larryi
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| Large room with low budget for speakers Some speakers I’ve heard within your budget that I like (I like warmer sounding speakers) include Fyne F1 and Cube Audio Nenuphar Basis (comes with its own built in powered woofer). The JBL mentioned above is intriguing, particularly because I li... | |
| What's a good amount of time to have my preamp unplugged before I swap out tubes? You don't ever risk electrocution in removing a tube after an amp or preamp has been turned off. At worst, if you somehow touch a capacitor that has not been discharged, you could get a local, nasty shock. But, if you are just pulling a tube, yo... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade There has been an evolution, among the majority of brands, toward more and more “detailed” sound that means a leaner sound with less upper bass (that bass obscures higher frequency detail). It seems to be what most buyers want. If you are in the... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade If you have changed the balance of your system, you can try to compensate by doing simple things, like experimenting with speaker or listening chair placement, minor acoustic treatment, like putting tapestries on the walls or using an area rug on ... | |
| How to choose a cartridge? Yes, good channel separation will tell you that the stylus is properly aligned with the signal generating elements, that the left and right elements are consistently made, etc., provided you make the measurement on the particular cartridge. The m... | |
| How to choose a cartridge? I don't know if any particular measurement says anything about how a cartridge might sound, much less whether one will like that sound. It might well be case, as some mastering engineers have said, that distortions and artifacts inherent to the m... | |
| Who's an artist that you're a fan of but whose name you're not sure how to pronounce? Yes, I like Rautavaara too, but I would not dare try to utter his first name. The same goes for the English composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. Even the names of his works can be a bit daunting (not to mention the length and complexity of most ... | |
| How to choose a cartridge? It is quite difficult to audition cartridges, particularly because they are in a system that is totally different from one's own. I have a local dealer that will allow trusted customers to take home and try certain cartridges that are in the stor... | |
| How to choose a cartridge? I should have specified the Ortofon model—they were SPU models that were quite warm, while the Anna and PW are quite the opposite. I don’t know if they still offer the service, but vdH use to allow buyers to break in the cartridge then send it ba... | |
| How to choose a cartridge? I,too, think that the Delos is a fine cartridge offered at a reasonable price, provided you are not looking for something very lush and warm sounding. If lush and warm is your preference, perhaps a Koetsu or Grado or an Ortofon should be consider... | |
| How to choose a cartridge? It is very hard to even begin to recommend something absent some kind of context as to sonic preference and what you are trying to achieve. It would help to know what cartridges you have heard in your own system or a system you know, and what kin... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? From the institution that brought us the Bose speakers, come this new approach to piezo-electric speakers: https://news.mit.edu/2022/low-power-thin-loudspeaker-0426 | |
| Is it good to upgrade the crossovers in your speakers? johnk, Yes, very good points raised. This is like people raving about tweaks they employ. Either they do, or they don't change the character of the sound, and if they do, why does it always seem to be for the better? I suspect that bias is inv... | |
| dust protection for turntables I cover the platter to keep dust from cross-contaminating my records due to accumulation on the platter. I use an unloved Charlie Rich album given to me as the platter dust cover (I also have a "Benji's in Love" (remember that movie mutt?) pictur... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I heard the Nenuphar Basis with First Watt amps and really liked what I heard, much more so than the Nenuphar without the woofers. I do wish to hear them with a warmer tube amp, like a 6L6 or KT 66 amp. The are efficient enough for a single ende... |