jax2
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| High efficiency speakers My bias against powered bass in high efficiecy speakers is just a thought that since these designs use transistor amps for ther woofers, are they forgoing the supposedly sonic superiority of SET over SS amps (even in the bass quality.)?I don't kno... | |
| High efficiency speakers I'll echo the suggestion of Coincident and Silverline. Both have excellent SET-friendly solutions. With your bias against d"Appolito alignment might eliminate Coincident though they sure sound great to me. I heard Daedalus speakers sounding absolu... | |
| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films In both versions they resist injecting any sexual tone to Leon's attitude, but the precocious young Portman does suggest it ever so subtly in her character. Shes remarkable.Agreed! If you like Portman here, DEFINITELY check out the film from aroun... | |
| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films Thanks... I have the one about the hit man and the little girl. "The Professional" I'll look into the restIf you like Gary Oldman's over the top performance as the bad cop in that film, also check out Nicholas Roeg's film, "Track 29" which is anot... | |
| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films I love film, and I hate most of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood, so I could go on and on, but these are all at the top of my list:Wings of DesireSecrets and LiesEverything is IlluminatedI Like Killing FliesStroszekBerlin AlexanderplatzCity o... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result the quest is not to achieve a perfect stsereo system, as there is no perfect stereo system. the goal would be to achieve a particular voicing or tuning of the stereo system to suit one's taste. such a stereo system would be deliberately colored, i... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result A few scattered thoughts reading this interesting thread thus far; The "quest" you've described has no end. There is no system that could possibly satisfy all requirements for all program materials. Unless the owner just listened to a few CD's/LP'... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result Listening to music is much preferred for me when weighed against the quest for great sound in my system. I find the 'quest' to be quite frustrating at times and would rather the gear all go away and that I was left with just pure musical pleasure.... | |
| Popping from tube integrated amp If it's a constant popping sound I would bet it was one of the preamp tubes and not the power tubes. I'm not familiar with that amp, but do check those as well. If you swap in your other set of power tubes and the noise persists its an even better... | |
| Re-ripping music collection to new iMac My hardcopy CDs are, in most cases, copies themselves that I burned from public libraries, friends CDs, etc.You do realize that this is a blatant copyright infringement? Not sure why you'd want to share that information publicly. As far as whether... | |
| Review: Jolida JD-302b Tube amp I like your choice of music! Patty and CJR are on the top of my list as well, though I find that the stridencies in Patty's voice at the high end can be both a challenge for some components and distracting at times. Still, love her music and have ... | |
| What is the best tube preamp currently available? To repair your Golden Tube Audio preamp you may want to try contacting Loc Vu-Quoc. He is apparently a specialist with those components and does modifications as well. I don't have contact information, but you might contact the person running this... | |
| Chopin Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66 Thanks all. Newbee, great to hear from a fellow idiot! I'd already done a bit of research on my own and had already ordered the Hewitt version on SACD so good to hear I made a good choice. Great input as always, Newbee, and I'm a hopeless romantic... | |
| whats the best amplifier for me?? if size and weight is a consideration then maybe you want something like nu-force or anotherclass t amp.Nuforce are Class D amps, I believe. Good recommendation. I'd check out BelCanto's Ref 1000's as well (similar technology). You can always get ... | |
| Integrateds: Warm sounding SS vs Hybrid I'd give the Unico another shot - The sample I've heard did not exhibit any tube noise at all. That could have been a sign that the tubes were in need of replacement, or that something else was going wrong. I thought it was an excellent choice for... |