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| Can old equip work with today's technology I am sure the music you would get from an "old fashion" source like a TV or a tuner would sound pretty good, isn't there some inexpensive computer you can find with internet connectivity. If not do what we always did find a tuner -which BTW are se... | |
| Auralex subdude What did the subdudes do for you sound? I am a great tweaker at heart and have enjoyed spiking weighting damping mounting my equipment and to be prefectly honest never really analyzed the effect it had on the sound . I just took everyone elses exp... | |
| Integrates That Go Well With Totem Forest Bob Reynolds I think you meant a very low impedance, thats what tube amps typically have trouble with. Intuitively one would think a high impedance would be hard to overcome but tube amps have a high output impedance. Unless its one of those phase... | |
| Amp added to Receiver to power B&W floor speakers? Are you going to have a 2 channel set up with these B&W speakers. If yes then you should start thinking in terms of an integrated amp at first. This may hook you into this insane hobby and before you know it you will have monoblocks, some tube... | |
| intermitant phono tube cut out? It is a moot point at this juncture. The tube is bad as demonstrated by introducing another tube and getting good results. Now we can argue about which tube brand and model he should try. NOS vs current production striaght swap or a sub etc.etc. | |
| Interconnect recommendations, please I like the over achieving Condutor by Audience. It is their entry level cable that hasn't gotten a lot of press here. In general you probably want a cable with some silver in it. The Conductors don't but have an open and neutral sound anyway. You ... | |
| Speaker suggestions?? You definitely want to look into speakers that are described as being musical . Some of the suggestions have been for those, such as Harbeth and ProAc. Focal are sometimes described as being analytical which is your trouble with the treble, I own ... | |
| Odd shaped Amps and preamps If you can find them, then Thor Audio built everything in circular chasis. They are defunct but were well thought of tube amp and pre amp manufacturers.Who makes those wild sphere speakers and crazy electronics is it Studio Electric or something t... | |
| How much are beats headphones and the sound? When we figure out who is making them then perhaps we will know better. For now all we know is that they are targeting a non audiophile audience. I haven't heard them so I can't possibly comment on how good or bad they sound. If you want headphone... | |
| New tubes or new preamp? Jallen that was very dismissive, listen to what the OP wants. ARC gear is "High Definition" to some this accuracy is what it is all about to others not so much. There is room in this world for more than one preference. I went to great lengths to i... | |
| Mini Monitors: Sonus Faber Cremona or Micro Utopia If you really want fullness and warmth I don't think you will find an over abundance of it from the Utopias. I own JM Focal Electras (yes very different cabinets and crossovers) and it took a long time and many iterations of my system to get them ... | |
| intermitant phono tube cut out? It is atypical, usually an early tube failure is sudden infant death where the tube immediately blows. Are you certain the tube was new and unused before you got it. An NOS emissions test value doesn't mean the tube is NOS and has a full lifetime ... | |
| New tubes or new preamp? I am an inveterate tube roller who can tell you that in some cases of ARC gear, - tube rolling is not useful. I own a highly modded ARC SP6B which uses 6 12AX7s. It was very difficult to tame the glare I sometimes got using this pre. I had all sor... | |
| Should I upgrade my Linn Axis to a Rega RP40? I hope you are aware of the price that this special 40th anniversary table. If you have the means, then you might want to audition the table. If you can work with a dealer that should to give you the an accurate impression of the table's sound. | |
| It's time for a new button on Audiogon Jmcgrogan- I guess that makes it a buyers market. I have to say some of the observations about the psychology of trading/selling are right on target. I am always put off buy a person who rates the quality of their item at a 10 and wants 85% of the... |