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| Where to put best tubes in AR Ph3-SE thanks for the anwers. Exactly what I needed to know. | |
| Gold Lion reissue 12ax7 vs. Mullard reissue 12ax7 I did not have good luck with a couple of early Mullard reissues, poor reliability, but was told they later improved the quality control. Recently got a set of the PSVANE tubes, and like them quite a bit, for modern tubes. Used in a phono pre, the... | |
| LP records: Time to... oi... buy another crate...? I have cut my record collection in half several times, due to moving into progressivley smaller spaces. Got rid of things I had outgrown and thought I would never want to listen to again (e.g, Gentle Giant, Roxy Music, Tangerine Dream) There are o... | |
| Psvane Reference versus Genalex Reissue 12ax7? I am trying Psvannes as input/driver tubes in a Mesa Baron amp, and like them enough to not feel the need to spend $800 more on 4 NOS tubes. A phono stage would be a different story. | |
| how do you trear rooms to bring up the null points thanks for the tips. I guess it works like putting together the rest of the system - trial and error. | |
| what brand of tubes to buy? Detredwings sums it up nicely. | |
| Room Treatments Agree with Rick, it definitely helps to put a quilt, or something, over the tv monitor. | |
| What to upgrade or just leave it alone ? taming all those early reflections will be essential. I can not help but think that more and better rugs might help with all those hard surfaces. my monitor is between the stereo speakers, and it helps to throw a quilt over it, when listening to m... | |
| Your homemade tweaks? happy-sad balls from Arbor Scientific. Throw away the "happy" balls. The "Sad" balls absorb resonances amazingly well. They squash down, so nothing is needed to hold them in place. All you have to do is drop one to see how effectively it absorbs e... | |
| how do you determine anti-skate settings? oops, new cartridge is a Kleos. They do not make a "Helios" yet... | |
| how do you determine anti-skate settings? Thanks so much for all the responses. I am experimenting with the suggestions. Best results seem to fall in the minimal settings region. My former arm, a Rega, seemed to do best with the antiskate at about half the recommended force, as some sugge... | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? It varies, and makes no sense. You must experiment. | |
| Ultralinear vs. Triode vs. SET There are significant limitations to SET's. Glorious midrange, the best, really, but many people miss the deep bass, high frequency extension and dynamic range that other amps do better, or do not wish to be limited to highly sensitive speakers. S... | |
| Audio Supports 4 of a kind beats 3 of a kind,as Buconero says. Mceljo is correct in theory, but I find 4 easier to level. | |
| Original ProAc Response 2 vs. Gibbon Super 8 floor standing vs. monitors, all else equal? no contest. |