knotscott
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| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @ lou_setriodesHarvey Rosenberg from NYAL addressed our audio club back in the mid or later 80's, and I had the pleasure of picking him up from the airport. He wanted to stop by my house, so he could personally "bless" my Moscode 300 and listenin... | |
| Thinking of investing in either Yamaha AS300 or Luxman l509X. https://www.whathifi.com/us/luxman/l-509x/reviewhttps://www.whathifi.com/us/yamaha/s3000/review | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @knotscott / @lou_setriodes - Did either of you ever perform any of the mods, to your Moscodes? Great amp! Other than changing some tubes, I didn't do anything else to mine. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @lou_setriodesB&K EX442/ST-140PS Audio 200C/CX VSP Labs Trans Mos 150Acoustat TNT120/200Moscode 300Berning EA230Onix OA21/21sTandberg 3012/3012a It’s been fun reading through this thread and seeing some blasts from the past. I built a DH500 fr... | |
| Second hand components that can still kick butt today Thorens TD-124 Mk 1 - circa 1958 (restored and working well)Garrard Type A70 Mk 2 - circa 1966 (modified and working well)Dynaco ST-70 (two) - circa 1961-1964 (enhanced and in service)Lazarus Cascade Basic pre - circa 1988 (restored and in service... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt There are still lots of Dynaco ST-70 and ST-120s in service. Many with rebuilt driver boards. I ran a pair of slightly enhanced Dyna 70s for over 25 years, then added the VTA boards. One was built by the factory in 1961, the other built by my u... | |
| Speaker size and soundstage Sensitivity is by definition the response to an input. The lower the sensitivity the more power required for any given input, the less sensitive the speaker. Since the magic of imaging resides in low level fine detail it stands to reason the low s... | |
| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers, I've now sobered up I’d give them some break in time before making any decisions. The woofer suspensions need to loosen up, and good poly caps can take some burn in time. You might also find that the new speakers are "different", but bring other attributes that you l... | |
| Speaker size and soundstage Soundstage is defined by the sensitivity of the speaker and quality of materials used in construction (= engineering) of the speaker.These 2 factors will determine soundstage. Quality of materials is certainly a factor that I agree with, and think... | |
| I finally added a second REL Sub No matter how low you set the sub to isolate for voicing only the lows, still you are going to have that boom-boxy sound effect, Subs are for HT usage only. Not meant for music. Not getting any boom-boxy effect below 40hz....especially from a T-l... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers Tubes are more interesting and for my tastes simply sound more like the real thing. Also tubes make the owner of a tube amp seem more interesting than otherwise as you can say to people, "I use tube amps" and stand back as they note how interest... | |
| I finally added a second REL Sub Well done! I don't have two subs yet, and don't have REL, but agree with setting frequency range and volume very low. Just enough to augment the bottom octave, and not feature the subs. I'm only occasionally aware my sub is on. | |
| Vinyl...should I stay, or should I go? I’ll invest some time and effort into seeing this through...Thanks guys for the help and advice... Skip Glad to hear you’re not giving up yet.....there’s good reason so many people are such staunch vinyl die-hards....there’s a lot more to it the ... | |
| Speaker size and soundstage Sound stage has more to do with phasing, crossover points, driver dispersion, driver placement, and the shape and size of the front baffle than actual cabinet size. It’s also heavily influenced by placement, and the rest of the system. | |
| Vinyl...should I stay, or should I go? You're vinyl equipment should be capable of outstanding performance. Not all albums are top notch, but with a good LP, and proper setup, your vinyl should be singing to you. |