jjss49

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My Experience With Tekton
Wilsons SUCK!I heard a pair once in a shop in Portland stuffed on a wall with a whole bunch of other speakers on unfamiliar equipment demoed on unfamiliar material.Rated at 87db efficient we all know that's a lieThey only have a single tweeterTh... 
Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life?
@sid-hoff-frenchman I want to maintain it as long as possible. With tube shortages currently in all directions, including the Northern Electric 6SN7s I am running, I want to squeeze every bit of sonic joy from these tubes as possible. don’t wor... 
Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life?
good advice from @spatialking on this topic here, hope op listens to it 
Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy
yep @hilde45 right on the mark... folks can’t have it both waysbe a robin hood, mr altruist, then be in it for the $$ too - but very often lack of self awareness is one’s most prominent fault, particularly and painfully true of those struggling wi... 
Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics
@three_easy_payments intended or not, this thread is turning out to be quite a good one with numerous posters entering the discussion with interesting angles and thoughts, and as such, it makes this a better place to spend time at (as opposed to, ... 
Looking for a tube preamp with remote control.
higher cj's for sure... just wonderful linestages 
Cartridges with that musical coherence - having heard it, I need to learn more
i agree with most of the fine ones mentioned thus farlower end - grace f9s are remarkably coherent, as are some audio technicas and modded denon 103smid end - benz glider, shelter, at art9higher end (certain not highest end) - higher dynavectors, ... 
Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics
fundamentals always matter... speakers that reproduce sound accurately and beautifully, properly set up in a good room, driven by amplification well suited to the speakers, fed by a source that is quiet, pure and true to the media being playedwhil... 
MHDT Orchid TUBE ROLLING
with 6dj8 and 6sn7 adapters for the mhdt units, one has a very very broad range of tube choices to roll, and both tube types have long illustrious histories and were made in various parts of the world to bootyou will get somewhat lower gain from s... 
Helping a friend build a new system
@arafiq glad to see your report that the vtl is in house and is making lovely sounds... david and luke manley have been stalwarts on the high end tube amp scene for many many years, they have always voiced beautiful, yet clear sounding tube amps, ... 
What is a cost effective way to level match, for comparing different hifi components?
i think the op is asking a fair question, a somewhat technical question, he is doing something smart, which is to get his comparison process sufficiently rigorous so as to yield a result he can feel good about, he can trusti remember as a 19 year ... 
Canare 4S11
canare is really good cable, its low cost is a bonuswhen it comes to cabling, more expensive options are sometimes better, but usually just different... totally depends on what your system needs, what sonic traits you value, what cabling you are c... 
Porsche
When you ride a Porsche, best music is coming from the engine. You stop radio and enjoy flat6 sound, especially atmos ones ;-)^^^ truth here ^^^yes, until the newer turbo 911's came out... i guess the good thing is those cars made the sound system... 
My Experience With Tekton
and the devolution continues... 🙄🙄🙄https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkpes3dgzg 
MHDT Orchid TUBE ROLLING
garage1217 makes far superior adapters than those chinese units