luisma31

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Comparing systems through phone recordings
The signpost ahead, you have entered the geoffkait zone.Oh yes, @millercarbon, we are pretty much aware, I warned the OP before posting, we are still missing two more sharks at least, paraphrasing Geoff Kaitlin (damn autocorrect) geofkait, pop qui... 
Comparing systems through phone recordings
Yesterday I watched OCD hifi guys latest video posted . It was comparing a song from his cd player , Mike has a very good rig but he has done AB comparison polls on his YouTube channel and people have posted results, he commented on the OP exact o... 
Comparing systems through phone recordings
Yes well that one's a lot harder. The thing of it is, its all about comparison. Even in our own rooms with our own systems we can't meaningfully compare if we change several things at once Yes that is true of course and we are in agreement, the... 
Comparing systems through phone recordings
This could be an interesting thread although I smell blood in the water and the sharks are coming (you better brace yourself @o_holter ). I told the OP that haters got to hate, BTW is funny as I mentioned some names to the OP before reading the po... 
Resistors vs.peltz Autoformer- Differences
@gdnrbob what's your amp BTW? OTLs by any chance  
The equalizer you don't know you have
Good post Erik BTW, you've been saying this forever, finally you decided to make it a formal post. Comments from Tim, tomic and others are always instructive. I have learned a lot from  
The equalizer you don't know you have
My eyes automatically skip this member(s) post, try it as an exercise very effective  
Frustrated with Vinly
Lol quite some first post indeed, total hate  
Would this be a good starter system for streaming?
Your rig is more than adequate, the RME dac is superb, I don't have it but the developer of hqplayer uses it, Amir at ASR tested the rme and it has the lowest noise levels, supports direct dsd unlike other dacs, it is on the expensive side there a... 
Frustrated with Vinly
I'm following this interesting thread, I have a sophisticated digital rig and sounds amazing but some source content, specifically rock tends to sound for lack of a better word out of sync, jazz, acoustic, salsa, americana, folk, vocals all good, ... 
atmasphere 6as7g output tubes.
Got it Ralph, which with the RCA with the same bias they will produce a little more power, run hotter and possibly demand more current for the same voltage bias correct? and also be more prone to failure maybe? 
Tube tester...anyone own their own?
@ the OP, if you are testing drivers ok, for testing output power tubes not really worth the moneyTube testers are old instruments, with degraded parts, right now Roger is trying to rebuild the transformer of a 752 A I sent him some time ago, Roge... 
2020 Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees
I can't understand why they are mixing it, stopped watching long time ago, last time I did Alex LifesonĀ  or was it Neil?, R. I. P. one of the best drummers ever, gave his blah blah blah speech, brilliant  
atmasphere 6as7g output tubes.
Conditioning completed, the tubes which were arcing before still arcs, with the exception of the GE, which is a G not a GA but I don't trust it so I retired it. Listening to it, I can't tell if the RCAs are better, More powerful yes they are, I ca... 
Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay.
Just noticed @moofoo reply, +1 I share his opinion on tubes and separates completely.