jonwolfpell

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Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp?
I owned both PP & SET tube amps over the last almost 40 years w/ several different speakers in different rooms. There’s no hard & fast rules about any of them but the midrange detail & realism of a good SET amp is tough to beat at lowe... 
20 Vintage Amps That Prove They Really Don’t Make Them Like They Used To
The design of many of these amps is timeless & in many ways as good as almost anything today. The parts quality on the other hand is all over the place w/ some good & some not great that can be really improved w/ better parts which many pe... 
Upgraded from Klipsch to Volti - Was it worth it?
I think the Volti Rivals would cost at least 50% if not 100% more if they were distributed through dealers. Their build & sound quality can compare with speakers of that price point but at the price Greg sells them directly, they’re a very fai... 
Basis Audio - Exhorbitant servicing evaluation cost
I also have had fairly recent excellent interactions w/ Ms Conti & Alex Bourque regarding my 22 year old model 2500 w/ Vector arm which, btw, had worked flawlessly & still sounds excellent!  I finally needed  a new belt & had questions... 
I got to get me some of this tiny vinyl.
I see a new “tiny” arm / cartridge alignment tool coming soon for those obsessed with getting every last detail in those tiny grooves….  
Avantgarde Trio replacing Dunlavy SC-V?
I owned & enjoyed Avantgarde UNO’s & Duos in a few different rooms over a number of years. Getting them dialed into a room to sound great can be very challenging & in one space, I was never really fully happen with them.    Trios w/o ... 
Your first concert was to see who and when?
Believe it or not, Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC in 1968 or so. To this day, I don’t love opera but I very much appreciate the talent of the singers & musicians.   
Attention Horn Owners
I’ve really enjoyed my Volti Rivals for almost 3 years! I’ve owned Avantgarde Unis & Duos years ago & they were also very good but challenging to get their subs to integrate smoothly w/the midrange & sound right. The Rivals are much be... 
Was anyone else caught out by this?
First cordless tone arm - a real breakthrough!   
What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
I too had Advents in 1975 & then a stacked pair. They were way better than their very reasonable price would suggest. They of course had excellent bass & pretty decent mids & highs if not the most open, extended & detailed in compa... 
What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
I would be very curious to hear an A/B demo of a variety of speakers only playing at lower volumes, say 70 db, with both high quality , high power solid state amps vs high quality, low powered tube amps. I would not be surprised if the for the fir... 
What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
Ghdprentice -are you telling me that a high quality solid state amp that can put out 300 watts / channel will sound better than a high quality 100 watt / channel amp when they’re only driving an 89 db sensitive speaker to level of 70 db’s & th... 
What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
@jrareform - if your room is sufficiently large & your speakers / amp combo can handle it, I find my ears start to overload around 103-105 peaks assuming the  music is well recorded. I listen at that level very occasionally just for laughs. I ... 
What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal?
I find it funny that so many people listen at levels where their amps, even with very inefficient speakers, are barely putting out a watt or two or maybe 10 on peaks. What’s the point of having big powerful solid state monsters if that is so?    ... 
Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables
My guess is that the extra set of cable connectors to join two different sets of cables might be a big cause of sound degradation even if both sets of cables were the same.