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| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? In some respects, it is easier to live with a tube linestage or preamp than a solid state one. If you are someone who turns off your solid state linestage, it actually takes much longer for a solid state linestage to be fully warmed up and soundi... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? Very good advice given above. It really depends on the tube type, the vintage/manufacturer of the tube, and the particular circuit design. When tubes are driven close to their maximum rating, they don't last long, but driven modestly, the same t... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? ct0517,Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I think that we are pretty much in agreement, but you certainly fleshed out the issues more completely. Yes, tape will remain a niche business and I would certainly hope that the niche remains healthy ... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? I am WAY too lazy to thread tape and wait for tape to rewind, but, I have heard The Tape Project copies and other high quality dubs and the sound is quite superior to vinyl and any digital sources I have heard--open and detailed sounding while man... | |
| What the *#$@ happened?? All vibration control devices are "tuning" devices--the fact that they alter the sound means that they can alter the sound for worse result. Some people think that more vibration absorption or dissipation is inherently superior to less, but, I ha... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear The best combination of outstanding performance and rarity are so me OTL amps that were built by a Greek builder around 1980. I know one person who has the two-box per channel version (both BIG boxes), but, I don't know what he paid for them. An... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today A lot of interesting comments, above, that illustrate how much a particular preference is a matter of taste more so than of particular technology and vintage of the gear. I found it interesting that Doug Schroeder much preferred the Volti Vittora... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound I am quite surprised about how much is actually being sold. Last weekend, I went to a dealer that was doing a demonstration of the $200,000 ClearAudio turntable/arm/cartridge combination. The US distributor and ClearAudio representatives from Ge... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound One big difference between the ultra-expensive supercars and the audio component equivalents is that VERY few of the owners of such cars will ever actually drive the cars to the limit of their capability and actually "use" all that technology and ... | |
| VPI Traveler and Lyra Delos Jonathan Carr, the maker of Lyra cartridges has stated that his cartridges require a high quality arm because they transmit a lot of vibrational energy to the arm. This energy must be damped or dissipated properly and the arm bearings must be ver... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Hi ct0517,It appears that your Quad 57 setup is extremely well thought out and executed. While the 57 is a speaker that is fairly "easy" to set up and will deliver good sound under most conditions, I am sure that going the extra mile as you have ... | |
| What do you think is the best make volume control ?? ALPS NOBLE ???? My issue with some stepped attenuators is that many don't have enough steps; it seems like the ideal level is somewhere between the two steps. I find 24 steps is WAY to few; those with something like 47 steps, and steps no larger than than 1.5 db... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes I am not surprised that the EML meshplates turned out to be not robust enough to be driven hard. A lot of modern designs do drive tubes harder than do older amps. My EML meshplate 2a3s had a long life span in my Audio Note Kagekis, but, when I t... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Salectric,I am sure that your 753-type system sounds terrific. I really like the drivers you are using. I recently heard a system that is still in the tuning stage of build that utilizes the 32A horn and a 302 compression driver, a 15" field-coi... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Salectric,I agree with you about extreme vintage systems. I heard a monster set up in a huge dedicated room that sounded magnificent. It was based around a Western Electric 555 midrange driver and a 15A horn and twin 18" woofers (looked tiny in ... |