mechans
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| Budget single disc player-under $600 The Music Hall is better than the Jolida IMHO. I own both. The Jolida does respond well to tube rolling should you decide to go that way. The best tube I found were original NOS CV military type issue 12AX7 Mullards. Before the tube roll it sounde... | |
| Question on tube rolling with Melody I2A3.... Pick a Dealer that you can trust first. There are a number on Audiogon. | |
| Would a Better Phono Amp Improve Budget System? The others have said it. Yes and think seriously about your cart, for major improvement. | |
| Headphones for Rogue Cronus Magnum The AKGs sound good right away. The break in, of course takes place, but while you wait, the sound is still very transparent and loverly IMO. BTW see if you can find 701s. They should be within your budget. They are last year's model and more, the... | |
| right/left orientation I hope you mean asymetric speakers. If so, the tweeter faces you in the closest to the center position. | |
| Please help, Tube subsitute for 6sn7 It's Marketed as a 6SN7 so I wouldn't get too caught up in the minutea in the specs. Beyond which there is plethora of superb 6SN7s to roll. The Black treasure should cause no harm I would try it. Don't hold me to to it perhaps another roll would ... | |
| Hi. I need help to choose preamp for my system. The world is your oyster. If you like oysters.Seriously If you like the EAR Phono try thr EAR line stages. | |
| ohms question Do what you want with that gear. Its 4 Ohms for both channels fret not. | |
| Recommendation for speaker wire upgrade Jena labs -the less expensive ones- did the trick. | |
| 12ax7's to roll 5751s are a great experiments, and make serious committments once done. As mentioned not too much $$. | |
| Whats the consensus on Zu's loudspeaker cables? No if it is by ZU it must be far suireor to any thing else. That is to say that ZU alone is the only company who really knows what you should like. If it isn't by Zu then it is no good. If you don't like ZU you don't understand really good audio. | |
| Audiophile music on Amazon Jaybo It is time for us to accept the stinkin lable. I have avoided using the term Audiophile for years because it seemed so pretentious and I thought a more humble name would sound better.I recently got a little mixed up trying to assign a name t... | |
| Match amps to speakers I am not sure if anyone knows the "correct" order because it's always preference. Even the synergy that I think is prominent feature in a combination of brands. Other may not hear or accept on principle. Like the old "heritage" Klipsch and SS Macs... | |
| New production EL84/6BQ5 tubes? I have heard only good things about the New Sensor GL EL84s. I have been using the GL reissue KT-88s for almost 2 years. They are fabulous. I would be a little more cautious about an EL-84 reccomedation because your reference is a tube I have used... | |
| Quality required to hear vinyl Virtually any vinyl system will demonstrate to some extent the difference between analog and digital. The sound difference is not subtle. As for Bliss well-I seriously doubt it. That takes a couple of years of frustration first. It will tell you i... |