lowrider57
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| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Previous Don Sachs Model 2 linestage owner set it up with two gray glass RCA VT 231, two Ken-Rad black glass VT231, and a Coke bottle Sylvania 6BY5GA rectifier. RCA is warm, KR is neutral/warm with the incredible bass. Linlai by all reports ar... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers @mahgister I do believe in tweaks. Most are supported by scientific principles, but there are a few out there that improve sound quality but defy explanation as to how. So, I never criticize a person who uses a tweak that I don't understand. It'... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Mahler Symphony 6, Barbirolli/New Philharmonia. Warner Classics 2021 remaster Pink Floyd, Obscured by Clouds, "Mudmen." Sony Music Beethoven Symphony no.6, Chailly/Gewandhaus Leipzig. Decca 2011 Pat Metheny, Watercolors, title track. ECM 1977 o... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Well, I know it's possible to achieve what the OP has asked about, but it takes work and a recording that presents the required soundstage. I listen to large scale classical and quartets/quintets. If the recording is mic'd and engineered well I ge... | |
| Linlai 12AU7 ???? Heed the warning on the Linlai website. Linlai does not have any authorised dealers on AliExpress. The tubes I see for sale do not have the real Linlai logo on the glass. @twoleftears the tubes in your photo are fake. A real Linlai has a vertic... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Check to see if your preamp or other component inverts polarity. If so you would need to swap the pos and neg leads on your speakers. How close are your speakers to the front wall? Moving them forward can improve imaging. And using absorbion and ... | |
| New speaker cables I found that interconnects affected SQ more than speaker cables. Once I was happy with my SC's, I started rolling ICs. It became an addiction, buying and reselling, because with each purchase there was an improvement in SQ. | |
| Stay grounded I'm familiar with grounding boxes and I'm a believer in their positive results. My observation of using the Acoustic Revive RGC-24 on a component is this; your streamer has an earth ground via the ground buss in the service panel. Now, it has an a... | |
| The Growing Challenge of Buying NOS/NIB Tubes It seems that some of you know or know about Mark at TTM. Has anybody here made a satisfactory purchase? I wasn't aware of this dealer but he has a good website, good info, and lists some stellar tubes. The holy grail tubes are indeed very expensi... | |
| Qobuz/Tidal Differences how do you propose that the digital file is modified to provide that change in sound? --Jerry First, depends on what version of the master is being offered. The two services may not be using the same master or remaster as the source. Second, ... | |
| Bookshelf speakers with a tube amp? As much as I love vintage Marantz receivers, they were not built to be used as separate components. Their strength lies in the fact that the preamp and amp are built to be integrated. On their own they don't stand up to a dedicated preamp or amp. | |
| How Can Music Go Out Of Print If Everything Today Is Digital? In the 1980’s record labels weren’t storing music to digital. Their libraries contained analogue masters. In the case you cited it’s possible the master was lost or damaged. They pressed a certain amount of CDs and vinyl, enough to be profitable.... | |
| The Growing Challenge of Buying NOS/NIB Tubes Shocking behavior!! Maybe it's called the The Tube Museum because he doesn't want to sell his tubes, only wants to collect and admire them. Not all his tubes are NOS, but measurements are posted and he says they don't come with boxes. That's fai... | |
| Tube solid state or hybrid with extreme tinnitus In my research, the only time headphones are used is during some type of tinnitus treatment in a controlled environment. | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? Vintage tube service tests them in circuit, he has many different components to test them in. @invalid , thanks for posting this. Andy has pics of all his testing gear on the website. Many years of purchases and I've never had a microphonic tub... |