larryi
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| high power tube amps vs ss I personally do not like the sound of most high-powered pentode and tetrode tube amps. Many sound much more brittle and dry than good solid state amps. Notable exceptions to me are some OTL amps. Most solid state amps these days do not sound grain... | |
| Sonus Faber Amati Futura I have heard the Futura and the Strads, but, in completely different systems and rooms so I cannot make any sort of comparison. The room/system with the Strad that I am most familiar with is an all out assault on top quality sound. The Strads soun... | |
| Speaker grills on or off? A macaw that attacks speakers? You need to trade it in for a Norwegian Blue parrot. | |
| Hybrid SACD are they compatible w/non SACD playe All cd players should be able to play the CD layer of a hybrid. I know that there are some who claim that putting two layers on the disc compromizes the performance of both layers. I have no idea about that. I own quite a few hybrids (mostly class... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I don't know about "theory," but, I do know that I like the sound of a number of transformer coupled gear. That is what I am currently running. The "problem" is the limited compatibility of the amp with the transformer input. From experience, I kn... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I have a capacitor coupled amp that can drive 600 ohms too reasonably well, but, it also is fairly high in gain (18 db) and has a massive 30 uf coupling cap. My friend said that the huge cap is what makes this linestage suitable. | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. Borg, An amp with a 600 ohm input is designed to be used with a preamp with a transformer output (like professional gear in the old days). Without a matching transformer-output linestage, you can have severe problems with bass response. The amp wa... | |
| anyone listened to Nagra CD-P? I heard the CDP in a friend's system. I liked the sound of that player. Is it a lean sounding player? That is hard to say unless one were comparing it with something else. I heard it in direct comparison with the Naim CDS3. I preferred the CDS3, w... | |
| What is a really good sounding low volume system?? Unfortunately, the best sounding systems at low volume are horn systems that are also physically big in size so they create other placement problems. There are other somewhat bass restricted higher efficiency systems that also sound pretty good at... | |
| WHERE TO PURCHASE DVD/BR CLASSICAL MUSIC? Have you tried Arkivmusic.com? | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time I would have Schubert in the top five for just what he composed in the last year of his life. Stravinsky should be in the top fifteen, particularly for his influence on subsequent generations of composers--Rites of Spring was a real game changer.A... | |
| McIntosh Vintage C22 Telefunken 12AX7 or ECC803's? I am a fan of Amperex BugleBoys where a warmer tube is desired. These are great sounding and pretty long lasting tubes. It sounds like you will have a really nice setup. | |
| Magico Comparison There are other high-tech, exotic material, speakers aside from Magico and they sound completely different. If modern technology has "objectively" improved speaker design there should be a convergence in the sound of such speakers. But, just liste... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? I've heard a number of idler drive tables-927, 301, Thorens, etc. and they do share an appealing quality--a bold, dynamic, prick-up-your-ears quality. I have also heard a belt drive table that had that same kind of sound--the monster Audionote tab... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? When someone reports that bass disappears after some time, it really could be something somewhat different--it could be that the midrange or highs have gotten stronger rather than the bass getting weaker. It is not absolute level that matters so m... |