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| Review: Consonance CD-120 Linear CD Player I listened to the OS and the NOS Linear. While I enjoyed both I kept thinking that the purity of the tone in the NOS was much more to my liking. I wouldn't call it comparible to a good analogue system. I will say that it is more in line with singl... | |
| Speaker cone material pro's and con's Let me apologize for the rushed post. That first sentence makes no sense to me either. My point is you can make general staement in isolation about the material used. For instance so many mill of a known alloy of aluminum will weigh a certain amou... | |
| Speaker cone material pro's and con's Why are concerned with the material used when it is the If its the sonics you are interested in then a discussion hghly scientific of course of the tensile strength of kevlar of a particular type versusthat of paper is meaningless. The entire driv... | |
| Good Speakers for Low Watts I own and like my klipsch Heresys . However as a bass player you will find that they roll of entirely at 50cps and start their decent at around 100cps. In additiion you would be smart to buy the Original Heresy not the ll or lll.The price for a pa... | |
| Need Isolation Ideas for VPI Scout There are new "mini" isolation footings available. I am told, that wall mounting any TT is, on a shelf is useful. Thick maple butcherblock is supposedly a very good vibration isolation material. Try a company named "Perfect Plank" they have a web ... | |
| Power Conditioning Help Please? I have installed dedicated circuits. Each has its own new outlet. Fortunately I don't have to use anything more than a simple surge protector, no complicated filtering etc. My power is clean. They don't turn a system you are disatisfied with into ... | |
| How Much Push/Pull Tube Power for Maggies If you want to hear them play beautifully even at low volumes you need a lot of Juice. I think the amps I have now made maggies sound fabulous. That was how they were used.They are 600wpc into 4 ohms and Solid State high bias class A then A/B. The... | |
| Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby? Which hobby? High End or simply what we called being an audiophile.This paricular version the High End variant I must credit another member Sufentil and who explained what happened to audio and where to look to replace my old gear, and introduced ... | |
| Tube amp with SS like bass You absolutely will not find a 2K tube amp with bass except some very shaky 6550 amps about 20 years old which are remotely close. The one important qustion is your preferece in terms of volume, now be honest. If you are genuinely a quiet listener... | |
| What is a good sounding tube amp for the stage? You might want to repost as Amp Head for Guitar? Mesa Boogie vintage Tube amps are known to be ledgendary. They tried doing high end audio as Mesa Baron but didn't survive. The Fender Tweed amps are also special. Use a 5751 as your input tube or m... | |
| cdp's you had glitches with A glitch, how about a death. An Audio Aero prima early edition non upsampling maybe 5 years old whose transport died and cost more than player. Now a 3 year old Jolida100A whose electronics are fine but the tray slips slightly out of position. Jol... | |
| What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker? I own 8 pairs of speakers at the moment and you want me to give you a list of every speaker I have heard at length. I couldn't even begin to try such a feat. The best speakers I ever Heard are Arnie Nudell's personal set of 1989 Infinity IRS Vs wh... | |
| Wyetech Opal Tube Rolling Not that fancy piece but I roll N7s alot. What version of 6SN7 is stansard or recommended (not that you cannot sub a GTA for a GT or a VT231 for a GT etc.) More importantly is it in the driver position or is it an output tube for gain. What are yo... | |
| CD Player with Variable Outs/Volume Control The Granite 657 has a variable tube output. | |
| Tubes to replace stock in Quad II Forty's amps? Don't worry about the source of your woes. The tubes are frequently the source of snap crackle and pop then they just stop unless you haveno fuses in which case a major tube failure will cause all manner of havoc in that case don't wait. Yes input... |