mapman
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| Recording quality by decade Nature of recordings then and now is similar to movies. Used to be simpler, more organic, and natural in many ways. The trend, with some exceptions, has been towards more complex. varied, and "processed". Think Cinemascope versus CGI. The good new... | |
| Need help with ARC sp16 and tubes Tobes, that's good to know.My current tubes came from ARC about a year back. They shipped me 6 tubes, 1 special low noise (more expensive) for slot 1, which is the one most towards the rear of the three phono tubes to the right looking in from the... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "It's loud, but we can talk to each other without really raising our voices."That's a very good omen!!! | |
| Recording quality by decade a lot of good hendrix recordings are very tricky to get to sound good but once it does.......... | |
| Getting overtone in a pair of bookshelf speaker. Glad to hear. Good luck! | |
| Need help with ARC sp16 and tubes OK, problem solved. It was phono section tube slot 3 gone bad. Replaced that with a spare I have and back in business. Luckily it was not phono slot 1 which takes a more expensive very low noise tube in order to keep things quiet that is harder to... | |
| What causes some transports to oscillate? I've had it happen on occasion with drives on some older laptops with some CDs, never on a CD player. I'd attribute it to a combo of drives and disks that are not manufactured within certain common modern quality assurance tolerances, in other wor... | |
| Whats my weak link? In addition to what Almarg said, see if your buddy will let you try his power conditioner. Plug source gear and pre-amp into it, not power amp. I suspect some power conditioning might make an improvement. Need not be expensive (unless for a power ... | |
| Machina Dynamica Tm,Not just a bell, a QUANTUM TEMPLE BELL!!!!!!!!!!Get with the program!QUANTUM + TEMPLE gotta = TECHNO_SPIRITUAL HEAVEN!!!!:^) | |
| What is a better route, tube or SS preamp? If you go the tube pre-amp route, newer ARC pre-amps are fine choices for all kinds of music, including rock and metal. I would be cautious with some tube pre-amps though especially for this kind of music. I use an sp16 with Class D amplifiers. It... | |
| Whats my weak link? YOur room probably has different acoustics than the other guys. Have you played with speaker placement and orientation to get them locked into your room? Gotta do that first to get a good baseline from which to judge what aspect of the sound, if a... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? I use mhdt dacs (paradisea and Constantine) with Squeezebox touch and other sources. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Ult, In general, the ohms might be worth a try a tad closer to the rear and side walls than otherwise if the walls are more acoustically damped. Sounds like you are on the right track though. My 5s sit about 4 to 5 feet out from the rear wall whic... | |
| Getting overtone in a pair of bookshelf speaker. "To Mapman: will follow your prescription and see what happens. I am not sure about the usefulness of aiming the tweeters 2-3 ft to the side, but I will that a shot. "The main thing is to at least try having them not fire directly at you, but to e... | |
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? Listen to Nikki Minaj. You'll get fatigued very quickly! |