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| Correlation between tube bias and hiss? Albertk, is your ST-70 stock, with no mods or updates of parts? How old are the tubes? Their are a lot of things that could be wrong here, but should be fairly simple to fix as long as you can isolate the real problem. It could be a combination of... | |
| Tweak: raising the subwoofer off the floor... I think so. It all depends on where you have the sub. If the sub is not in the corner I think Tube Traps in the corners would still be a good idea. Are you still looking into going with the Vandersteen subs Matchstickman? I love mine and it works ... | |
| Vandersteen high-pass filter with other Subs Judit, are you talking about the sound of just the two speakers by themselves or when used with the REL's? Are they placed in the same spots when you make this judgment? I am sure I am not telling you anything you don't already know but the 805 an... | |
| Tweak: raising the subwoofer off the floor... Matchstickman, Bass builds up in corners as standing waves. The sub stand is just like a short tube trap in a different shape and designed to sit under the woofer. The Tube Traps reduce some of the mud, boom, and colorations that happen by breakin... | |
| Tweak: raising the subwoofer off the floor... Yes, I have done this myself and like the results. I have a Vandersteen 2Wq. I took the spikes off the bottom and placed it on a Billy Bags amp stand with Vibrapods between them. I think it works great. This only raises it off the floor a few more... | |
| Vandersteen high-pass filter with other Subs That won't work as far as I know Judit. If I am not mistaken the REL uses a line level signal. The much higher voltage amp output the Vandersteen uses would overload the REL's input. You mentioned midrange congestion before. Do you find this to be... | |
| Anyone remember the "Elcassette"? I remember that we refered to them as "El" Cassette or Mexican Cassettes. They could have some collector value as rare as they were even when they were made. They didn't stick around long. Adios amigo | |
| Vandersteens and subwoofers other than the 2Wq? Sek, how does he acomplish this cross at 75Hz? Perhaps you mean he has 75K fixed X-2 filters(their is no 75K setting on the switchable unit that comes with the woofer).Bigtee and Scott, I have a question my self. It is my understanding that the lo... | |
| What Tube Amp Looks Coolest? Check out the Hovland Sapphire, that might do it for you. If not then some sort of outlandish OTL with LOTS'O tubes and chrome will do the trick. In that case look into the Atma Sphere MA-1 mkII, very cool. As mentioned the Joule Electra OTL's are... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 Tweety, perhaps some changes take place after the cryo threatment even if the outlets are not installed? Just a thought. Perhaps letting them age a bit after the treatment before installation eases some of what I heard.Any cryo heads out there(no,... | |
| Vandersteens and subwoofers other than the 2Wq? Sek, I just found it dificult to understand the statement about the first order crossover not allowing the woofer to make a seamless transition. It was from that statement that I made the assumption that you had not tried it in your system before ... | |
| Vandersteens and subwoofers other than the 2Wq? Sek, why do you think that a phase correct first order filter would cause the problems you atribute to the 2Wq? I am stumped! And I also don't understand the placement issues you have with the 2Wq. No woofer works well if it can't be "optimally si... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 Tweety, I am happy that you are having good luck and not hearing anything unpleasant. I, in no way, was trying to discourage people from installing and listening to the outlets, or scare them in any way! I don't feel that what I was reporting were... | |
| Review: World Power Receptacle Cryoed Hubbell 5362 Tweak Why is it that if you realy find a product to be truly exceptional and tell others your findings with a thoughtful and careful, positive review, that then, somehow you must be a shill for the company that makes the product. Sometimes there ARE exc... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 I think that even after running my outlets on the Audiodharma that their still may be some burn in ups and downs. Unfortunatly I contaminated my scientific method by adding another variable into the mix. While I still had the cooker on loan I want... |