jafox
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| Tube amps and speaker matching Recently I read somewhere that tube amps are not good at driving speakers which have a wide impedance curve, say if the impedance swings from 3-20 Ohms across the audio range.Not many speakers have such wild impedance curves. The SoundLab speakers... | |
| Two things about tubes Excellent response from Lloydc | |
| SS against Tube Preamp A tube amp will make more of a difference in better sound.My experiences after owning 3 ARC tube amps, 1 hybrid Counterpoint, Wolcott and now the CAT, is that the tube preamp brings far more benefit to the decays, ambience and harmonics. The key i... | |
| Tell me about "tubey" tubes. Morgenholz will put to rest the fact that tubes in fact color the music.And how are tubes different than any other active or passive component in an audio product's internal-component lineup? Just read about the various Nelson Pass designs where a... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? My older bro owns a Marantz 2215..oldie but powerful. Huh? This was the lowest powered receiver of the Marantz 22xx/23xx series, at 15 wpc. | |
| Stealth Hyperphono vs. Silver Audio Silver Breeze? I have owned both cables: the Silver Breeze (SB) since the time it came out about 10 years ago and the Hyperphono for 4 years now. I did many shootouts between these from time to time as I tried different cartridges from Clearaudio, Koetsu, Sumiko... | |
| Should I Try a Tube Preamp? Mr Tennis: When it comes to tube gear, you frequently focus on the tonal colorations of such products. But this is only one area where tube gear is often different from solid state. And in many modern tube products, the tonality maybe be very simi... | |
| Power cables for martin logan SL3 The SL3 has no active component inside (no amp). There is absolutely no benefit to change out the stock cable. Don't waste money on that.Hmmmmm. I run Sound Labs A1 full-range speakers and thus they also do not have a built-in amp. But after addre... | |
| Power cord for low-watt tube amp? The latest thinking is to keep has much cash in your pocket and not pay for audio illusions that amount to delusions...Yes, by those whose systems are not resolving enough to show the audible differences in cable.....but not for the many of us A'g... | |
| mbl 101e vs 116f vs 111f The MBL 101 series is reported by many to be a tough speaker to drive. I have not heard of this "issue" with the other mentioned MBL speakers. I suggest you search threads here on A'gon to learn about these speakers and pros/cons by real users and... | |
| Arc-PH-5 what tubes should I use Paying $90 for new RAM tubes is ridiculous when these are likely Sovtek or EH "hand-picked" tubes. You can buy 6 or 7 of these at places such as here for $90 and surely 4 will be fine for your PH-5. I'd bet that all would be as good as the RAM or ... | |
| Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27? Jafox, Markwatkiss - I think you are too hard on ARC.Yes, perhaps, but my comment was not so much based on the claim that the next product is "better" than the last. It was about a newer product down in the line outperforming the top tier products... | |
| Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27? Called the Audio Research and they said the new LS 27 sounds better than the Ref 3 and very close to Ref 5.This is a common comment here on A'gon.....the latest LS2X is "better" than the previous RefY. This does not say much about a company's flag... | |
| Tube Preamp with adjustable gain Th ARC LS5 MK I and II have a 30/12 db switch. It's only got balanced connections though. | |
| Troubles with Sound-Smith return communications? Turnaround time has always been a problem with SoundSmith. Best not to do business with them until they sort out their operational problems, which have been a problem for the last three years.Nonsense! I had three cartridges re-tipped by Peter in ... |