larryi
Responses from larryi
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype When tubes were the only game in town, hundreds of millions were made and a lot of money, engineering and manufacturing talent went into producing good tubes; nothing like this kind of market remains to push current manufacturers to up their game.... | |
| MSB vs dCS Bartok I went from a Naim 555 CDP to the NDS, although I kept the 555 CDP. I actually preferred the sound of the CDP to the NDS server (CDs ripped to WAV). I currently run the 555 server, which sounds better than the NDS. The 555 server has a warmer, ... | |
| Liquid stylus cleaner without solvent I too find the Lyra cleaner quite effective. The instructions state that the solvents in the cleaner soften the glue holding the stylus to the cantilever, so, after cleaning, one should wait something like ten seconds after cleaning before playin... | |
| Which makes the biggest difference? I find that fundamental choices for amplification make the biggest differences among electronic. That choice must be compatible with the speakers that will be used, listening level that is preferred, and size of the listening space. There are su... | |
| Tube based phono stage The EAR 834p phonostage is quite good, particularly for the price. The Italian company Lector Audio also makes very good tube-based phonostages, the two-box version is particularly good, but it is out of your price range unless you can find it used. | |
| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? The Amplitrex is a terrific tester. For my purposes, the best thing about it is that it is idiot proof. You select the tube type to be tested from a menu, the machine tells you which socket to use, it warms up the tube and then begins the testin... | |
| Problem Solvers Needed-Got my New XOs installed and am worried.... Do your speakers have controls on them? Is so, mark where they are set and then experiment. You might also experiment with speaker placement. Any change to the system that changes the sound (the reason for the change in the first place) require... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? I don't know what sets the price for this particular driver. It could be that few units are expected to be sold, so the price of developing the driver is being amortized from fewer expected sales. I believe it is a newer offering. It could be a... | |
| LTA Ultralinear vs SET amps mglik,I agree with you that, generally speaking, SET amps are much richer than the LTA amp I heard and that SET amps are particularly magical at lower power. That is not to say that all SET amps are warmer than all OTL amps (assuming that the LTA... | |
| LTA Ultralinear vs SET amps I have not made any kind of direct comparison, although I have heard the LTA amps that are based on the Berning circuit. It is a quite dynamic sounding amp, similar in that sense to an OTL amp, but, it is voiced on the lean side. If you are a fa... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? Scanspeak makes some fairly expensive paper coned woofers. I don't think they think that paper is crap. A local dealer that builds its own custom speakers just finished a pair that utilizes 15" paper coned drivers from Scanspeak. The drivers co... | |
| What speaker do you passionately want to demo? I would love to hear the Viking system that utilizes a wide-range driver fitted to a waveguide, with the Fostex 31” woofer. I am also interested in the AER speaker with the single driver in a quarter wave back-loaded horn cabinet. I’ve heard a c... | |
| New to vinyl - How to get the best out of old classical discs? I think a better cartridge and a better phono stage would be the first step. Perhaps you could find a used phono stage in order to stay in budget. Something like the EAR 834 would be nice. | |
| New to vinyl - How to get the best out of old classical discs? I am actually quite pleased with what can be found on CDs of older performances, at least if you are willing to buy the CDs used. There are not too many performances only available on the original vinyl. I tend to do most of my classical listeni... | |
| More watts or better power ? The very best sounding amps I've heard are all low in output. But, these amps are not appropriate for many speakers and in situations where high volume is a requirement and/or the room is extremely large. So there is a minimum amount of power th... |