inna
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| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? Now why do I get tired of seeing the tekton name all over the place? Enough. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Next year maybe, I spent enough already. I would be cautious to take the sound in warmer direction compared to how it is now, that would also probably be the case if I replaced the RCA black plates with Mullards for the driver. Yes, we discussed... | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? marco1, thank you. Yes, so now I have 12AX7 Mullard long plates in the preamp, 12AU7 RCA black plates in the driver and Mullard EL34 XF2 power tubes. This is done. Now I will have to think/experiment what to put in the phono stage, since I don't ... | |
| Why did you purchase the equipment you have and what do you like most about it? First, I don't buy anything that looks wrong to me. Yes, looks. Then, if I can't audition it, and usually I can't, I listen to other people, especially some on Audiogon. Pro reviews are without exception all BS, you never know what they really hea... | |
| Fine tuning the system. Where do you start and how do you proceed ? Tuning is an art indeed. | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? This is quite a range of very different speakers. From British ProAc, Tannoy and Fyne to Italian Sonus Faber and Rosso to American Devore, Silverline, Varndersteen and others to French JM Labs. How do you choose if buying used and can't really au... | |
| Fine tuning the system. Where do you start and how do you proceed ? Do it step by step, one at a time - that's an excellent advice. Looking for best pressings is an almost never ending process, but before that you have to find out what the best pressings are. Sometimes it's difficult to know before actually compa... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? Why not ? After all, six is not sixty, that was reasonable. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? Interesting power cord comparison with your Sound Labs. And speaking of tonearm/cartridge match.. I'll let others speak, I don't know much about it. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? ghdprentice, of course. I once put $2k power cord on $1k integrated amp and it was much better compared to $500 power cord, let alone $100 power cord. | |
| Have you been enjoying your Gryphon Diablo 120 integrated ? arafiq, far be it from me to suggest that Gryphon is overall a better amp. As you say, they are different, and of course both are in a different league than Luxman. It is also about match to the speakers. | |
| A question about tube rolling Brien, I see. Thank you. | |
| A question about tube rolling Did I miss it or you didn't mention it ? What particular tubes for your phono stage are we talking about ? | |
| Have you been enjoying your Gryphon Diablo 120 integrated ? I seems that one of the main ideas is to get great dynamics. And for that it would be Gryphon not Vitus, I suppose. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? $30k table, $15k arm, $25k phono stage and you may be ready for $10k cartridge. Or perhaps it is $40k table and $10k arm. Whatever. And don't forget about tonearm cable, it is the most important cable in the entire chain. Oh, and motor controller ... |