lowrider57
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| What should you hear? Listen to a well recorded symphony if you want to experience good imaging and soundstage. There is width and depth with each section of instruments placed correctly on the stage. With a large orchestra you can hear that the string section forms a ... | |
| Why no Virtual System pics?? after a lot of dusting and cleaning and relocating at least some of the accumulated clutter I was able to pile enough of the remaining junk into a corner out of camera view and take some picturesSame issue here, but it's going to take some time to... | |
| Need speaker cable Two very different cables.... Canare 4S11 = 4x14AWG, AQ Type 4 = 2x17AWG + 2x20AWG.Yes, Canare is completely different. In addition to the above specs, it is made up of 4 stranded copper conductors, AQ uses solid conductors.Two very different soun... | |
| Tweaks that work? (yes very subjective topic) I'm using a tweak that is definitely not snake oil; High Fidelity MC-0.5 power conditioner modules. They plug into the duplex receptacles, I'm using three modules. They have added more detail with a smoother presentation, lower noise floor, and h... | |
| Advice Please On Speaker Cables For Vintage Advent Large +1 for Canare 4s11. Great cable at a great price. | |
| Help with upgrade bug... Devore Gibbons or Audio Psychic. Both are narrow floorstanders capable of 3D imaging. | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes The RCA red bass must sound terrific in your system. | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes OP, your amp uses one 6SL7 and two 6SN7s, yes? I believe the 6SN7 would be the phase inverters. Correct me if I'm wrong.I assume you've tried rolling the 6SL7. What tube works for you in this position? | |
| Your One Bullet Point Solution; Electrical Upgrade Keep the subpanel. I just upgraded the electric on my small rowhome (with advice from @jea48 ). New line from meter to inside house, upgrade panel to Square D 100A. The electrician kept my existing 60A subpanel which feeds my audio system.8’ coppe... | |
| Tweaks that work? (yes very subjective topic) Any preference between the ps audio and ifi?@b_limo , I was using 4 PSA Noise Harvesters in a power strip for my analogue; not much effect in lowering the noise floor.The iFi AC Purifier is a fantastic little device which cleans up grunge on the m... | |
| Chord Qutest DAC I cannot find anywhere on the Bluesound if it upconverts everything to 44.1 or not.@theo ,Bluesound Node does not upsample or down convert. It natively streams a signal from 16/44.1 up to 24/192.Check the settings parameters in the BluOs app to s... | |
| Chord Qutest DAC Leave the Qutest powered up. I owned a Chord EX and they do get hot to the touch, but should be kept ON.What is your digital source? So far you are only receiving a 16/44.1 signal. | |
| Need speaker cable +3 for Canare 4S11. Transparent; allows faithful reproduction from your components. | |
| 6SN7GTB replacement Yes, 6SN7GT is rated at 300V plate voltage. | |
| 6SN7GTB replacement You should ask the manufacturer or a dealer. Typically, you can't substitute a 6SN7GT in a circuit designed for the 6SN7GTB. The plate voltage is higher in the GTB (450V) vs. 350V for a GT, so the biasing would be different. |