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| My first power conditioner - positive experience I have used a Panamax for years.When I first put in the Panamax the noise floor dropped considerably.That was when I lived in a big city and apparently it was filtering out a lot of grunge in the power line.Auditioned a Power Plant which caused al... | |
| Amp to Add Dynamics & Detail to 'Polite' Speakers That's a beautiful pair of speakers Mrs. Cleaver :D | |
| Auralex subdude Hotmail,my crm2's are also 3ft. out from the wall in my 16 x 16 1\2 room.The sub is aprox. 6 in. out from the wall behind and 2 1/2 ft. from the left sidewall.I found the ideal position by placing the sub on a kitchen chair in my usual sweet spot,... | |
| Auralex subdude Hey Hotmail,Many speakers are designed with the cabinet's resonance as part of the equation.This is true with other components too.They can sound worse with footers or dampening materials.BTW love my crm2's also,great speakers! | |
| Considering 4 12AX7 Tube Types Sorry,haven't tried them.Another one to consider is Gold Lion.It has the qualities you are looking for and seems to consistently deliver them in many components.My experience has been the mids warm up immediately,the treble is awful and begins to ... | |
| How Good Is A Marble Slab at Deadening Vibration I use gray foam pipe wrap that I cut into 2 inch lengths.4 under each amp on the floor between the speakers and about 4 ft. away from the subwoofer.It was meant to be a temporary solution until I built something more substantial.They turned out to... | |
| References available on real life room "tuning"? If you find you have need to absorb or diffuse on the walls you can wrap foam or diffusing panels in attractive fabric.Carpet tiles may work too,check out "Flor's" website. | |
| Speaker Cables With SET Amps Tube amps seem to like smaller gage wire.ClearDay is one to add to your list. | |
| Reviewing the Reviewers - and the decline of HiFi Rja,I have read those reviews also!Mechans, I think you are correct.The majority seem to be dazzled by whatever is newer,smaller,and loaded with the latest features.I think reviewers are journalists first,entertainment more than enlightenment. | |
| Cardas Clear Sky Speaker Cables For what it's worth,tube amps generally work best with smaller gage speaker cables.Other than that whatever sounds good to you is perfect. | |
| Reading Spec Sheets You guys are right,I way oversimplified!Was refering to class A/B amps.Class D and tube amps certainly are different animals.My experience has been that if a class A/B amp can't nearly double it's power it has no dynamics to speak of.They don't ne... | |
| Which amp with Golden Ear Triton 2's? Congratulations!I vote for genius.Sorry,no experience with those components,though they are all highly reviewed.My system is all tubes and I have no regrets.BTW there are some excellent reissue tubes to be found. | |
| Reading Spec Sheets An amp will sound more powerful if it can double it's output into a 4ohm load or triple into a 2 ohm load.For instance the spec. sheet may read:40 watts into 8 ohms,80 watts into 4ohms,120 watts into 2 ohms.Many spec. sheets don't include that inf... | |
| Porter Ports or Cabledyne Cryo Hubbell 5362 I have tried PS Audio,Oyaide,and settled on Porter Ports.The other brands have a "house sound",the Porters are neutral IMO. | |
| arc vt150se Have you tried switching the tubes yet[one set at a time]?Could simply be a bad tube or dirty tube socket.You can clean the sockets with Deoxit and a pipe cleaner,be sure to unplug them the night before so they can discharge.Also you can try wiggl... |