lowrider57
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| Thinking Out Loud Good advice. The capacitors and internals need breakin time and of course the tubes. The highs may be harsh or unrefined during breakin, and it's very possible you may get more bass extension. And congratulations. | |
| Why not copy the greats- vinyl LP question When the world went digital, record labels had their analogue masters transferred to digital tape. These became the new masters. As digital technology progressed, higher bit and sample rates were utilized.Jimmy Page did go back to the analogue sou... | |
| Why not copy the greats- vinyl LP question so there was very often a dub of the master mixdown made for LP cutting. So aside from extra limiting/compressing there was also an extra tape generation or more. Compounding the problem, many engineers that did work liked to label the tapes they ... | |
| Canare 4s11 how good are they ? I replaced my $2500 Purist with Canare. The result was a more realistic presentation.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/canare-4s11?highlight=Canare | |
| Why not copy the greats- vinyl LP question Where's the Zeppelin?I guess take your chances with Ebay. | |
| Thinking Out Loud @hshifi , why use both Toslink and SPDIF?And why would he need both preamps? The Parasound Zphono-USB phono preamplifier can be used for vinyl. | |
| elliott's Ventilated Equipment Surround / Stand Those are a good choice of height and you've got temperature covered. As I said before, I like it. Good luck moving forward. | |
| Favorite conductors for composers Another vote for Karajan's Beethoven. His 1963 cycle is a masterpiece.Bruno Walter and George Szell also for Beethoven.Mahler...Bernstein, Walter, Furtwängler, Boulez, Claudio Abbado.Bruckner...Furtwängler, Giulini.Brahms...Bruno Walter, Toscanini... | |
| Thinking Out Loud Bob, have you seen all the buzz about the Freya?https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Freya | |
| McIntosh MC275 VI preamp tubes From another forum...Telefunken Elektroakustik is the company name, a partnership with JJ tubes. The Telefunken Elektroakustik Black Diamond tubes are essentially JJ tubes that have been cryogenically treated, silk screened in black with the Telef... | |
| McIntosh MC275 VI preamp tubes Prices for 12AX7 RCA's have really increased. Take a look at Brent Jessee's stock of GE tubes, about $50 each. | |
| McIntosh MC275 VI preamp tubes +1 @tomcy6 .I agree, don't expect these tubes to sound like NOS Tele's.The risk in trying them is that JJ manufactures them, not known to be very durable tubes. | |
| Thinking Out Loud https://www.audioadvisor.com/mobile/prodinfo.asp?number=PAZPHOUSB&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-NaJBhDsARIsAAja...You're all set to play vinyl. Plug the zphono into one of the Freya's inputs. | |
| elliott's Ventilated Equipment Surround / Stand I like it, nicely fabricated.Q: Is this meant to sit on a table top?Is there any vibration control built in, or would separate devices be needed?What heights are available?The only fault I see is there doesn't seem to be enough height for ventilat... | |
| Thinking Out Loud You mentioned vinyl, but it sounds like you have an all digital system. You're all set to play CDs. |