knotscott
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| Is bass the most important frequency band? @mijostyn:I personally can't stand a system that is too bright. Old age will fix that problem. Same here. I was hoping old age would help with that, but at 61, my hearing on that top octave is poor, but I'm still pretty sensitive to grungy sibil... | |
| Tube dampener questions My experience with tube dampers echoes many others here. They snuffed the life out of the system. I spent a couple of weeks bemoaning why the system didn't sound right. Then I remembered those darn dampers and tossed them. Life is good again! | |
| Best place to advertise audiophile speaker components (UK) Facebook Marketplace, and/or DIY speaker discussion groups on Facebook. Plenty of a good pictures, and good detailed descriptions always help.I'd also suggest looking into and contacting any audio societies that may exist near London. | |
| Is it ever enough? Harvey Rosenberg, of New York Audio Labs fame, addressed our audio club years ago. He talked quite a bit about the significance of music to mankind from the beginning of time to modern times....from communicating with the Gods, to mating rituals, ... | |
| Rear ported speakers? Lotsa variables in play, but they certainly could work. Depends on your room/floor construction, equipment, placement, stand height, etc. Spendor made some great speakers, so I'd be eager to give them a try and experiment some. | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? While I enjoy good bass, somewhat sloppy bass or preferably "less" deep bass are much easier for me to tolerate than sloppy upper midrange or treble, so its the first thing I’d sacrifice if I couldn’t have full range high fidelity across the whole... | |
| System building; a meditation At the end of the day, all that really matters is pleasing yourself. Buy equipment you love. The objective is to obtain equipment that lets you forget its there. Science, art, and voodoo don’t mean a thing when you sit down to listen to a favo... | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening More power doesn’t necessarily equate to improved sound. The sound will likely change a bit, but there’s no guarantee you’ll like it better. I’ve run the gamut of 55 wpc, to 70, 255, 150, 100, 35, and have settled on 20 wpc as my best sounding amp... | |
| Upgrade Turntable or Cart The LP120XUSB has a few sound quality advantages over previous LP120 (non "X") versions, but it’s not hard to "optimize" it and take it a little further.Simple stuff like RCA phono cable upgrade, an improved aftermarket phono stage (a necessity fo... | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Dynaco Stereo 70. Bought it used for $50. Used it for nearly 30 years mostly stock, then added a VTA PCB, and new caps and tubes for another hundred bucks or so, and still use it in my main system today as half of a bi-amp situation. | |
| Upgrade Suggestions for Turntable/Cartridge/Preamp chain The IPT RigB metal body for the VM95 is getting high praise. Worth looking into for fairly low cost.Don’t know what’s in the rest of your system, but on the other hand, I went from a very good VM95SH that's reasonably similar to the ML, to a Nagao... | |
| Helping a kid out I can offer no advice, but I love the story.... :-) | |
| Tube Amp recommendations to drive Klipsch Forte III The VTA amps are impressive and compete with a lot gear that costs much more. Less expensive yet in kit form. Willsenton integrated amps are getting a lot of love these days for awesome performance for not a ton of money. | |
| Bi Wiring Speakers from Luxman L-509X The only downside is the cost of the extra speaker wires. The upside is highly debated, but experimenting is always fun. | |
| Need more power, Bi-amping does it work or does it just sound wrong A stock version should work fine with your modified HCA-2 in a horizontal bi-amp configuration if both have same output power, and input impedance. I’d put the modified amp on the mids/tweeters, assuming it has better clarity. If the gain doesn’t ... |