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| custom tube amp builder who has excellent skills Check out Fred Volz at Emotive Audio. He does custom work that is both nice looking and sounds great.With Deja Vu Audio, sound is the entire priority, but, who knows, you might like the looks too. Deja Vu has some very retro looking gear (made wit... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... I hardly ever agree with Mr. Fremer on favorite gear, but, I appreciate that he is willing to more directly speak his mind in a review than most reviewers. I also appreciate the comments of those who disagree with reviews. I find it interesting th... | |
| Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst? I just set up my new music server this week (Naim NDS Server/DAC, Uniti ripper, Qnap NAS) so I have begun to rip my CD collection. This is going to take quite a bit of effort, particularly, the editing of metadata. In addition to ease of accessing... | |
| 12' x 14' room; $10k budget for speakers; help Smaller rooms also usually means limited options for speaker placement. One of the most versatile speakers I have heard is the Gradient Revolution. This speaker sounds great in a small room and can be located close to the back wall or even corners... | |
| tube gear vs solid state...cable effectiveness Perhaps, wire seems less important to tube equipment owners than solid state owners because the first step taken to tailor the sound of tube gear to one's particular taste and system interactions is to change out tubes. With solid state gear, ther... | |
| The most dynamic speaker you've heard... I haven't found any speaker that has exhibited exceptional dynamics under all conditions. Great horn drivers are truly exceptional at lower volume levels and can make music sound lively and engaging at surprisingly low levels, but, they tend to "s... | |
| Singer sounds lower than ear level, help raise it It helps to try all sorts of placement. Proper location of a speaker is largely a random hit or miss thing and even a movement as small as 1/2 inch can make a huge difference if you happen to be moving into or out of a strong mode.For your particu... | |
| The most dynamic speaker you've heard... A field coil driver uses an electromagnet (coil of wire carrying a current that creates a magnetic field) in place of the permanent magnet of a regular driver. This type of driver requires a power supply to energize the coil creating the magnetic ... | |
| Basis table or SME I have a Basis Debut vacuum table with the Basis power supply and a Vector 3 arm. I cannot say how it compares with SME table/arm combinations because I have not had any real opportunity to make any kind of fair comparisons between tables. I will ... | |
| does your system "warm up" and then sound better? Even with solid state gear, there is some debate about the disadvantages, in terms of equipment longevity/reliability about leaving gear on 24/7. First, there is a possibility, however remote, of failure that could cause a fire. Second, there is t... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? I don't see any pictures depicting a tangential tracking arm. I only see pictures of their hanging on a thread/magnetic attraction version of a conventional pivoting arm.What, if any, mechanism provides for tangential tracking? | |
| does your system "warm up" and then sound better? Most of the solid state amps I've had or heard in my system took MUCH longer to sound their best. The latest that I heard in my system was a friend's First Watt J2. It sounded very good from turn on, but delivered better dynamic shading and a larg... | |
| does your system "warm up" and then sound better? When I had solid state amps and linestages I left them on all of the time (except when I was at home and a thunderstorm approached). I currently leave my CD player on all of the time. Solid state gear does not suffer as much from being on all of t... | |
| Top resistors I haven't done any resistor rolling myself, but, I once spoke to the designer/builder of amps and preamps who did not like the S102 for his designs. He found the resulting sound to be lean and seemingly stripped of harmonics. He was quite clear th... | |
| SS amp as opposed to tube amp In terms of longevity and service issues, there are pros and cons for tube gear. First, I have never heard of tube gear taking out a speaker when it failed. I suppose it is possible with high powered stuff (which I usually avoid for sonic reasons)... |