mapman
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| New 12AX7s from Audio Research I gotta say, the new tubes do sound fantastic! They were expensive but so far seemingly worth it, I suppose.Very open, dynamic, lively and vibrant on both the Dynaudios and OHMS with both digital and phono. Who ha! Good stuff! Like a bright shiny ... | |
| New 12AX7s from Audio Research Barruch,WIthout the manual in front of me, v4 is the right rear slot (phono tubes on right, LS on left), correct?That is where I put my primo tube to get good results but this was a guess/trial and error process for me since no directions regardin... | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? "With great recordings it is fantastic but with poor recordings it brought out all recording flaws."Audio dealers love to hear things like this.If the flaws exist, they exist. IF the system filters these somehow to make the flaws sound more tolera... | |
| Sometimes Less is More? "When I told him they were too big for that space, he rolled his eyes and said there's no such thing as speakers being too big, just turn the volume down."Did he try to sell you a Hummer next? | |
| New 12AX7s from Audio Research ARCs website says they avoid NOS for various reasons. The rep I dealt with (Calvin) indicated a new West German supplier, that's all. I did not question further in that they know a lot more about tubes than I do.They were actually out of 12AX7s wh... | |
| Advice re: Entry level CD Player The matching NAD is an obvious and good choice.OR just rip all your CDs to computer, play from there, and forget about a CD player altogether. No disadvantage in terms of sound quality in general with that approach. | |
| Sometimes Less is More? "one can't fit 5 Lbs. of sugar in a 1 Lbs. sack"Hard to argue with that one..... | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? I like Onhwy61's advice!Speakers that are designed explicitly to be highly coherent through the mid range (where most of music occurs) and fit into the room well without overpowering it should work best. Find that first, get them tuned into the ro... | |
| New 12AX7s from Audio Research The new 12ax7 tubes from ARC are in and sounding good. ARCs new 12ax7 tubes are "West German". Does that infer Telefunken or could they be from some other W. German maker? | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? OHM Walsh fit the bill except cost is $1000 to $7000 or so depending on room size and options. | |
| Outstanding brands? Detlof, Thanks for the kind words.Still kicking.... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Life's a counterfeit and when you look at itLife's a laugh and death's the joke, it's trueYou see, it's all a show, keep them laughing as you goJust remember the last laugh is on you" | |
| I've strayed.... I think the next step is take your best shot at initial setup and spend some time listening to a variety of music.Then post back here with your findings in regard to what sounds good or what might need improvement still and I'm sure you will get l... | |
| Best Rock Drummers I always get captured by Richard Coughlan of Caravan fame. | |
| best cd player to get?? NAD C656BEE and save some money for later if needed. |