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| do planar or electrostatic speakers inherently From my experience, the answer is yes, when you are talking about typical dynamic speakers, but, horn systems and other high efficiency systems also sound very good at lower volumes.Another low volume phenomenon that is a big advantage of dipoles ... | |
| can changing 6sn7 tubes affect the output voltage I am not familiar with the Supratek gear. From your description, it does not sound like it is possible to tweak the bias. Amps that allow for such bias change would have a knob and either a meter or a place to plug in a meter to make the adjustmen... | |
| Q- is Columbia CS 6 eye better press than 200 gr The 6-eye Columbias are, generally speaking, the best you are going to get. I suspect that it is a matter of the master tape degrading over time (which is why Sony and Philips developed DSD to archive recordings in the first place).The "Kind of Bl... | |
| can changing 6sn7 tubes affect the output voltage Your EML 45 failure was probably a coincidence. By the way, a friend of mine had two pairs of EML mesh 45s fail within ten hours (total for both pairs), so you got a lot more mileage. The replacement pair of solid plate 45s have been going strong ... | |
| Leave tube amp on all day? I would consult with Cary on this one. Manufacturers say different things. The manufacturer of my amp, Audionote (uk) says that my amp should stay on all of the time. Other manufacturers say turn on only when in use.I turn my amp off during the we... | |
| Linear Tracking or Not?, Any Experiences and Recs Years ago, I had a nightmarish stint with a Maplenoll table that had an air bearing arm. But, this was a very cheap table with a very, very cheap air pump. The pump was the source of the problem.I know of three brands of arm/tables offering tangen... | |
| Is calibration services for DLP set worth it? I have a Sony Qualia set (uses the SXRD chip set). I agree that it is quite an improvement over any DLP RPTV. I admit to being too lazy to have the set properly calibrated (I've done it by eye, the Sony allows for an amazing amount of owner calibr... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? A possible candidate is the Viva Solisti. This is an Italian single-ended design that uses an 845 tube for each channel. It is a true integrated, not one of those tube "integrated" amps that have a passive linestage (only volume control and switch... | |
| Best MONITORS availables I've only heard the Magico at a show. It sounded okay, and then I saw the price. YIKES! I know it is not quite a monitor, but for a small speaker, I think the Gryphon Cantata is quite nice sounding. But it too is way up there in price.Still, as go... | |
| What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean? Hospital grade outlets cannot overcome the tenacity of human folly. In South Africa, a hospital noted that patients in a particular bed in the ICU unit were found dead on Saturday morning on a regular basis. Suspecting a serial killer, investigato... | |
| Worst Name for A Piece of Equipment I think I saw a Von Gaylord amp at CES last year. It was a tube amp that utilized big transmitting tubes, like a 211. The output tubes were encased in glass or plexiglass that was filled with WATER. You could see the heat causing ripples in the co... | |
| Worst Name for A Piece of Equipment An audio dealer that carried the Ars Audes speaker line had the really nice sounding "Sol" model, which he liked to refer to as the Ars Sols. | |
| OK WILSON OWNERS. HERE IS YOUR CHALLENGE How can any kind of fair and realistic comparison be made under these conditions? How will anyone know if the performance of each contender was optimized, and optimized for whose taste? II heard MAXX IIs in several CES/THE SHOW set ups last year. ... | |
| Purpose of Decanters? I can't imagine that there is any advantage to decanting distilled spirits. With scotch, you want to minimize exposure to air (oxygen); some people even inject nitrogen to displace the oxygen in order to reduce exposure once a bottle is opened. De... | |
| Best tube preamp, cost not object ? I, too, have recently been looking for a very good linestage. I have not heard most of the top candidates in my own system or systems that I have some familiarity. I have heard a top level Kondo and the Audionote (uk) M-8 and M-10. These are all t... |