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| Pairing Bryston 28b3 with tubes As you make a list of pres to research, be aware of the input impedance of your amps.It needs to be at the very least 10 times higher than the output impedance of the pre.Pres with highish gain can be an issue also. A gain of 10db is good,but high... | |
| Flexible room treatment material??? A tapestry or rug would look nice. Staple a board to the back along the top and use L brackets to hang from the hearth ledge? | |
| Legacy XD series for tube amplifier thoughts You can use subs if they have binding posts on the back(high level input).No matter which speakers you choose, if the placement isn't flexible to keep them out of a null spot good bass is not possible. The room,your seating position, plus speaker ... | |
| Warm, Lush Laid-Back Smaller Floor Standers? High pass is using the speaker connection as opposed to the preamp connection. Klipsch Heritage speakers can be both warm and dynamic with tube components.I've taken my amp to my brother's place and used it with his Chorus pair.He's a ss guy and w... | |
| Digital coax cables Some companies only offer the 1.5 meter lengths. I've seen photos that show that length measures less distortion, but if it's audible and will actually sound better I don't know. I've tried quite a few myself, all different lengths.The Kimber Illu... | |
| Passion, or ..... Precision? This is the reason I'm a fan of vacuum tubed components. Takes the edge off of harsh recordings. I've spent a lot of effort tweaking and matching components and am very happy with how the compressed harsh recordings are sounding nowadays. Not perf... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? I don't know if this will help, but I used to have the smaller C7es along with two subs.My amp is an AricAudio Transcend that was 60+watts with KT150s and half that single ended. I measured it at 90db in my 16 x 17 room.It was great with rock mus... | |
| Choosing new cables One more company to research is ZenWave. Dave will discuss your needs and recommend a few to try.He'll loan them to you to compare with others and all you're out is shipping them back.The power cables are especially wonderful. | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… I second the auto bias feature is great to have,flexibility in which tubes to use,and a gain control and feedback control are nice features. Point to point wiring is a big plus - simple to upgrade parts and repair if needed. | |
| Subwoofer Choice If you want to go line level and take advantage of being able to fine tune from your listening chair there are adapters if you only have the one pair of outputs on your pre.Male RCA with two female RCA.You can't access all of the settings from the... | |
| Genelex Gold Lion KT 88 “burn circles”? Shops that sell and repair musician's amplifiers will have tube testers.The dark spots happen when the tubes are used.It doesn't mean they are bad necessarily. Gold Lions are not rare,they can be bought new from any retailer that carries the Genel... | |
| Small, Effective Subwoofers? Looking at your room I now understand your dilemma. It's so open it's difficult to tuck the subs out of sight.It's a beautiful room.The corner in the dining room and to the left behind the console in a white finish? But if those aren't the optimal... | |
| Small, Effective Subwoofers? The SVS 1000SB are 14" x13". Very compact to fit under a table,behind furniture so you won't even see them. They can be programmed from your listening seat with an easy to use app. They are returnable best of all. As stated by me and others the be... | |
| More Bass It's true that the optimal place for your speakers is often not the optimal place to have good bass.The Amroc room calculator shows you instantly which bass frequencies are causing the problem. A couple of subs can be unobtrusive close to the wall... | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align Joan Baez - Suzanne - from album Ring Them Bells Steve Earl - Me and the Eagle Dire Straits - Six Blade Knife |