larryi
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| Auditioning headphones (ethically)? Yes, you can audition reasonably well at a show. The noise levels are not so high as to make it impossible to hear what a phone is capable of delivering. Unlike auditioning speakers, you don't have to be concerned about how the room is affecting... | |
| Midwoofer+Tweeter vs Wide band kingharold,I find your description of your DIY system very interesting. I too really like the AER BD series of wide-range drivers and I really like the idea of using them as a wide-range midrange driver. When the vast majority of the lower midra... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear I would like to hear their stuff. If it sounds good, then the price is something each prospective customer has to decide whether or not to pay and it is not for others to decide whether it is ridiculous. Small production products of proprietary ... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. The Placette RVC is a very nice unit. Many years ago, I tried it in my system, but, I ended up buying their active linestage (unity gain buffer) because it sounded a bit more dynamic. But, you already have a nice linestage, so the remote volume ... | |
| Raising standmount speakers I would agree that tilting the speaker backward is the easiest and cheapest thing to try and will most likely be successful. Any adjustment affects a number of variables so it is not that easy to know the outcome. For example, getting a taller s... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. I like the idea of a passive remote volume control add-on. The best, to me, are transformer-based volume controllers because they don't degrade dynamics (liveliness) as much as other forms of passive volume controls. I like the Myemia control be... | |
| Sweet new tube amp needs better speakers I’ve heard the ProAc DT 8 powered by tube amps of similar output and I liked what I heard. I heard the Zu speakers powered by solid state amps. The Zu’s are extremely dynamic and exciting, but they have a hard edge to the attack of notes and can... | |
| Sweet new tube amp needs better speakers Just a bit outside of your price range is the Klipsch Forte IV system. This is a speaker that works quite well with tube electronics. Given the 99 db/w at 8 ohm efficiency of this speaker, your 30 watts are way more than capable of driving the s... | |
| Sweet new tube amp needs better speakers Is there a reason why it has to be a floor-standing speaker instead of a speaker on a stand, particularly where the speaker/stand combination takes up an equivalent amount of space?:If you can locate the speakers somewhat close to the back wall, I... | |
| Sound-Smith retipping If you really do hear an improvement, then the sound has been altered. Any alteration can be for the better or for the worse depending on your taste and on how the change interacts with the rest of the system. The fact that most of the reactions... | |
| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do Even if you have the right springs for the particular weight of the table, putting all the mass on top of the compliant footers makes the whole system inherently unstable. When a suspension is built into the table, the center of mass is at or bel... | |
| Auditioning headphones (ethically)? I own a pair of the the older version of 007 phones and a Headamp Blue Hawaii SE amplifier. I considered the 009 phones, but, overall, I prefer the less bright sound of the 007 phones. I have heard the Dan Clark phones on this amp, and I like th... | |
| Auditioning headphones (ethically)? I agree with tonykay about going to a show. I think an audio show is the only way to really hear and compare phones. I love the venues with the giant ballroom full of exhibitors. Everyone is helpful, and most are willing to permit you to take th... | |
| So where should the tubes be? I don’t think one can really experience what is special about tubes if the amp is not a tube amp. But, it is critical to audition the candidates and to choose the right amp for the particular speaker, room conditions, volume requirement, etc. It... | |
| So where should the tubes be? It depends on a lot of design considerations. If the component has AC from the power outlet converted to DC by a tube rectifier, that is at least one tube. Some gear also use tubes to regulate voltage. At earlier stages of amplification, most, ... |