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| enough watts to drive these speakers? Help? My listening room at home is just about the same size as your friends. My current system there is Soliloquy 5.3 speakers which are 90db floorstanders, paired off with George Wright Mono 10's which are 10 watt monoblocks (push-pull 2A3 based amps).... | |
| EL34 comparisons please Tube comparisons are largely system-depndent, and component dependent. One brand may sound great in one amp/system, while inferior in another. Also your own preferences and expectations will be different from others. Some may like a pronounced mid... | |
| Postal Money Order versus Bank Money Order ??? As Maxcast discovered with his bank, my bank also offers a stop-payment on both certified checks and money orders with the burden of proof on the purchaser for the (legitimate) reason for stopping the payment. USPS offers no such service. Also, co... | |
| What items do you rarely ever see offered for sale Liquid Nitrogen-cooled speaker cables."The Perch".Florida's presidential electorate vote.Life insurance policies for Bin-Laden. Man, you left that one wide open didn't you!?Marco | |
| My, My...what a nice sound this amp has ... Went through the same awakening several years back. My siren called out to me from the mid-80's when I 'd heard my good friends system consisting of a pair of vintage Quad speakers, a rebuilt Dynaco amp, and a Audible Illusions pre. I still rememb... | |
| ain't got no soul: bad covers of great soul songs The album "The Chipmunks Sing Alongs" is all covers, including "Witch Doctor". Not sure which version that might be as I've never had the pleasure of hearing the album myself, but I'm fairly certain it would be at the top of my list of bad covers.... | |
| Please advise - power for TUBE amp? I'd guess it depends on the amp and circuit design, but from what I understand turning tubes on and off does put stress and wear on the tubes above and beyond leaving them on. Obviously if you leave them on for several days without listening that ... | |
| Great country music recording Here's a few that are borderline fusion with a bit of bluegrass infleuence:Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings and RevivalThe Be Good Tanya's - Blue HorseEmmylou Harris - Wrecking BallRichard Buckner - Devotiion and Doubt, Self-titled acousti... | |
| What tattoo to get next? I can't recall the DVD title, but we just watched a collection of short documentary films. One of them was of a guy who was tatoo'd and pierced from head to toe with a bit of skin showing here and there. He was on his way to get the next ultimate ... | |
| killer violin tracks. A very enthusiastic second to the Lara St. John / Bach recommendation. It will raise the hairs on the back of your neck, and on the back of anywhere else you happen to have hairs! Another wonderful performance and recording is the EMI recording of... | |
| Please read and help me Quicksilver's Linestage is also an excellent (tubed) pre and can be had on the used market for around $550-650. I'm currently using a prototype built by Dan Wright (Modwright) in my home system that uses two 5687 tubes and is downright wonderful i... | |
| xlr and rca on same IC cable?? Some cable companies will custom make a cable to spec for you with XLR on one end and RCA on the other. I used Stealth cables for me ARC LS2B to used the balanced section. I sold the ARC so also am selling the cables. One has already sold and ship... | |
| Tube upgrade/rolling question Here is the review from Stereophile I was thinking of. It was a follow up from an article titled "In Search of the Perfect 300B". The conclusion of that article, as in pretty much ever one I've ever read, was that the Western Electric is the cream... | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Gordus - If you like Lisa Gerrard, I'd bet you'd also like some of the Early Music recordings of Jordi Savall and his wife, Montserrat Figueras, who also has a remarkable soprano voice. I'd highly recommend their recording on AllaVox titled, "El C... | |
| Tube upgrade/rolling question Last time I checked, Mapleshade does not build a brass damper for a 300B tube. Perhaps Brauser was suggesting them for the smaller tubes. The largest available, unless they've come out with something new, is an Anchor C which is for an EL34-sized ... |