lloydc
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| Can A bad Tube sound bright and not musical. Your perception is correct, trust your own ears. Some tubes sound too bright in some gear, but it is subjective. "tube rolling" is the quest for tubes which sound best to you in your gear. For example, in my GNSC-modified AR PH3-SE phono pre, mode... | |
| Problem with midbass speaker in Prelude MTS Tower Your suspicion that the midbass driver is blown may be well founded. I had tweeters replaced in mine recently, so I guess parts are still available. | |
| When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like yes, a classe/Proac 4 system playing solo acoustic steel-string guitar in another room at an audio store almost fooled me, once. Its ability to reproduce the steely, ringing sound of such a guitar would not have worked so well on, say, a violin. I... | |
| Ortofon A90 review.... wrong choice of gear does anyone recommend splurging on the cartridge, with such relatively mediocre gear upstream? was a tt and arm adequate to the task used? | |
| Is Kind of Blue the Best Jazz Album Ever Fripp 1, Mapman, I was kidding. Hyperbole. | |
| Best bourbon? Agreed, Middleton and Ardberg are excellent antidotes to sobriety. But we were discussing bourbon. | |
| To match quad EL34 tubes Yes, the price is fine, but as noted above, you'd have to buy a large batch to find a matched quad. | |
| hardwood floor and speaker You will usually suffer less damage if you stick spikes in the floor, not the wife. | |
| Best bourbon? All whisky is good, but "bourbon" has a legal definition. Among other things it must be US made, mash made from 51% or more corn and aged in new, charred oak barrels. Bushmill's and Crown are not "bourbon." BTW, many of the nominations above are m... | |
| Hat's off to the room treatment camp. Lev, just a carpet wasn't enough, a thick pad made a noticeable difference? btw, I use a blanket to cover the tv, too. | |
| Best bourbon? Pappy Van Winkle 23-year old is the "best". I suspect those making other suggestions above have not tried it, as it costs c. $220 a bottle. | |
| Loudness War Shadorne, is Thriller (original lp) generally regarded as a model of excellent production and mastering? my lp copy of Thriller has much more sibilance than the majority of my other records, irritating to listen to, not that it couldn't be caused ... | |
| Loudness War Shadorne, is Thriller (original lp) regarded as a model of excellent production and mastering? my lp copy of Thriller has much more sibilance than the majority of my other records, irritating to listen to, not that it couldn't be caused by other t... | |
| Arc Guitar amp very old If it is totally enclosed, it seems unlikely that it has power output tubes - they get hot and require ventilation for cooling, and access so you can change them out. | |
| My girl friend is a genius Your girlfriend sounds better with the stereo turned down? Oh, young love! |