lineage or company when trying to match the components. I think you'd be less likely to get a truly awful combination that way. But that typed, I know that there are a bunch of members who... | |
| Pre Amp break-in balance issue I am assuming that with your previous preamp the balance was good? I am not familiar with that preamp, but I take it that it is SS and NOT tube? Because a weak tube in a certain socket could cause that.. What I do to verify that the signal is t... | |
| Amp vs Preamp I experienced a radical sonic change when I auditioned a Mesa Baron (amp) in place of my much smaller Cary SLA 70 (amp). The sonic change was not entirely positive, so I stayed with the Cary. Later I did pick up a pair of ARC VTM120s (amps) and t... | |
| Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system From the live red book of Holy Cole's It Happened One Night, I particularly enjoy the opening track, Cry If You Want To, for the sense of immediacy I get from it. I actually like the entire CD, but it is that track that comes to mind. I agree wi... | |
| Listening Room . . . too late to get another edit in, but they are both Nissan Sentras. And I assume 2024s. they both lease (I think) Nissans, and both of them had their lease run out at the same time early last spring and now they are both leasing brand new o... | |
| Listening Room @audioguy85 People just want your stuff for practically nothing nowadays. I don’t have any experience as a seller, but I am thinking that must be nothing new. Even tried selling things here. Had luck selling here years ago. The economy sucks... | |
| Preamps ... no bass or treble control? Holy necro-thread, Batman! | |
| High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps? Thanks @atmasphere , @doni and thanks to all. I did finally get off of the fence, but I felt a bit nervous about the Forte IVs after all I have read here, and sending them back would be a bitch. As I just typed, I did get off the fence and I j... | |
| Sound stage of studio recordings Patricia Barber Cafe Blue Unmastered? | |
| Sound stage of studio recordings The hype (which I guess I buy into) about the (DDD) recordings of The Cowboy Junkies Whites Off Earth Now and then The Trinity Sessions was all about the great job that was done of single miking them. | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? @judsauce , well, we’ve got the long weekend coming up, so maybe that is having an effect on whose there to answer the phone. We’ll hope so anyway. Maybe if you give them a call on Tuesday you will get through. Have you got your eye on a pre that... | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? Thanks, @erik_squires ; I always appreciate the tid bits of knowledge that I get from you and @atmasphere . | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? @erik_squires , can you explain what happens that makes that "pop" when a preamp is inadvertantly turned off before the amp? | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? Actually, OP, after reading @erik_squires reply, I do now remember someone posting about losing a pair of speakers due to what @americanradiance just described. That must be what your tech was talking about. | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? I was told that vacuum tube equipment was "old 1940's technology." And that tubes created conditions and extraneous signals that could/would fry certain components within the amp. Is that so? I don't have the knowledge and understanding of e... |