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| SUTs and Resistive Loading Questions Oops, don't know why the link does not appear: | |
| SUTs and Resistive Loading Questions This can be a particularly complex subject because there are some experts who advocate loading on the secondary side of the transformer (selecting the 100 ohm setting on the phonostage does that), while others advocate loading on the primary side ... | |
| Basis Audio Super Arm 9 I am intrigued by this arm too. I presume it would be a drop-in replacement of my Vector arm on my Basis Debut table. But, I do wonder how it compares with other interesting arms, such as the Schroeder Linear Tracking arm or the Swedish Audio T... | |
| Audio Note SUTs - Are they worth the money ? I have heard a number of systems with Audio Note SUT, including my own, and they are very good. Given that you have an all Audio Note set up for electronics, it might be worth the price premium to stick with their transformers. The thing is, the... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? It has been quite a while since I heard the HQD system. That was a very expensive system in its day. I have heard, much more recently, re-built and heavily modified 57s done by a company called MyEmia. One of these pair of speakers came with a... | |
| Proac Response D 48/Tannoy Kensington I've heard both, in similar systems, though not in any sort of side-by-side comparison. The ProAc is somewhat of a rare beast--it actually uses a ribbon tweeter that is well integrated with the other drivers. In some respects it is a "safer" cho... | |
| Which British Hi-Fi Magazine is Your Favorite of the Brits? By a fairly wide margin, Hi Fi News and Record Review. They cover a wide range of subjects (vintage and current gear), music and recordings (better than the other audio magazines) and provide ratings that tell you much more about what they subjec... | |
| Tubeyist sounding Pre-amp? Chayro, I like the sound of Viva gear. I have a Viva fono phonostage myself. I checked out your profile and found that you have a Trenner & Friedl speakers, a brand I like too. We also share the same brand of turntable. It must mean we sha... | |
| Tubeyist sounding Pre-amp? The comments above illustrate how much the idea of "tubey sound" varies. If that is suppose to mean a warm sound (upper bass, lower midrange prominence), I cannot think of too much gear that is the antithesis of this kind of sound than Audio Rese... | |
| Something just isn't there I have heard the GIK panels and I think they do a pretty good job. The fabric on the panels can be printed with whatever you want so they are relatively easy to work into the décor. But, even such modest treatment may not be necessary. I've hea... | |
| Volume Increase of decrease as system improves As I improved my system, the volume level I listen to has gone down. My system sounds dynamic and lively without relying on high volume to deliver juice. | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? While I have heard several Volti speakers (you did not specify your model), I have only heard one First Watt amp, the F2, I believe, in my own system. I had a friend's amp for about two weeks. I really liked the sound of the amp, certainly one o... | |
| Electronics for Harbeth, Especially Monitor 40 series I hardly ever think of solid state amps as "fast" sounding. To me, most of the better solid state amps sound just a touch lifeless when played at lower volume levels. Speed and lower level dynamics are not the strengths of most of the better sol... | |
| Why So Many Raidho Speaker For Sale? If I had to guess, it is the case of a lot of speakers being bought because of so much favorable press, and then the owners finding that the speakers don't actually suit their taste after they have lived with them for some time. That would happen... | |
| How long will tubes last in a pre-amp? Long before the tube fails completely, it can become progressively weaker. Depending on the design of the linestage, it is possible for the unit to sound reasonably good with weak tubes in it or it can become quite lifeless sounding and noisy. T... |