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| Song covers that are better than the originals How about Jazz "covers" of popular tunes, such as:Coltrane "My Favorite Things"Johnny Griffin "The Way You Look Tonight" | |
| how close in sound can a tube and ss amp sound ? It is interesting that most of the comments have to do with differences at clipping levels. To me, the biggest differences are at quite low volume levels. A lot of solid state gear sounds flat, dull and unengaging, compared to tube gear, at lower ... | |
| Sound diffusion panels--do they reduce brightness? It looks like you are discovering one of the most annoying "secrets" about audio. It can literally take years to discover the ideal placement of speakers. Results are quite unpredictable, and shockingly small movement can have BIG sonic consequenc... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Shonen Knife: Top of the World Nazareth: Love Hurts (and I love Orbison)Persuasions: Angel of HarlemCowboy Junkies: Thunder RoadEagles: Hotel California (tell me this is not a steal/cover of Jethro Tull's "We Used to Know") | |
| Sound diffusion panels--do they reduce brightness? Hi Blueskies,Have you solved, or at leat diagnosed, the problem with excessive brightness? | |
| How essential is shielding? I once had problems with noise in my phono system so I ended up bringing my table to the dealership. At the dealer, the noise problem did not occur, but, the dealer noted that the phonocable was unshielded. He had a cable that was supposedly ident... | |
| New Lyra Delos wheres the bass? Cyclopse,It sounds like you covered all of the basics--I would look primarily at loading and VTA when there is an issue of tonal balance. Perhaps you could try loading down the cartridge a little more (lower number, like 125 ohms or even lower num... | |
| Amp damping factor? If I manufactured an amp with low output impedance, I would certainly tout its high damping factor as a positive attribute. But, for anything other than really high output impedance amps, like some SET and triode pushpull tube amps, playing into s... | |
| Ultralinear vs. Triode vs. SET Pubul57,Off the top of my head, there is the Audiospace AS-6m (KT88, ultralinear/triode switchable), Primal Luna Prologue 5 integrated amp (KT88 ultralinear), Cayin A-88 integrated amp (KT88 ultralinear/triode switchable), at least one Ayon integr... | |
| Ultralinear vs. Triode vs. SET Trelja,I do agree with a lot of what you said above. The transmitter tube SETs (845, 211) do not have as much of the favorable qualities of the low-powered triode tubes--like almost everything else, it is a matter of picking tradeoffs--but I don't... | |
| Ultralinear vs. Triode vs. SET A lot of comments here that fit my experience. I own, and like, SET amps. Yes, there are things that they do that really cannot be matched by other designs (realistic decay of notes, truly enveloping soundstage). But, the difference between the SE... | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? The results (positive or negative) from using ANY form of vibration control on an ANY component will vary according to the particular design of the model, system synergy/tuning and personal taste. The only way to determine what will work depends o... | |
| 12ax7 tubes can be enterchanged with xxx tubes? I have not done substitutions in a Jolida, so my comments are just a general impression of various 12AX7 variants. For a warmer sound and big soundstage the Mullards and the Amperex are certainly good candidates. I have found that in a some applic... | |
| Hovland HP 100 - owner insight needed A "problem" with the stepped attenuator on the Hovland is that the steps are a bit too wide for very fine adjustment of volume (this, to me, is an issue with almost any stepped attenuator with less than 80 steps). Other than this, I liked the Hovl... | |
| Slam possible with Tubes instead of SS ?? I suppose it is a matter of personal taste, but, I tend to find most higher powered KT88 and 6550 amps to sound brittle, with an artificial edginess (someone else might consider the "edge" (hard initial attack of the note) to be a part of "slam," ... |