jjss49
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| KT66s in place of KT88 tubes @dogberry if you look at the quad website, quad ii/40’s run kt88’s and rating is 40 wpc (as mono blocks) ... whereas quad ii classic run kt66’s and are 15 wpc as a stereo amp, so here you see apples to apples the kt88 application has about 25% m... | |
| The best part about MQA bankruptcy.. MQA is very good from my experience with a MSB DAC. i agree with this... on my msb analog dac, mqa music sounds terrific... though i have to admit this observation is probably more about the msb than mqa... | |
| wyred4sound Sonos Port - garbled noise i have two in our second home, they both work fine | |
| Do You Clean Your Ears? i just ran my suv through a car wash i just opened the window and stuck my head out when going through the machine ..... i am a little wet now, but i can hear better 😂🤣 | |
| Goodbye Everyone no one should do anything where they feel they are wasting their time, or feel unappreciated this forum is an extension of a hobby which people who come here presumably are passionate about and bought into ... so many ways to enjoy, we all need t... | |
| Question: Sound Treatment behind the Listener? when i designed and built my listening room, i purposefully put a room length storage closet behind the listening position, then mounted heavy duty curtain rods above that area, hanging heavy velvet curtains to help absorb the sound from behind i... | |
| KT66s in place of KT88 tubes before the advent of modern day russian engineered kt120’s kt150’s and the like, kt88/6550 tubes were the more powerful, most linear strongest pentode/tetrode power tubes, with max plate dissipation about 30-40% higher than earlier el34/kt66 types... | |
| Are Harbeth Super HL5 XD right for me? when i heard grahams on a few occasions i felt their treble is voiced more forward than the equivalent harbeth or classic spendor a little more of a 'modern interpretation', and yes i agree with @yogiboy - hardly a value... | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often @steve59 https://youtu.be/AhB8uL12gtk this may help... ... also don't confuse input sensitivity of an amplifier with its power output | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems Resolution is a very nice feature of a good system, while too much takes away from that. could not agree more too much of anything in life, even good things, is not good... | |
| Tidal class-action click this username’s info... @audioisnobiggie joined just this week, all 30 axe-grinding posts right here 🙄 | |
| Tidal class-action @moto_man Well, I am a trial lawyer and a Tidal HiFi Plus subscriber. I have absolutely no idea what @audioisnobiggie is talking about. you certainly aren't alone... 🤣 | |
| KT66s in place of KT88 tubes specifics always rule the day generalities only lead one astray... poetry to live by 🤣😂 | |
| Tubes, Tubes and more Tubes... i agree andy baumann or brent jesse, maybe jim mcshane as well, would be very happy to buy the lot for a reasonable bulk price and sort through... they do this all the time | |
| Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms! https://youtu.be/j4kDa_TUYxg outstanding discussion between herb r and steve g on the subject of reviewers and reviews some terrific perspectives articulated, well worth watching, for anyone who has been interested in this thread... |