jtgofish
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| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Well if you want to experiment with a good active preamp it has probably never been cheaper.You can try /buy one of the cheap Chinese clone preamps like the FM Acoustics 155 copies for about $300 on Ali Express.That is s a superb sounding active ... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I knew a snooty salesman that used the ploy of asking customers how much they wanted to spend then demonstrating a well matched system that was much more expensive before saying -But of course you can't afford that -before moving to a bad soundi... | |
| Shifting center image and recommendations on an approach Sounds like Yamaha NS1000s!You end up moving your head from side to side trying to get a central image to lock in but it never happens. | |
| What Class A is better? SUGDEN FPA-4 or PASS LABS XA-25 People need to be aware that the Sugden class A amps have higher output impedance /lower damping factor than most SS amps.They are medium for these traits wheraes most SS amps have low output impedance and high damping.So electrically they operat... | |
| Sleeper preamps: $500 new/used The best sounding cheap preamp you can buy is the Chinese copy of FM Acoustic 155 preamp I believe the patents on that design have expired so anybody can copy them and the Weiliang/Breeze Audio copies are very close to the real thing which cost ar... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread If you are struggling to get the centre image balanced may I suggest- .Try swapping left for right speakers and right for left and see if the imbalance is still there.One speaker might be faulty. .Swap the tubes left for right and right for left... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? The Almarro 318B can drive Tannoys quite well and that is a SET of about 15 watts. It is a bit unusual for a SET however because it uses a fair bit of negative feedback.Most SETs use zero negative feedback.The 6C33C valves can also supply a lot m... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? Tannoy DCs sound best with amplifiers with medium output impedance /damping factor.That generally means push pull valve amps of more than 15 watts. There is also a few SS amps that will suit them-Bakoon,Dartzeel NHB 108 and Sugden A21 as they ha... | |
| tannoy or devore or.... My brother owned Tannoy Stirlings and I owned Glenaire Tens.They are both quite pleasant sounding speakers but from my experience the Tannoy magic starts with the 12 inch DCs and 15 DCs in big wide baffle boxes.My suggestion would be a pair of Mon... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused This is a topic that deserves consideration. I do suspect the home audio enthusiast is paying too much. You can buy a pair of top model RCF active horn loaded speakers which contain very high quality components and a lot of technology for about ... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps They sound different because they are electrically different.This provides an excellent explanation of those differences. http://education.lenardaudio.com/en/12_amps_8.html | |
| Experience with applying Kilmat to Cornwall IV Horns? I tried damping the horns on my Klipsch and it made them sound worse.If you do it make sure it is easy to reverse.Try blu tac. | |
| Revel F208 - worth a try? The F208s lack image projection and depth.If you enjoy a more 3D soundstage they would not be the best choice. Hi Fi News commented on this when they reviewed them and that is how they sounded to me.The measurements confirm that sort of sound -"... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts The more I learn about the Toole and Olive research on speakers which ASR and other objectivists quote as gospel the more I get the smell of book cooking.The selection of two speaker samples with abnormally narrow dispersion and uneven frequency r... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? Chris Bryant and Hi Fi Critic commended it on its measurements but gave it a very low score for sound quality-mainly because of its poor musical communication. |