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| Noticed the Patriot Act's effects on PayPal? @ nonoise In medicine it is often repeated that drastic problems require drastic solutions. What is a truly drastic problem is ours to be debated, and and the solution cannot cause undo harm and thus may not even exist. Imagine of the cure for a h... | |
| i need some help with a pair of paoli amps It should go without saying that you need to open a case with UPS even if they weren't insured. I am not a lawyer and can't be certain but I think UPS has to meet a level of responsibility when they have the amps in their custody. | |
| overpowering and loud listening. The extra wattage is a good thing in that his amps would be less likely to clip. The constant playing at loud levels should have caused soime audible damage if it was going to. Since it didn't cause anything obvious to breakthey may be OK. BUT lis... | |
| Focal 1038 be, CC 1008 Be, Profile 918 HELP There is only one way to know for sure. You guessed it you must hear it. Butler is successful but i have no personal knowledge of their sonic attributes. It appears to be a step in the right direction. Cary Audio makes some 5 chanel amps but are S... | |
| Noticed the Patriot Act's effects on PayPal? Don't be surprised to learn that cameras are all over the place. Almost every business has them and there are the Police cameras at intersections. With the advent and explosion of servalliance Drones, our privacy is pretty much shot. I guess we ei... | |
| Mating Quad 2905's with crossover and subs? Undougtedley you'll get more pronounced bass if that is what you want. The amps in subs are optimized to funct within a certain frequency gain. I have heard your speakers but only for an audition in a store. It would be very easy to overwhelm the ... | |
| Budget vacuum tube preamp? I will reiterate a common refrain. SS souces and pres mated to tube power amps is often better than a tube source into a solid state power amps. The phono amp amplifies a small signal. Tubes as much as I love them are not inherently quiet, in fact... | |
| Krell HTS preamp upgrade Ditto on that. You should ask Krell for a definitive answer. Have you tried them already with no answer or the like? I don't know of a Krell forum but given the popularity of their products it seems like there ought to be one. | |
| " Great Jazz Clint " This is clearly not an Audio topic. Are you a liberal or libertarian, in any case JFK's memory has been dishonored by your claimed alliance. | |
| Tube Amps and Cabling To restate Pdeher's comment any cable you appreciate now "of similar and reasonable length" will work fine with your tube set up. When I finally gave up using SS in my system I used the same cables I always had in place when switching to tubes. Th... | |
| Focal 1038 be, CC 1008 Be, Profile 918 HELP I own older versions of Electras and not for surround. The JM Focal signature sonic leans to the analytical and detailed side, to use them best I made some changes. You are right that the reciever/amp must be top quality or the speakers will let y... | |
| Budget vacuum tube preamp? Ishould have mentioned Eastern Electric which are highly regarded. Not sure they are very inexpensive anymore. | |
| Optimizing the Prima Luna Premium Integrated amp If 5751s are suitable for this amp then you must try them in place of the 12AX7s. I am an inveterate tube roller and find switching the tube to be the fastest easiest mod you can do yourself. Most amps will tolerate changes to the smal signal tube... | |
| One Small Step ... That Transforms Your System The OP did not rule out changing the stock tubes as a small change. I experienced a very big change using the electrically equivalent 12AX7 stock tubes in a Jolida CDP output phase for 12AX7 Mullards. Both sets of tubes were close to new so it was... | |
| dj/pa style speaker question Can you buy pro speaker cable terminated for the speaker end and 'regular' terminations for the amp side or adaptors? |