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| Who can make these cones?Help Mapleshade has their heavyfeet, and accordingly to the website can match any US and metric thread size... | |
| A higher level than Mullard in tube quality? that $300 could go toward a pair of US made Amperex orange label 7308s, or even the white labels. Each will give you some of the midrange warmth of the Mullards, but with more air at the top end and a sharper soundstage.I personally think it would... | |
| Should I upgrade from Sylvania 6DJ8 to better tube In my experience, there is substantial improvement over a 6DJ8 tube by going with a 6922 or 7308 which offer very tight triode sections.Two top choices are 1960's Siemens 6922 and 1960's US made Amperex 7308 (either orange or white label). The Sie... | |
| Are most budget & mid range amps under-powered? Dont get hung up on power ratings. there is no set rating system for maufacturers and, as such, the specified power output is useless in determining an amps capability. In fact, some find lower powered amps to sound better than their big watt comp... | |
| Cary V12R Tubes SED el34's are superb...if you like a warm rich midrange. I currently run EH 6CA7 in AES Sixpacs and love them. They sound more accurate in triode than the SED and the highs sparkle more. According to Cary, the V12 was voiced for el34 tubes even t... | |
| Cable elevators Yeah, they work! If you have a synthetic carpeted floor such as nylon, that is one large mass of poor dielectric. Lifting all cables off that surface will sharpen the focus, so to speak -- should be quite noticeable if you have a revealing system.... | |
| 1A fuse instead of 1/2A fuse: any problem? really bad idea. Have you checked out HiFi Tuning fuses? they have fuses at the rating you need (500ma). MusicDirect.com carries the HiFi Tuning line if you are interested, check em out. | |
| Home made power strips you should check out vhaudio.com. Chris has an item called the hotbox, which is exactly what you describe. He allows you to select the male AC connection and the outlets you desire. I have one in my system with furutech connectors and outlets, and... | |
| Small bookshelfs that reach 42 hz I run Revel M22's full range with no sub and personally have no desire to add one. They reproduce the full range of bass guitar in my setup very accurately and clean. If aesthetics are a concern, the Revels are very elegant looking with the two-to... | |
| Why is there so much PS Audio stuff for sale? It's simple marketing. PS Audio heavily advertises their products, and has many authorized online retailers making their catalog very readily available for even the average consumer. Therefore substantially more people buy their product than anoth... | |
| Any experience with Opera Callas monitors? I use Mapleshade golden double helix speaker cable and their 4" maple platforms for my tube monoblocks with excellent results (and it looks great as well!) I found the maple stands to add substantial sonic texture and depth to already superb ampli... | |
| Where can you buy Triangle speakers in the SF Bay AudioVisionSF on Pine St carries Triangle and has a good number of their speakers in stock | |
| only if you own totem eros ,best int cd combo I have heard two very impressive modest set-ups with the Arros. The first is Musical Fidelity's X-T100, X-Ray v8, and triple X power supply -- $3000 new! The other setup was Creek Evo, which would run $2000 new for both the integrated and cd playe... | |
| Need a 100 WPC Integrated Tube amp, reco's please? Are you certain you need 100 tube watts? That would be an awfully powerful integrated amp, if one is even built to such standards. Are your speakers biwireable? If so, you could use your existing tube integrated to run the upper frequencies, and a... | |
| How good is Meridian 596 as CD transport? I own a 596, and think it would make a very solid transport. I wouldn't be turned off by the low resale value -- it really is an obsolete player now; not offering progressive scan or hi-resolution audio. I have had zero functional issues with mine... |