larryi
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| Connectors from cross-overs to drivers question The WBT solder is 4% silver and is lead based so it melts at low temperature and is easy to use. It is expensive. Even more expensive is the 6% silver solder from Audio Note. Their solder is lead free-mostly tin, silver, copper and antimony-whi... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? The "high power" tube amp that I like a lot is the Synthesis A100 (rated at 100 wpc). That amp runs tubes of my liking-KT66 in pushpull-so it is sort of the exception to what I generally like and dislike. If someone truly needs much more power, ... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? My personal preference and priority is for lively sound at modest volume levels. This is more commonly achieved with tube amps than solid state. My favorite tube types happen to be quite low in output, and I prefer amps that don’t rely on many tu... | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? While the thread is supposedly about retelling of actual historical events, a lot of the fictional storytellers mentioned above, such as James McMurtry (son of novelist Larry McMurtry) are fantastic. His stories are funny and touching. I would a... | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" was written by a Scottish-born song writer who moved to Australia when he was young, so he is primarily Australian. There are several good covers of the song. I particularly like the one by the Pogues. | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? “Cold Missouri Waters,” which is a telling about a real forest fire crew that got trapped by a fast moving fire is pretty good. The story about Australian soldiers at Gallipoli in WW 1–“And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda” is another one I like. | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs My guess, like someone above mentioned, is that the record is slightly hygroscopic and the very long soak for your test is different from your initial cleaning. Try also soaking the pre test sample in water for the same period and weight the samp... | |
| Tube or solid state I hang out a lot at a shop that only sells tube amps and preamps (not even hybrid integrated amps are sold there) and I have often seen new people come into the store and have what is close to a religious conversion experience—they had no idea mus... | |
| SET amplifier (for AvantGarde Duo's-original) recommendations I like the Duo a lot. It IS somewhat difficult to set up and get the bass to integrate well with the horns. I don't think one ever can get great integration, but, there is no speaker system that is perfect in all respects. While I do think the ... | |
| Sensitivity 86 v 90 If the ratings are reasonably accurate (a BIG “if”), the 8 ohm load of the lower efficiency speaker might make it a better match than the higher efficiency speaker. I generally find that an easy load is more important when it comes to tube amps. ... | |
| How do you stop house guest from damaging your speakers? I just don't have house guests, this works great not just for protecting the system. | |
| How long do speakers last? There are far too many variable involved that there is no meaningful answer to how long to expect speakers to last. I've heard drivers that are really old that have held up well, even without a re-coning. That is particularly the case with woofe... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? I like the EL84 tube and once owned a custom-made amp using that tube. Of commercial amps of current manufacture, I like the Audio Note OTO, which is a somewhat pricey integrated amp. For vintage amps, I think that the Eico HF81 amps were quite... | |
| The 300B World I like many 300b amps, although I would not pick it as my favorite tube type. Likewise, I like SET amps, but, my absolute favorite amps happen to be a pushpull amp (running crazy expensive and exotic 252 tube) and a custom made OTL amp (can't rem... | |
| Made in USA My linestage and amplifier are custom made by a one-person operation in Italy, but he uses primarily vintage parts made in the USA (including Western Electric caps and transformers). My streamer/DAC is made in England, my headphone and phono cart... |