jazzdude
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Cello - Try the B&K 747B. It is a solid-state design, is reliable, and low-maintenance. Alternately get a TV-7. It will test older tubes like the WE101D (used in the Grange) that the 747B cannot test. The TV-7 is very popular with tube sellers... | |
| Speakers: What's MOST important to you?... An absence of colorations, accurate tonality, detail, dynamics, soundstage and imaging, etc. Each of these qualities is essential, but most of all the speakers must evoke a positive emotional reaction. My speakers should make me look forward to sp... | |
| Thiel speakers... one more try Buying a speaker you don't care for because it has higher resale is like marrying a woman you don't love because she'll be easier to get over when you divorce. It defeats to whole purpose of the endeavor to enjoy music or a relationship and sets y... | |
| Thiel speakers... one more try IMO, there is no point in buying a speaker you don't prefer (PSB) just because they have higher resale value. | |
| glass fibre optic ST cable Question Toslink and ST are the two standards for digital audio fiber. My understanding is that the written standards specify the connector to be used, but are vague on the glass. Both SM and MM should work given the short distances involved. If you are lu... | |
| ribbon or electrostatic speakers The Gilmore Audio audio speakers are reminiscent of the Carver Amazing Loudspeakers, 60" of ribbon partnered with 4 subs in an open baffle design. I still have a pair sitting in a spare bedroom, thought I haven't listened to them in years. Those C... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century So let me get this straight. Someone is trying to tell Supratek owners that since we choose to tube roll in preamps that we purchased that our preamps cannot be the "preamp deal of the century" just because they all sound a little different. Let m... | |
| Anyone compare the Pass X-250 vs Sim W-5?? I don't think I've ever heard a SS amp that wasn't dry when compared to tube amps. If you read reviews on each of these amps you'll find that every reference to "dry" is made in comparison to tube amps. For the record neither amp is as dry as Brys... | |
| Has anyone tried Tekna Sonics on floorstanders? I have them on my speakers. They have a self-adhesive on a big flat magnet and the baffles attach to the magnet. I haven't noticed any marring and I've taken them off reapplied them to my speakers several times. These are more effective on underda... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Those with lowbrau tastes will find it difficult to appreciate the enlightened qualities of Supratek preamps. Given the nature of the following of Supratek owners on this thread a non-supratek-owner can only conclude that either Mick's creations a... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century You just got the word from the man. How could we give you a more informed answer? The reason for no directly-heated rectifiers is the that they don't have a slow startup. When you power it on the components don't have time to adjust to the current... | |
| JM Labs Beryllium classeguy - Forgot to mention. Before you go spending money be sure to audition at least a few of the Kharma lineup. | |
| JM Labs Beryllium The Beryllium Utopia series has a much better damped cabinet compared to the older Utopia series. The newer line will be almost twice as heavy as the model it replaces. The older Utopia sounded like musical intruments themselves, but they were col... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Whatever a person settles on for regulators and rectifiers, they need to be considered together as a whole. I prefer the dual-plate 5932 and gz33 together because this combo never stumbles on large dynamic contrasts. There is definitely a interact... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century When I first got my Sauvignon I quizzed Mick on the acceptable tube substitutes. He told me not to use the 6550's or KT88's as voltage-regulators. I never asked why. |