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| Experienced Jolida amp owners - Advice needed If your speakers are fairly sensitive/efficient (88dB+), the 102b with some tube-rolling would be sublime. How big is the room? | |
| Convergent Audio Technology SL1 Reference There were/are a few versions of the CAT SL1 Reference. You would need to list the circuit board version #, and provide a photo of the section where the resistors blew/burnt...line stage section or phono? | |
| Are cryo'd tubes always better? Always? Dunno, but from my experience with a couple small 9pinners, the cryoed version was 'better' or more to my liking than the non-cryoed versions. Batch numbers were not closely matched so it coulda' been just due to sample to sample variation... | |
| Need a heavy duty receptacle I like the Jenna Labs cyroed outlet. | |
| Best Stevie Wonder Album? Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants | |
| Nasty slap echo Oh man, that's an empty room, bare walls, nutten' to diffuse/deflect sound waves...hang some pictures/paintings and or heavy drapes to break up all that empty wall space.I can imagine the echo in there being too much, like speaking in a big tunnel. | |
| Nasty slap echo How does the room sound? ...Sometimes a little echo can yield very nice ambiance to the music. I know of at least one such room that has the most amazing bass and ambiance that I would give an arm for. | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? Love my CAT, 10 tubes total, 5 for phono stage and 5 for line stage. And I also use a tube amp for mid/hi with a SS amp for bass(<250Hz). One can roll tubes for any balance of sound one desires, from fat and slow to lean/mean speedy machine, an... | |
| How many got back into vinyl post divorce? I never did 'divorce' vinyl, kept 'her' around, and still occasionally buy her new stuff and take her for a spin (less than 5%)I treat her right, my vinyl from the 70's still look and sound mint. | |
| How long daes it take your gear to warm up? 30-45 minutes for me...a combination of tubes(pre and amp) and a SS amp on the bass in a biamp configuration.I usually power up and let it sit for 5-10 minutes before un-muting the pre.It really 'shines' after 90 minutes. | |
| Could use your advice re: tube gear You could be needing to tube roll a little to get the sound you need...maybe list the current tubes in the amp(s), and then you may get some advice. | |
| Need your recommendations for amazing recordings Patricia Barber albums are all well recorded. | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? CAT SL1 pre amp...best pre I have ever owned, made a big difference in my system's sound. | |
| EL34 upgrade I liked the GL KT77 the best of the small number of tubes I tried in my Jolida...JJ 34, EH6CA7, Svetlana 34(stock tube).However you need to specify high biasing tubes with the GL 77's...the first set I received didn't come up to bias @ maximum tra... | |
| Bi-amping LF with high-powered pro amplifiers Yeap...done many a time by many a peoples.I currently use a Crown XTi my bass drivers. The Crown has a DSP with electronic crossover, EQ, delay, etc.500W into 4ohms.I use a tube amp on my mid/hi drivers (320Hz and up) |