larryi
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| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice There are trade-offs, aside from cost, with going for more power. With some brands of amps, the cheaper, lower-powered version sounds better when playing at modest volume level than the higher cost, higher priced brethren. This can be the case w... | |
| How long do high quality speakers "last" A lot of good advice given above; the rare thread that, so far, does not include crazy accusations about other comments/commentators. I have not heard any bad comments about ProAc speakers going bad, and I've seen a few older models that are in go... | |
| What is missing here? Nine watts per channel is about right for a single-ended 300b amp. I would actually be more comfortable with one rated at a LOWER output, assuming that the lower rating means that the designer is intentionally not pushing the output tubes very ha... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice I should have mentioned that you should also look at output transformerless (OTL) amps. Atmasphere mentioned, above, the the Tylers are an easy, flat load. That makes them a good candidate for an OTL amp. Atmasphere, following forum rules, did ... | |
| seeking ‘HORN’ ideas apart from Klipshc Lascalla I have heard a lot of horn-based systems (mostly DIY or custom builds) and I own a "sort-of" horn system (compression driver and horn for midrange, twin 12" drivers in an Onken bass reflex cabinet, and a bullet tweeter). The compression drivers a... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Most tube amps are "optimistically" rated. That 60 watt tube amp might deliver that wattage at peak, but at 60 watts, it would be typically distorting quite a bit. Tube amps simply do not do well in a numbers game. Because most tube amps are di... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Even if you don't have the opportunity to audition a wide array of amplifiers in your home, you should at least make the effort to hear one or two with your speakers to get some idea of whether tubes are really for you. I've heard Tylers (don't k... | |
| Snell Type A Do not look for any 10" driver to replace the Snell 10." Diameter is just one of MANY operating parameters that matter and the chance that another random 10" driver will reasonably match those other characteristics is close to zero. If the foam ... | |
| Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement? Gradient Revolutions are made to accommodate different speaker locations, particularly those close to walls. To me, they sound very good. I like Audio Note speakers in close to the wall locations too (I see you have already looked into that bran... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? shkong,Unfotunately, the link to your photos is not working. But, in any case, if you found something specific that you heard and liked, it does not matter what anyone else thinks. Whether you get it or another vintage Western-based system, you ... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? What Western Electric system did you hear? With the exception of the Western Electric 753 and 757, they did not make many complete systems. It was more the case of someone assembling a system from components. Do you recall what components or sy... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? What particular vintage WE horn system are you looking at? Are you looking for a complete vintage system, or are you looking to build a system from vintage drivers and horns? I have heard many systems built from vintage drivers and horns and the... | |
| What should you hear? Mijostyn, You name-dropped a bunch of terrific sounding recordings and the music is good as well. What is striking to me is how good many older recordings sound; it does not seen that recording technology has advanced very far. When I want to de... | |
| What should you hear? Rodman,As I said, if all you were concerned with at a concert is stereo imaging, you could sit up front, but, that might not be ideal for other aspects of the sound; that is why it is not simply a matter of choosing front four rows in the concert ... | |
| Youngsters these days. It is probably prudent to NOT voice those sentiments about your kids, after all, they may be making certain critical decisions about your life in your dotage.This reminds me about how, when we were riding around in the family car and certain rock/... |