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| What's First, Interconnects or Speaker? The straight answer is do it any order you can.Honestly I think it will depend more on the quality of the cable more than the order employed. For instance I found using Cardas Golden Ref ICs between my pre to my amps produced the biggest change fo... | |
| component cones/spikes vs. rubber If you use heavy spikes into a massive board it will effectively dampen vibration which I find sounds best with my all tube amplification. | |
| High End Audio and Your hearing as you get older I have to agree with Tpreaves for now. My listening pleasure and my ability to hear most positive attributes that we describe in the sound from our better stereos makes listening an absolutely glorious experience at my age - 51. When I hear the le... | |
| Prima luna dialogue 2 tube rolling Yes use the fairly expensive true NOS made in Great Britain Mullards for your 12AX7s. I think it will solve your need for more warmth. | |
| tubes in a Copland 504??? Yes you can use KT-88s, but you may need to adjust the bias to get the most out of them and not burn them out too quickly. | |
| Need opinion on other tube amps then Jolida to buy A Prima Luna prologue 2 is currently for sale on the gon. This one has Gold Lion re-issue KT-88s in it. I happened to be an EL34 fan as well, but found this tube to have exceptional midrange presence, frequency extension and rich tone without the ... | |
| hickok 800 tips I own one and the shorts light actually glows very brightly when you press P4 test if a short is present. It is worded oddly in the manual, but essentially says that switching the selector dial will cause the light to glow when rotating the dial. ... | |
| Tube Buffer Vibration Isolation Keep in mind that a tube buffer is not the most problem prone device when dealing with tube gear. The top honor requiring the greatest freedom from noises extraneous,or inherent to the tube itself go to high gain stages in the phono stages and act... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? NoNot one made currently. Some early ones were reportedly good but don't have the mandatory features you would need.Let me add that. I have heard the big AV manufacturers claim outstanding audio but it seems they alone actually believe it. The mod... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip: Come the REVOLUTION RDavwhitaker,I complement you on your precis of where we are now. I cannot believe that we are a nation headed for a spartan monastic anhedonic lifestyle which reverses the fundamental pillars of the "American Dream." I understand we are looking a... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip: Come the REVOLUTION Excellent ideas. You do need to create a sea change in attitude toward audio but this has happened and thus proves it can happen again. Anyway have you ever seen college kids at a dance club hooping it wearing headphones?The room entrprenuers are ... | |
| Tube amp on/off: best practice? The best advice by the tube sellers I buy from is to conserve tube life by turning the amp off. I also asked about the power up cycle as potentially leading to excessive wear on the tubes. The answer is that most amps nowadays have a soft start cy... | |
| Recomendations Please The 7308s will work fine electrically. The most likely overt change will be improved frequency extension, punchier bass possibly but I doubt thunderous bass, typically better clarity, definition, air and greater transparency on the top. It all dep... | |
| Smoke Head or Sherry Bomb? Those prices are on the extreme side of the equation. I will do my research and try to find the main source from a USA importer/retailer.I drink much less wine now but still have 300 bottles ageing. I recognize the general overall improvement of w... | |
| Are the Aesthetix Rhea as popular as years back ? They are really top flight and you might already know new and different does not mean better. |