martykl
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| SET vs OTL A question for the 45, 50 2A3 crowd:What's a good speaker choice to evaluate the bottom end capability of a low powered SET like the 45/50/2A3.Given that A) every 300B SET amp I've heard (granted, I haven't heard all of them) lacks power & con... | |
| Good stores in LA Agree with Zippy.Evolution AV is in Agoura Hills - out past Shelly's in the West SF valley.Upscale, Brooks Berdan, Katli, and Sunny are all well east of downtown.Any of the above is a hike (>1 hr drive) from most LA start points.Sorry.Marty | |
| SET vs OTL Atma,I used to use the Cary 300B monos with the original VSM SE in a loft (2 parallel walls & 2 open sides terminated only by railings) that was app. 20' across and app. 12' from open railing (speakers) to open railing (listener). SPL capabili... | |
| Need advice on pre/pro - Rotel1098/Outlaw990/??? db,I use the SMS-1 in my 2 channel system. It's the least expensive piece of the system by a fair margin, but probably the biggest contributor to the excellent results I'm getting. The SMS is quite possibly the single best value component I've eve... | |
| JL Audio sub users Slightly different reasoning:If you don't want to tweak the night away, run the mains in "limited" (I assume this means 100hz x-over) and insert an automatic room EQ (like the SVS/Audyssey box) between the pre/pro and the subs. By crossing at 100h... | |
| Records that made you reassess your music beliefs I'd also add:"The Showmen" greatest hits cd. This collection connected the dots for me between doo wop and rock n roll. I now have a large doo wop collection, too.and Zachary Richard's "Women In The Room" which jump started my interest in Zydeco.M... | |
| Records that made you reassess your music beliefs Todd Rundgren once had a well publicized spat with John Lennon when Rundgren claimed his work was superior to The Beatles'. I thought "What an ass". Twenty years later, I heard TR's "Nearly Human" and I started exploring his catalog more closely. ... | |
| The old timers give the young'ns tips on the 60s. After reading many of these posts, a simpler answer might be:Look at the line-up on the 2 Woodstock album sets. BTW, some different ways to go:Late period doo-wop shows vocal music morphing into rock. You might consider The Showmen who worked with... | |
| Your input please: Using sub on 2 channel amp For me, the great advantage of subs is the ability to add EQ to the bass. The best speakers in the world may measure beautifully from 20 to 20K in an anechoic chamber, but you don't want to see how they meausre below 150hz in your room. Trust me, ... | |
| SET vs OTL I can't argue with any of the above as I've never heard any amps built around those output tubes. I've always been concerned about speaker matches - as per Atmasphere's observation. Personally, I love most of the 300B designs I've heard and some o... | |
| best rock voices Freddy Mercury, Roy Orbison, & Elvis Presley are the first names that come to mind, but I'd also suggest that General Johnson (Showmen, Chairmen of The Board), Cornelius Harp (Marcels), Tony Williams (Platters) and a handful of other Doo Wop s... | |
| SET vs OTL Paul,As I noted in my post, I've never gone the really low power output route, so I wasn't commenting on any of the 45 tube designs. OTOH, you mentioned the 211 tube as well. I use this as the default tube in my Cary 805s specifically because the ... | |
| Need advice on pre/pro - Rotel1098/Outlaw990/??? Dbphd,The Integra stuff is on display at Evolution AV in Agoura Hills. Should be less than an hour from you. Still a "schlep", but these are good, helpful folks and it might be worth your time.BTW, I'm pretty sure that there's a "Direct" input on ... | |
| SET vs OTL Incidentally, nothing wrong in my book with "lush" sounding amps. That's precisely the reason I own two pairs of SETs.Marty | |
| SET vs OTL I'd strongly disagree with Paul's comments re: SET amps not sounding "lush" vs OTLs.While my earlier comments re: the "romantic" sound of SET amps were primarily intended to describe 300B SETs (and more specifically the Cary monos I own), I find s... |