lostbears
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| Help - Opinions - Amp for Sonas Faber Olympica III Speakers The Olympica III are very nice speakers. At 90db they don't really need a ton of power. I know you have a very large room. For solid state my choice would be an amp from Pass Labs. Maybe something like the X150.8 I have the Elipsa SE and drive t... | |
| Stereo systems are like Harleys There was a place in Illinois called the Highland House. It was up north on highway 41 by 22. Every Sunday bikers would come from near and far. You would wonder around and see all sorts of unusual bikes. It is long gone now. I use to go there in ... | |
| Stereo systems are like Harleys There is, it is called "The audio lifestyle". This was big a few years ago. Audio Research when it was owned by McIntosh push this among other brands. I remember an Audio Research Rep telling me it was not about audiophiles anymore. It was abou... | |
| Own Magnepans? Got Cats? French doors. Our cats were never allowed in the room with the stereo. Just so much that can go wrong. They have the run of the hall, bedrooms and bathrooms, along with the sun room when we are there. The television is in the sun room. The cats ar... | |
| Stereo systems are like Harleys I am more old school. I am not a fan of all the electronics in the new bikes. Just seems like more to go wrong. I don't even have fuel injection, my bike has a carburetor. Though I did upgrade it to a smooth bore Mikuni. I will say that the Twin ... | |
| Stereo systems are like Harleys treynolds155 , You have a Harley? Lets see a picture. I posted a picture of mine on my system page. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/6395I have owned Harleys since the late 1970's. I have owned Audio Research gear since the late 1980's. | |
| What is Happening? Does the sound seem closed in? Did you recently change anything? The amp or speakers? I might have gone with a more powerful amp for those speakers. | |
| Setting bias on a vintage ARC You need to use matched pairs of tubes. Let the amp warm up and run idle for about 15 minutes or so. The amp needs to be at operating temperature with no signal. I always check bias after listening. Mute the preamp and wait a few minutes. The man... | |
| Dedicated circuit The 3 wires would be hot (black), neutral (white) and ground. I would at least have a double outlet box, 4 sockets pig tailed. I plan on running 2 outlet boxes to my room. One outlet box for my amp with 2 sockets on the front wall. And then a 4 s... | |
| Shunyata interconnect cables experience All cables matter. I have found that power cables make the most difference. Then speaker cables, ans finally interconnect. I have not try an expensive USB cable yet. But I have a couple of different ones I have had for quite awhile. Some work bet... | |
| Storage Device Recommendations I use a Synology NAS in RAID configuration for music and movies. I also have all my music files backed up on a portable SSD. And I have them on a second drive in my laptop. Always have at least 1 backup. I lost everything once and had to re-rip... | |
| Shunyata interconnect cables experience Ozzy,How much of a difference is there between the Sigma V1 and V2? When I compared my Zitron Cobra Interconnects with the Anaconda, I felt the difference was slight. I only got Anaconda for my speaker cables. I have thought about the Sigma but ... | |
| Shunyata interconnect cables experience Cables can be system dependent. I have ARC tube gear and use all Shunyata Zitron Cobra Interconnects with Zitron Anaconda Speaker Cables. They are just wonderful sounding. Similar in sound to Synergistic Research cables. I tried quite a number of... | |
| Audio Research V35 The bias points on my V70 were a little different than the Classic 60. They were in front of the power tubes near the transformers. I had a couple pairs of probe extenders that I clipped onto the bias points before I turned the amp on. Otherwise y... | |
| Audio Research V35 The difference is negligible. Keep in mind that the V35 came with KT90 tubes. So if you use 6550 tubes the output will be slightly less. Also the bias pot range is tight on both the Classic and V series. You might have to change a couple of resis... |