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| Tube myths Marty,What about Rives?I see his effort is only helpfull here even despite regulatory. | |
| Review: Totem Beak Tweak As I can assume that this product somehow enters the resonance of the cabinette thus changing the angle of radiation of a certain freequencies. In my case it's highs and upper-mids. I can also assume that the beak has certain resonance freequency ... | |
| Review: Totem Beak Tweak As I can assume that this product somehow enters the resonance of the cabinette thus changing the angle of radiation of a certain freequencies. In my case it's highs and upper-mids. I can also assume that the beak has certain resonance freequency ... | |
| Speaker match for Plinius 8200 Mk II Don,The ultimate solution:You can buy directly from Germany Avantgarde Solo active speakers for arround $6000 with horn midrange and tweeter and you won't need Plinius 8200 -- it's an easy component to sell since everyone loves it. They're not por... | |
| AR PH3-SE with Benz Micro Ruby 2 PH3 minimal requirement is .5mV output if used with active preamp and .9mV can be used with passive.47k is not the best setting for Ruby but first you should break-in ruby for at least 50 hours before experimenting with impedance settings. I used ... | |
| I wanna hear some "audio" jokes...and Why only a few percent of woman hog to audio-HEAVEN?Because otherwise it would be audio-HELL:-) | |
| How to tame the high of harbeth C7 Do you get that brightness on all music you're listening too? I'm not familiar with your speakers but your components do not tend to sound bright along with your wires as well except probably preamp.As far as I know TL2.5 is not the best preamp fo... | |
| cd burning speed If you dip it into the 99%alcohol you'll burn it much faster:-) | |
| Tube gear under $2k? Quickies will provide for you a neccessary drive you need for your room. Replace stock EL34 with KT90 and you've already got 90W/ch!Quicksilver separates might align with Stingray if properly matched but with more power. They're excellent in jazz,... | |
| Help Please: What Cartridge? If you're not going to get separate phono or step-up transformer than you'd better consider cartridges above 0.8mV Benz M2 must be a perfect match to both: your built-in phono(if you have MC) and your future turntable. | |
| CD getting as good as LPs - recommendations There are following label that have great quality but unfortunately not like vinyl:CMP even early ones sound great, Concord Jazz, ECM, Nonesuch... Make sure to get original and non-club versions.Also some of the experimental and small record compa... | |
| Tube gear under $2k? For $2k you can get Quicksilver separates. Quickies have one of the most reliable and affordable tube gear. M60 the large ones with AE3 tube preamp will bring you to the heaven for near $1.5k | |
| More bang for the buck? VTL MB180 bangs a-bit better. | |
| Which speakers do you like in the $5K price range? Avantgarde Uno for $5k used???? | |
| Advice on Totem model ones Model 1's are very poor match to ...'Complete system but with more powerfull amp able to deliver substantially fuller and deeper sound and imaging than Paradigms.For the large room you'll probably need a sub but mostly Model 1 is designed for the ... |