larryi
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| 12ax7 vs 5751 If clarity, 3d soundstaging, and dynamic punch is your thing, the ultimate tube for those qualities, to me, is the Telefunken ECC803S. But, it can be, in the wrong application, quite lean and analytical sounding (bass is very tight and fast, but n... | |
| Do I need BOTH amp and pre to be sonic holography? The delay that Carver's holography unit developed was not just to somewhat counteract the signal from the opposite speaker, it also accounted for diffraction caused by the listener's head. When sound from the left speaker hits the listener's head,... | |
| 12ax7 vs 5751 I agree with Rccc that the only way to really know is to experiment--tube performance is very specific to the particular application, and in addition, there is the matter of individual taste. This can be, unfortunately, quite expensive. The advice... | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? I am not familiar with the sound of Sonic Frontier gear, but, your description of your preference would suggest something other than Audio Research and even BAT. The Audio Research gears tends toward a quite lean sound (much more so than most soli... | |
| Tom Waits Bad? For someone who might find his later year voice, and the overly affected style of his music a bit off-putting, I would recommend the two volume complilations of "Early Year" recordings (recorded before his big commercial releases, but actually rel... | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? There probably has been no fundamental change in tube technology in 60 yrs. There have been some improvements in convenience (e.g., remote control), but, the circuitry remains the same, and as for parts quality, there are plenty of older parts tha... | |
| six year old 6sn7's, pushing my luck? I would NOT leave the linestage on all of the time. That will shorten the life of the tubes as well as other components (heat shortens the life of capacitors and resistors).Your Cary has tube rectification which provides a soft start turn on of th... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation What did you have before, and what did you think of the sound of that cartridge? Do you have any issues with other sources (CD, iPod, etc.)? I am wondering if you are certain that your issues lie entirely with the cartridge and not some other part... | |
| Pressing Issues The most common source of the "problem" IS tape print through. You can hear it on CD reissues of music that was originally recorded to tape where the producers of the CD do minimal or no processing in the remastering process. Good examples are the... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k Bigkidz,I just got a fully transformer-coupled linestage with crazy amount of gain--built around Western Electric input and output transformers, and Western Electric 310 tubes.However, I am having some problems getting it to work with my amp (Audi... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k For just a little more than your range, I like the Classic Audio T-3 speakers. They are extremely fast, detailed and lively to the extent I have not heard in any low efficiency speaker. You could eventually migrate away from high power amps in fav... | |
| CD player closest to vinyl? I like vinyl as well as CD, though I would not say that my CD preference was made based on how it compared to my, or any other vinyl, setup. I like the Naim CD555 that I purchased. I also like Burmester CD players (even more expensive than the Nai... | |
| SET sound without a lot of money Erfranke, Thank you for bringing the Tube Audio Lab site to my attention. It appears that the various designs are based heavily on old topologies and clones of specific designs, like the Western Electric amps.My only concern would be, the extent t... | |
| which speakers for low watt power amp? Other than some really extreme designs and extreme applications (very large room, ear-bleed level requirement), a 75 watt amp should work with almost any speaker. I've heard notoriously hard to drive Magnepan 3.6 driven quite adequately with less ... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? Not really a "product" (since it was made somewhere around 1940 so it is not in current production/regular sale), nor something that can be considered an outstanding value (quite expensive), but, one of the biggest improvement I have ever made to ... |