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| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Hi Charles 1 dad,Have you tried the EML meshplae tubes? I know they are not supposed to be as robust as the XLS, but, I do wonder how they sound. I use to run EML meshplate 2a3s in my Kageki, and that was a VERY interesting tube and quite differ... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Pani,I have heard one of the First Watt amps (cannot remember the specific model) in my system for about two weeks (borrowed from a friend). I liked it a lot--smooth, clear and lively. Yes, there was a bit of brittleness and an artificially hard... | |
| Spindle Holes There are actually three slightly different spindle hole sizes that are "standard" sizes. I saw an alignment protractor made by Axiom that has attachments for the three different spindle sizes. How crazy can an industry be that cannot get even t... | |
| Best near wall high end speaker If you don't mind stand-mounted speakers, the Audio Note AN-E are good candidates for near wall placement. These have the advantage of being reasonably efficient and easy to drive, so they can be used with a wide variety of lower powered amps. T... | |
| 12" Tonearms for TD-124 The Thorens 124 is the favorite table of a local dealer (apart from the $100k Audionote table with three motors and three giant power supplies for the motors). He particularly likes to equip them with the top of the line 12" Ortofon arm. This co... | |
| What do you think is the best make volume control ?? ALPS NOBLE ???? My headphone amp has a very good ALP RK50 volume control (not stepped). This is one of those "legendary" components. However, this is a very BIG pot and it costs quite a lot. A friend tried to buy one from the US distributor. He was told that... | |
| New Forum Format Sucks I am having a problem that I don't know if it is just particular to me. Even when I am logged in, I cannot post a message when I use IE as the browser, but I have no problems with Chrome. With IE, the box shows up to add a comment, but, I cannot... | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? I give each new acquisition a thorough cleaning (currently with the Audio Desk Systeme) and I rarely find a need to clean the record again. I suppose some light dust may deposit on the record while it is playing, but, that stuff is pushed out of t... | |
| $1,000,000 Speakers - Hey, you never know. Not all of these ultra expensive speakers are big and ugly. Check out this desk system that consists of two cubes that are about 6" high by 6" wide and a little bit deeper than that, which also come with a Class D switching amp of the same size. T... | |
| Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next The old Sennheiser Orpheus (HE-90) is, to me, a terrific sounding phone. I bet the price of the new phones and that set are not too far apart after adjusting for inflation. It was crazy expensive then (something like $18,000), but, people will pay... | |
| Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next Rich people hording their money is far worse for the rest of the people than if they spent the money, even if it is for obscenely expensive luxury goods. That money that Sennheiser makes on the headphones is a part of its income that pays salaries... | |
| Since solder is such a poor conductor, why use it? The best connection is probably wire wrap. With wire wrapping. Some audio gear made in the 1960's and 1970's used this approach, but for cost reasons, it is no longer used. The connection is physically very strong and completely gas tight (no oxid... | |
| tube vs SS my own little test Mordante,As a very general comment, I find that it takes FAR longer for solid state gear to warm up and sound its best. Most of the tube gear I've heard sounds decent in 10-15 minutes, some solid state stuff can take more than an hour to sound goo... | |
| Leonard Bernstain Rhapsody In Blue... Jetrexpro,I agree, that is a terrific performance coupled with good sound. | |
| Speed Control for Basis 2800 Signature I have used a synchrowave for about five years now. I very rarely bother to check for speed accuracy; when I do check, the speed is pretty close to spot on. I am less concerned over long-term speed accuracy as I am with minimizing vibration/noise ... |