larryi
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| $10k DAC in a 3k system? While this would not be the most efficient allocation of resources, yes, a better DAC will make a noticeable improvement in even a quite modest system. At the Washington DC area Capitalfest audio show, a few years ago, one of the best sounding ro... | |
| Who listens primarily to Redbook CD? I listen mostly to CDs, although I have many LPs that are superior in sound to the CD reissues of those albums. I actually have ripped all of my CDs to WAV files, so I am not actually listening to the CDs themselves, even though I could do that a... | |
| Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system? I like what I heard from the Odyssey Kismet speaker that was on display at a show. I believe the company makes direct sales, so it may not be that easy to arrange an audition. I heard them in a small room at a show, placed not to far from the ba... | |
| Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system? If you ever looked at Japanese audio magazines, you will see a lot of systems in tiny apartments that seem to defy logic--they are HUGE horn systems. The reason for horns is that they actually sound fantastic at whisper quiet volume levels. Asid... | |
| DO NOT SELL OR BUY FROM THAILAND All of these foreigners, we should nuke them (We'll save Australia, don't want to hurt no kangaroos). | |
| Converting Solid State to Tube Rectification on a Preamp czarivey,Do you think your two triode ideal approach might explain why the manufacturer of my phonostage utilizes two 300b (or two 2a3s) as rectifiers in the power supply section? | |
| Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system? The various Audio Note speakers are quite good at delivering satisfying sound at relatively low volume levels, which is a big plus in an apartment. I would also suggest looking at ProAc speakers for the same reason. The old BBC monitors, such as... | |
| Greatest song titles.. "Aliens Ate My Buick" is certainly a great album title, but, I don't believe there is a song/track by that name. | |
| This is pretty funny and probably true for most of us Funny thread. I've seen a couple of funny things in this regard. One time, when I visited a local store, I overheard an elderly gentleman talking with the store owner about making a fake invoice for the purchase. I proceeded past the pair into ... | |
| Has anyone had experiences good or bad with speaker isolation or isolation in general ? There really is no one answer as to what improves the sound of a speaker set up when it comes to damping, isolation or coupling. In some setups, damping is the right approach, in another setup with the same speakers, it is coupling. You really h... | |
| Best Cable Line for Naim The longer run would mean higher impedance, so a high impedance cable does not seem to make sense. Isn't Naim gear, like some other brands, sensitive to capacitance, such that you are looking for a low capacitance/high inductance cable? | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes Lowrider,Do the tubes that go microphonic sound bad? Mechans asked whether it is a problem with the sound or the "tap on the tube" issue and I think that is pretty important distinction. I run a different set of tubes in my linestage (310A and 3... | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes Having a steady 120 volts is fine for almost any modern gear. There is some old vintage gear from the 1950's and 1960's that supposedly work better at 110 volts (I know people who use a variac for that), but, mdoern gear should be built to work w... | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes Lowrider,I have not heard anything about whether the Atmasphere preamp is hard on tubes on not. Other than a problem with the preamp, I am guessing you have had a run of bad luck. Is there a possibility the voltage from your power company is off... | |
| TUBES: Telefunken EL84 & ECC801 I run ECC801S' in a phono stage. It is an extremely clear, dynamic and detailed sounding tube. For me, it has so far lived up to its reputation of being extremely durable and long lived. But, it would be the WRONG tube if you are looking for a ... |