larryi
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| Recommended SET amp and speakers to 20k There are a lot of good suggestions, in my opinion, listed above. I liked the Spatial Audio speaker too, and the 10" Cube Audio Nenuphar, and if you like your sound to be extremely dynamic (who doesn't) and don't mind a bit of a hard edge and bri... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? Many years ago, I went to a dealer to audition amplifiers to use with my Acoustat 1+1 speakers. The dealer, who had sold me my pair, had a big Rowland amp hooked up to his 1+1 speakers. It sounded okay, but it didn't really quite do it for me. ... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer For just Beethoven string quartet box sets, I have the Vegh Quartet, Quartetto Italiano, Tokyo Quartet, and Hollywood Quartet (maybe something else I cannot recall off the top of my head). | |
| Recommended SET amp and speakers to 20k I would be looking at a Charney Audio speaker and an Elekit 300B kit amplifier combination. | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Around over 350 CDs and records for J.S. Bach. | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? This discussion often becomes an "all-other-things-being-equal" hypothetical discussion. If nothing else is adversely affected by increasing power, then it probably doesn't hurt to have more power in reserve. But, depending on how loud one liste... | |
| Better amp or better tubes? Although they were expensive, the 1990's Western Electric reissues are extremely durable; I know a number of people still using those after 20 years of use. A lot depends on the design of the amp. If it does not push tubes very hard, they will l... | |
| High Output Preamp for First Watt SIT-3? In the under $4,000 price range, for the amount of power you have, I would consider Tekton Double Impacts, Rethm Bhaava, and Audio Note AN-K speakers (or other models used). | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Most manufacturers of high end gear expect that customers will want to choose a different power cord so their gear comes with stuff (a notable exception is NAIM). On the plus side, the customer is not paying more for the gear coming with a better... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Even with magnetic levitation designs, there are quite different approaches. The ClearAudio and Verdier, etc., designs float the platter, with a shaft only used to center the platter. Some designs use magnetic levitation to reduce the load on a ... | |
| best power conditioners under 4k I can hardly say what is "best," but I've owned a few brands over theyears (Furman, Shunyata, Isotek) and I am really happy with my recent purchase of Isotek pwer conditioners (Titan and EVO3 Sigma). I bought these after hearing a demonstration b... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. It is really hard to guess what might click with any given listener. I know someone who, when he was first interested in jazz, borrowed some CDs from me. He liked Coltrane, so I put together a bunch of Coltrane CD's, and just for laughs, I threw... | |
| NOS 300B vs Takayuki 300B New Old Stock WE 300B's (not the 1990's reissue), go for crazy amounts of money. I haven't heard a comparison, but, I have heard amps using used, but testing strong, original WE tubes (engraved base) and the amp sounded very good. But, those tub... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? Under ideal conditions, top quality cartridges can exceed 2,000 hours of playing life. But, you have no way of knowing if records played were pristine and impeccably cleaned, that alignment and setup were optimal, etc. I would guess that a big c... | |
| VTA on the fly I am in agreement that small changes do affect the sound. My final adjustments are always smaller than 1 mm. I know that, if you do the math, this represents a ridiculously small change in VTA/SRA, but, this can be heard in the way millercarbon ... |