jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| 12x7 tubes I agree with Joe's Tube Lore that the USA - made 5751 is the best bang-for-buck choice! | |
| 12x7 tubes You can also try the 5751 as a lower-gain alternate! | |
| 12x7 tubes Any of the old USA - made 12AX7’s (GE, Sylvania, Baldwin ...) are very good choices! I prefer them over any present day production. Old UK Mullards are really over-hyped and way too costly! I like the green ink Baldwins (made for use in the Baldwi... | |
| What speakers after Snell KII Why not keep using the KII's? For their size and cost a classic design! I have a pair. For SQ the KII's can compete with any four-figure speakers. You would have to spend four-figures to equal the sound of the KII's! Something like the Quad 57's -... | |
| Rega Brio weird sound Too many modern digital recordings have a hot tipped-up treble. My CD of Master of Puppets. was unpleasant in the highs! I compared it to the LP. No contest! The MoP LP was way better! Find better sounding recordings! Anyway, I am familiar with th... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? For plug-n-play get a new Pioneer PLX1000 ($700) and an AT740ML cartridge. No headaches worrying about restoration costs. I bought one to add to my TT collection. I put a Denon 103R mc on it. Sounds excellent! Go to the Stereophile archives and re... | |
| Tuner choice Mitsubishi DA-F10 or DA-F20. About $200 on eBay. I have the DA-F10 in daily use here in the St.Pete, FL area. WUSF 89.7 FM has good NPR programming and All Night Jazz nightly! | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? Any Empire! I have four in my TT collection. Truly excellent American-made belt drives with powerful motors and heavy platters. | |
| When the Audio Critic was subjective. I am back as my alter ego Jasonbourne52! Today we have an arms race among DAC designers with the subjectivists claiming superiority for their favorite 4 and 5-figure DACs. While the objectivists pursue lower cost and increasingly linear DACs. | |
| Empirical Evidence?...the gap between subjective and objective Speakers have not evolved to the point where their faults elude measurements. Unlike electronics! The speaker that measures better always sounds better! OTOH electronics (amps, preamps, DACs, streamers) have become largely transparent to the sourc... | |
| My Next Upgrade: Speakers or Turntable? Sell the B&W's and get the Sanders ESL's. Transient speed/detail, transparency and life-size image superior to Magico. | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tube question 66 14 = 14th week of 1966 | |
| Is a Garrard 401 or 301 "accurate"?? The 301 was the late Art Dudley's favorite TT. He preferred it over his Linn Sondek! | |
| Keep Vintage or sell for new Keep the FET 10! Why spend thousands for a new preamp? Sonic differences between the FET 10 and today's gear are not enough to justice the cost! It was an excellent preamp when new and remains so today. | |
| Tyro Audiophile with questions You can do your shopping online for audio gear when you move to Romania. |