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| KT 88 with Leben cs 600 Jond, i agree with you. Most KT88 amps have a hard, brittle sound that I don’t like and the holds for 6550. Of the tube types listed, I particularly like the 350B (real Western Electric, very expensive), and 6L6 and KT 66 are also very good. | |
| Best single volume guide to classical music If you are looking for recommendations for not just pieces, but good recordings of those pieces, I recommend “1,001 Classical Records You Must Hear Before You Die.” It is organized chronologically by date of composition and covers early, pre-rena... | |
| Best Covers “Unchained Melody” Righteous Brothers cover of song from the movie “Unchainrd.” ”Love Hurts” Roy Orbison cover of Everly Brothers ”Love Hurts” Nazareth cover of Everly Brothers ”Top of the World” Shonen Knife cover of The Carpenters. ”Just One... | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection First and foremost, you must sample a wide variety of music regardless of the medium you wish to use, and it is helpful to have some guidance because the field is so wide open and varied. You can get good guide books on collecting. One of my fa... | |
| Luxman leaves me wanting The LTA gear is voiced on the thinner side for tube gear. They make good gear, but it is probably not the sound you seek. My personal favorite integrated amp that can run your speakers is the Synthesis A40 (40 wpc) or the A100 (100wpc). I think... | |
| Is more amp power always better...? The numerical value given for damping factor is 8 divided by the output impedance of the amp—the lower the impedance, the higher the damping factor. A typical SET amp can have an output impedance of 2 ohms or more, for a damping factor of 4 or le... | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection I probably have 1,000 classical LPs. I almost never listen to them. I do have, and listen to classical CDs ripped to a streamer. I MUCH prefer listening to classical digitally— no awkward breaks in programming, easy to find place in libretti wh... | |
| Horns and 2in Drivers Your profile says that you have a JBL 2426H driver. Isn’t that a 1” exit driver? Not that i would insist that any particular design is inherently better than another. I like the sound of certain compression drivers and all of them are old excep... | |
| RIP Melanie Safka I don't know about coy and childish. Isn't the song pretty much all sexual innuendo? What did people think was the roller skate and what was the key? | |
| Is more amp power always better...? Some designers claim that paralleling multiple output devices to get higher output degrades the sound. The original Dartzeel amps were based on the philosophy of minimizing output devices (only two were used per channel), but, demands from the ma... | |
| Obvious Epiphany Yes, balance control is a necessity. Remote volume control is a necessity—even small changes, and track-to-track changes are helpful, and you will never really know when volume is just right if you have to constantly jump up to make changes. But... | |
| Horns and 2in Drivers If by 2", you mean the diameter of the diaphragm, I utilize such drivers. I run a pair of Western Electric 713b drivers feeding a KS 12025 sectoral horn. This is a great sounding combination. The Western Electric 555 field coil drivers also hav... | |
| I took Frank Zappa’s advice If you think something might be off with your system (bad power supply capacitor) when listening to Frank, what you might be hearing is just Dinah Moe Hum. | |
| Integrated for Devore O/93 I really like the Synthesis Audio A40 (KT 66 tube). It comes with a built-in DAC that is no slouch. A local dealer that sells these things gets in trades of gear costing MUCH more than the A40. I have not heard the A40 with DeVore speakers, but... | |
| Obvious Epiphany What direction the sound appears to be coming from, including the phantom cener image, is dependent on two cues—the relative loudness of the sound and the ‘timing” cue—how much how much sooner one signal arrives vs. the other. By moving closer to... |