knotscott
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| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. I hear ya! I'm only 41 years into the endeavor, but the system has been better than it needs to be for quite a while, and continues to improve in incremental steps. I love listening to it, and am proud of how it all came to be. 😍 | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up 10-15 minutes is great, but after an hour or two I'm often finishing my 2nd hazy IPA and it sounds wonderful! 😂 | |
| patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole @kijanki No love for Diane Schuur? Her voice bugs me a bit. Never did quite put my finger on it...I have 2 or 3 of her albums, and every single time I play them, I just want to take them off and play something else. Diana Krall I can at leas... | |
| This can’t be serious??? Check this out at Dedicated Audio If I could sell an LED for $100K, I'd consider it fairly serious! 😄 | |
| Snowballs Better than the massive dildo that a Bills fans tossed at Tom Brady a couple of years ago! Anyone remember the ref looking puzzled and kicking it off the field? 😆 | |
| Tube-Curious/Pre-amp A good tube preamp is a nice start to the world of vacuum tube sound, but feeding it into a a good tube amp will give you the whole tube experience. Not only do tubes potentially sound clearer to me than SS, but they also offer the opportunity to ... | |
| Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes. Any chance that your connecting cables aren't a great match for the new amp? Easy enough to experiment a bit. | |
| Tube Rolling | Luxman CL-38uc You can change out the 12AU7s with another brand, and you might even be able to substitute a 12BH7a, but the 12AX7 has a lot more gain than a 12AU7 so I don't think those are interchangeable in that application. | |
| The difference between an Audiophile and a Stereophile? As long as it measures well. I can't tell a difference between how anything sounds without good measurements. 😉 | |
| When were the best tube amps made? Another version of "back in the good old days". I suspect with tube amps or anything else, it’s hard to say that advancements in design and technology haven’t improved todays products over things being built in the past. Politicians being the exc... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? Modern state-of-the-art tube amps continue to evolve and push the envelope ever farther, so the best tube amps ever made are likely on a test bench right now. The Convergent Audio Technology Statement Extreme comes to mind. | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS Do your Philharmonic BMR speakers have any association with Salk? | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS I know you’ve done the tube "upgrade", but have you done much experimenting with other tubes? There are lots of subtle difference between tubes, and some not so subtle. You may stumble into something you prefer that may not be the recommended upg... | |
| solid core VS stranded for inside speaker cabinet Danny is has a ton of experience experimenting and testing this stuff. He's also a straight shooter and wouldn't sell you something cheaper to increase his profit by a few cents...he'd just charge a bit more if necessary. You bought his kit and ... | |
| Question to those believing in speaker break in No harm will come just playing them as-is and enjoying the different phases of the break in, but to spare the family from excessive noise, I used to lay flat faced speakers face down on a thick carpeted floor and play bass heavy music. You’re basi... |