mechans
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| Will high SPL subwoofers damage planar speakers? Do you really like your music that loud? I listened at lower but still loud levels of 90 Db + and my hearing is suffering for it. | |
| What's it worth? you could try the blue book for values . The stuff you have is worth quite a bit taken as a whole. But... anything is only worth what the market will bear at the moment you try to sell it. | |
| Beryllium center for Avalon Eidolons generally speaking A focal tweeter isn't easy or at least cheap to get. I know I had to buy some. And speakers are hifgly engineered products that aren't simply one from column a and one from column b attach to crosiossover at point x etc. I think... | |
| what nos tubes for mystere ca21 preamp Was that the Round Plate Black glass Tung Sol. They would improve jut abou anything they're put in. | |
| Jm lab chorus 715 vs 725 and psb silver stratus??? I own the 9XX versions also called Flectras in their day. The Bass goes to the high 20s low 30s that's it, but I really love them. Various people suggested the sub for the very last octave but I have held out. You may want to explore used 9XX seri... | |
| Best Currect Production 845 Tubes What ever they are called the vast Majority of them com from Shuguang. | |
| Equipment does not match It is highly unlikely but possible that your pre amp and amp have a impedance mismatch but one I would investigate along with the correct toggles in place and that your room acoustics support the music your are playing. I will leave this with the ... | |
| Can a single terminal speaker be bi-amped? The problem is that your speaker would create a pathway AKA circuit that the power from amp one would travel to another. I am embarrassed to say I have done this experiment. The only way you might be able to biAmp is to use a really carefully desi... | |
| Russian made amps? I understood the OP. I am asking the same question, what were the Soviets listening to made in the Soviet bloc? I point out that they had people who came to the US with a background in audio engineering. Where did they first use it? | |
| Russian made amps? It is still a bit mysterious to me as a westener living through the silver and black ages of Hi-Fi, exactly what the Russians were listening to, from 1950s to 1990s. It is unclear what such accomplished engineers such as Victor Khomenko and Vlad L... | |
| Cartridge for punk, rock, emo, indie? I think it's important that the cartridge sound like one you like hearing. A well researched approach should yield a cartridge that is pleasing to the OPs ears.Equalizers got a bad rap from a combination of poor product and the rise of the new "Hi... | |
| Oppo 103 HDMI Cable It depends on how much of a wire guy you are. I just don't know where to draw the line sometimes but for some reason I see this as a less important wire than others. Why I don't know. | |
| What's causing hiss?? I don't know all of the usual diagnostic steps you may want to take. I do know as a tubophile, that tubes can be the source of a hiss. If you can swap out the tube/s in the preamp section you may find your answer very quickly. You should also be a... | |
| Speaker cable and brightness control There are cables which can tame brightness. They are all copper no silver plating and the copper is made by this specific company with a lot of Golden this and thats as a hint, since we are trying to be objective. Also as a tubophile I can tell yo... | |
| Rockport Atria? They were a little exclusive. If that is a little, what constitutes a lot? I give them credit for having the stones to continue to market to a small portion of the market which is overcrowded by flagships and other somewhat exclusive (as you might... |