knotscott
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| Help! I Need An Amp Purchase Option Other Than PayPal Haven't used it, but I believe Google Pay has buyer protection. | |
| How long do good speakers last? My speakers are 32 and performing well. It depends on the components and materials. Foam surrounds tend to go in about 20 years, depending on humidity and temps...rubber surrounds can last much longer, but I haven’t reached the point yet where I c... | |
| The two stages of audiophilia @Chorus, Works just fine until a friend stops over to tell you about his new.... Well don’t leave us hanging man! WHAT DID THE FRIEND BUY! ;-) | |
| Bryston with vandersteen. Assuming you have two identical Bryston amps, I’d look to run a passive vertical bi-amp configuration using one 2-channel amp per speaker. One channel of each amp the woofer, the other channel for the mid/tweets. The only expense is another set of... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard Frank Zappa - Stink Foot | |
| What DAC to get? My only DAC experience has been with a lower end Topping E30, and it's been surprisingly good. Tough to beat for $150 | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k The best speakers I've heard of were a set of Magico M5 MkII running on CAT amps/pre. | |
| Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 1 It is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it may be the end of the beginning. So....intermission?! | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics @ avanti1960 It surprises me that people still talk mainly in terms of tonal balance when discussing tube amps. The warm, rolled off tube sound as it were. Forget about it! It isn’t what you want anyway. Modern tube sound is better than that. Tub... | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics @ bpoletti A well-designed amp, tube, SS, whatever, should not have a particular characteristic related to it’s underlying circuity. They should be honest to the music and reproduce sound without coloration or other distortion. And yet none (or a... | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics @jimbones OK I should have stated that I am new to tube power amps. That explains a lot of my ignorance on the subject and I apologize. Don’t apologize for what you don’t know....especially when you’re posting questions to learn. One of the common... | |
| Need advice/opinion in choosing Vandy 2ci or Thiel 1.5 Very cool gesture. It’s subjective. I prefer the Vandersteens. They’re more sensitive and easier to drive, plus to young ears, the Thiels may sound a bit bright. Maybe let him pick. Should be a great sounding system. | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics There are a lot of variables in play....the circuit, the caps, the tubes, the rest of the system...all contribute, so even an amp of the same brand and model can sound different with different tubes. One of the things I like about tube amps is th... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point Topping E30 - $150. Sounds excellent on what I consider a fairly high resolving system....nice improvement from the stock DAC on my Denon CD player. | |
| Nice extra free service at my local A/V store. My dad was a TV guy in the 60s, and had a tube tester. I learned to use it when I was about 6....which may explain some of my affection for tubes even now. I miss those days. Life was simpler, for sure. |