marakanetz
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| Golden Tube amps The one that combines undisputed reliability along with excellent sound is Quicksilver M60.This one also excells on tube longetivity and probably today's champion on this issue. Never I gues you would have to do anything with these amps. Jus plug ... | |
| Does full range guarantee bass? Full range is acheivable only in combination of both amplification and speaker.Theoretically even small radio speaker can go to 40Hz but what you should know is levels i.e. a relative amplitude in dB how loud can you hear it. | |
| Tube Amp under $3000 for top end? What speakers you're using?You might spare $3k to two components: electronic crossover(you may get kit or assembled from www.marchandelec.com) and tube amp(OK even with 20Wpc). I'd think of VTL TT25.I guess you know the proccess that once you've g... | |
| First pressing LPs "How can a record be noisier and sound better? "Try to compare simple cassette tape with no noise reduction and with and than judge what sounds better even with higher noise. Same with vinyl indeed.As to import pressings, the ultimate for me is ge... | |
| Rock Music: 1951-1976 vs. 1977-2003 Since I got involved with Frank Zappa when I was 15 the commercial world was going more far and far away from my listening tastes. Not knowing well English I swallowed FZ's well heard and pronounced lyrics and speaches during performances(BTW some... | |
| Please help - Impotence problem Kulakh,You're right commenting power! You must have enough current capabilities inside the wall for two amps + power conditioner. Hence you feel sound improvement at arround 3am when everybody sleeps and using substantially less power devices!Neve... | |
| Floorstanding or bookshlf speakers? I'd guess that bookshelves filled with books arround the room can only be a plus for a listening room. They kill wall reflections.I guess you'd need a good and heavy speaker such as PSB stratus Goldi that would stay firm on the floor in case you w... | |
| First pressing LPs First of all,No recorded source by definition can sound better than original tape.If the original tape poorly mastered than the engineer is facing lots of trade-offs to re-master it and than release a re-issue thereafter.All tapes are usually mast... | |
| Ok this will be a good thread. Whoever speaks that speaker has the most complicated load curve complexity I dare to place a microphone next to speaker.The turntable cartridge follows right-after.CD-players are linear and by default have realy no such complexity as cartridge, mi... | |
| NAD C270 Mrjimmy26,Never start upgrade from interoconnects if you're not currently satisfied with sound. | |
| Please help - Impotence problem 1.Counterpoint is about to be broke.2.Unstable DC offsetts make the amp oscillating. As far as I remember Mike used to give instructions how to bias an output stage(yes, transistors) and under the box it has a trim pots.3.By bi-amping(horizontal) ... | |
| Dimensions on Michell armboard for Rega Weight of tonearm + weight of armboard must be equal 1 kilo.Dimensions are approximately 2" on height and 4.5" on outer radius(you know the inner radius I guess). | |
| First pressing LPs Different record labels have different ways to identify. Many of the record manufacturers starting from mid 70's started to put letters in circles either 'P' or 'C' P is usually for the original or the first pressing. Atlantic label for instance h... | |
| NAD C270 I wouldn't be so precisely shure about changing CD-player but definitely know that older NAD models are simply horrible. | |
| Jethro Tull "Aqualung" Shoot out results Marty,My first and last experience with MFSL was with LedZeppelin II just for the same reason you describe.Bass levels had been artificially "equalized" that realy far away from the original tape.Now in my collection there's only a place for origi... |