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| 300Bs - does leaving them on shorten their life? If a manufacturer ever recommended leaving tube gear on all the time in order to prevent damage from the act of turning on the gear, I would never buy from that manufacturer. It is not hard for the manufacturer to put in a soft start circuit to p... | |
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Speakers make the biggest difference, followed by amplifiers. Horn systems are particularly dynamic and engaging at low volume. If you look at Japanese audio magazines, it is common to find serious audiophiles putting gigantic horn systems in th... | |
| Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image? As Tim described, you can do switching starting at either the front end and working down the line, or the other way (from speaker back to source). This will allow you to isolate the source of the problem (assuming it is in the component stream an... | |
| Decware: a worthwhile option? Decware gear is well constructed, nice looking and reasonably priced. Whether it is nice sounding would be a matter of personal taste and system matching.In the systems I've heard two of their amps, it was not for me--a bit too anemic and lifele... | |
| Grounding with a Earth box? I think the alternative to such boxes is having a solid rod planted deep in the ground outside of your house with a ground wire running to a single grounding point for all of your gear. Why this is important, I don't know. But, I do know it does... | |
| Shinjitsu Audio I have not heard this speaker (until now, I had not even heard of it), but it is interesting. I generally like AMT tweeter/midrange drivers and the idea of coupling it to a small, backloaded woofer is an interesting idea. That would mean bass th... | |
| Bruce Edgar That is very sad news. I met him at a CEDIA show. We were both listening to a speaker with a compression driver and horn. After the demonstration, he asked me about what we heard and we had a nice conversation. I had no idea who I was talking ... | |
| High Frequency Oscillation hurt resistors in Magico A5 crossovers I have no idea why extremely high frequency energy was emitted by the download process, but, Magico's explanation of what happened to the crossover is reasonable. There is no way it is a failure of the Magico crossover operating under normal circ... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ lalitk,I've heard the Canterbury and other coaxial Tannoy speakers and liked what I heard. I just did not consider them in the discussion because they I did not consider them to be a single, full-range driver. But, they are certainly great sound... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ bdp24,I agree with you about the relative merits of Soundlab electrostatic speakers vs. the Altec Voice of the Theater speaker. The Altec tonal coloration is way too unnatural for my taste as well. At one time I considered buying Soundlab speake... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ I have owned all manner of speakers--conventional sealed box, bass reflex box speakers, electrostatics, planar magnetics, etc., and all types of speakers, with varying efficiencies, can deliver decent sound. But, over time I have gravitated towar... | |
| Help a newbie determine the resale value of equipment On this very site, click on "Insider." There is an offer for a subscription that costs $10 a month. That subscription gives you access to the Audiogon "Blue Book." This is one of the most authoritative source of information on used gear value.T... | |
| How are speakers improved? The very notion that a designer starting with state of the art drivers can achieve perfection has an implicit "begging the question" problem--it assumes that there is such a thing as a state of the art driver and that driver has the potential for ... | |
| A question for 45 SET experienced listeners I am a fan of both 45 and 2a3 tube myself. I own a parallel SET 2a3 amp and a pushpull 45 amp. I have heard numerous 45, 2a3 and 300b SET and pushpull amps. As a general observation, the 45 is like the baby bear in the "Three Bears" children's ... | |
| Purchased "New Orleans" set on Newvelle Records, all I can say is wow! Thank you for the heads up. I had no idea that this recording company existed prior to your posting. I am now considering a purchase after going to their website. The list of artists involved is quite impressive. |