lewm
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| Tube sound Comes, mainly, from? Pre or Power? I always feel uncomfortable discussing amplifier types without reference to the speaker. In my opinion, in assembling a good system, one must start with the speakers. Once you have chosen the speakers, then is the time to consider what type of amp... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? I do confess I like it loud or to sound like the musicians are in the room. This is mostly small group jazz with or without vocals. I only own a Radio Shack db meter, but it tells me I listen at 85-90db. Measured at my listening position. I know f... | |
| Tube sound Comes, mainly, from? Pre or Power? I think I was a bit too strong in my anti-transformer statement above. I have heard many transformer coupled tube amplifiers that sound excellent. I will just leave it at that. I do apologize to those who use such amplifiers. But my post was reall... | |
| Am I a hopeless audio snob? I wrote “brief fling”, so no, I certainly don’t still own it. It still has a certain kitsch however for having been featured in the movie “Clockwork Orange “. If I had one I’d display it with the platter in rotation but I’d not connect it to an au... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... You’d have to try hard to find a magnetic resistor these days. Even the cheapest available are more likely than not to be nonmagnetic. And although Audio Note silver foil in oil capacitors sound great, there are many less expensive alternatives th... | |
| Am I a hopeless audio snob? Richopp, that’s the one I had, for a brief fling. The Vestigial tonearm was a hoot. But funnily back then I bought in the shortlived belief it was SOTA. | |
| Tube sound Comes, mainly, from? Pre or Power? This might be the world champion of reviving an old thread, since this one is 13 years old this year. I didn’t bother to reread the entire thing, but what most people think of as the tube sound in my mind has to do with the output transformer of t... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? 60-70db? With headphones, maybe I could hear the music at that SPL. From a speaker, that is barely above ambient noise. Anyway, carry on. You're fine. | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... Raul, Was trying to be funny. Of course, the OP is free to post on the Digital Forum, as well. I wish he would have exercised that freedom, in fact. | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... This is the Analog Forum. | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? I could say that I purchased about 2/3 or more of my LP collection new, but covering a span of time from the 1970s to the present. Furthermore I obtained about 1/3 of my collection from the estate of my dear friend whom I know purchased all of his... | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? What makes me smile is the idea of a $20K cartridge on a $100,000+ turntable in order to play even a mint vintage LP that one may have paid $5 or $10 for. Of course the buyers of those cartridges probably would not be caught dead with a used LP. T... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... This is analog world. | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? No you cannot hurt anything with the “wrong” phono load resistance, and whoever wrote that bit of advice about never using 47K to load an MC cartridge is full of crap. It has been mentioned before on this thread, but in case you hadn’t read it, yo... | |
| Phono cables Does the hum change in intensity as the stylus traverses the LP surface? Is it loudest on the inner grooves? For phono cables, I suggest the high level AntiCables, made in Minnesota. You can custom order them any way you want. Superb sound. |