larryi
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| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Be sure you know what you are doing in setting bias on the low side. If the measurement is in mA, the lower number means running the tube more gently. If the bias is in mV, a higher number means lower current and gentler treatment of the tubes. ... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? We need to UNITE. We need to get all of the dying hobbies together so they can mercifully expire together--how about audiophile grade sound for ham radio? | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? I have an EL34 headphone amp that sounds quite good. Among pentode/tetrode tubes, my favorites are very low powered tubes. I run 349 output tubes in pushpull that deliver about 4-5 glorious watts per channel. This is my favorites tube aside fro... | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? It is a matter of taste and specific implementation. While there are some rough generalizations one can draw about the sound of particular tubes, I don’t see such generalization extending to the KT label. I generally don’t like the KT88 tube, bu... | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? You will need to find speakers that are not only efficient, but also easy to drive. This means a true 8 ohm, or higher, impedance speaker. Tekton speakers mentioned above might work and they sound pretty good to me. Zu is also quite efficient, ... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» So, he should be courting Viagra and Depends as advertisers on his website. We should think of products and services to target older males who make up almost all of the serious audiophile world--I think high end hearing aids is an example. | |
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest Most audiophiles, if they met such a fate, would not be missed. It is mostly a solitary pursuit. I fit only one half of the description--I am very much a tube person, particularly low-powered tube amps, but, I don't have the patience for reel to... | |
| SUT suggestions for Audio Note System I've seen it specified as .6 mV too. | |
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest The patience and meticulous attention required for reel to reel probably would make for a calm, friendly, and controlled personality. Does this make such owners also more inclined to be serial killers? | |
| SUT suggestions for Audio Note System I would consult with your Audio Note dealer. As long as the output of the cartridge does not overload the phono section of the M6, you would be able to use their SUT. Most phono stages have sufficient headroom that the difference between .3 and ... | |
| HALCRO Amplifiers Wow. I thought they went out of business MANY years ago. I heard the original when it came out and did not like it at all—very clinical and lifeless to me. It had the kind of sound common to amps that use a lot of feedback to achieve impressive... | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. If you are considering speakers other than a Volti or Harbeth 40.2, you should here a range of types—conventional box speakers, panel speakers like Magnepans, open baffle speakers like PureAudioProject. speakers meant for placement in the corners ... | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. Whatever Volti that fits your budget should be a good starting point. It’s been a long time since I heard Cary so I don’t know how it sounds, but, you are looking in the right power range. You could go even lower in power, but don’t stint on qua... | |
| Voigt Pipe speakers still a thing? Thanks for bringing up Voigt design. It’s been a while since I heard such speakers. I bet it is a good time to consider such design given how many good fullrange drivers that are available now. | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound While I have voiced enthusiasm for open baffle speakers, this does come with the warning that dipole speakers often do not go very deep in bass response because the opposite phase front and back waves tend to cancel each other at progressively inc... |