mezmo
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| Riddle me this... AH-HA! It's not just me. My bottom line suspicion has always been that it's 100% about money. The production cost differentiation between making an equally nice 60wpc amp and a 200wpc amp (parts being the only difference, as labor, overhead and ev... | |
| Which headphones should be purchased? I've got the 600s also, and that seems to be the gold standard these days. I'd check out headroom's website (headphone.com) for some fairly blunt reviews of the full offering lines from Sennheiser, Grado and a bunch of others (they, almost gleeful... | |
| tube pre for bryston I started with a VTL TL 2.5 in front of a Bryston 4b-st. It sounded right fine for about two years. Then I replaced the VTL with a Rogue 99 Magnum -- and now it sounds considerably better. Both fine preamps, at different price points, with a comme... | |
| Any comments = Gateway 42-Inch Plasma TV under 3K For excellent reviews of all the recent contenders in the Plasma field, check out plasmatvbuyingguide.com. And for more info than you could ever want, avsforum.com. Long and short, the overwhelming consensus seems to be that, even at the cheapest ... | |
| noice in thiel cs 2.3 I have a Bryston (driving a pair of 2.3's) that developed a bad muting switch so that, when powering down, it bled juice into the speakers to the tune of a lot of horrific crackeling. Easily fixed, but very alarming. Sounds a bit like something si... | |
| How do you know when preamp tubes go bad? Hopefully you'll get some more sophisticated advice than mine, but my experience has led me to believe that the only real way to figure out when and where you've got tube issues (save some fancy gear you neither want nor have) is through trial and... | |
| Tube Pre-Amp Upgrade Advice for Young Audiophile I've got a VTL TL 2.5 that might even end up on the market soon -- fully tricked out with NOS Mullards even -- due to the fact that I upgraded to a Rogue 99 Magnum (sure hope it goes fast, if I ever decide to sell it...). What can I say, the Rogue... | |
| New to tubes-what the heck does NOS mean? Ed -- THOUSANDS? I've got eight.... Think of it this way, once upon a time, the large majority of military hardware was dependent these tubes. Consequently, a good bit of the best minds and vast military-industrial complexes of the world were devo... | |
| Have I finally lost my mind? I'll have to cast another vote for "yes." Absolutely. Nothing personal, and nothing necessarily to do with the question at hand, and nothing I haven't wondered myself, but a resounding "yes" nonetheless. I'll even do you one better and offer that ... | |
| Dramatic Visible? Power Issues -- What Next? It's definitely the preamp. Swapped in the old one and everyone is getting along just fine now. Time to talk to the good folks at Rogue. What I really love about this "high-end" stuff is remembering the cheap old Yamaha and Infinity system I had t... | |
| Rogue preamp owners - inverted polarity, do you??? Precbsed, cool. Thanks. | |
| Rogue preamp owners - inverted polarity, do you??? I've always inverted at the amp (so the signal ends up phase correct) so I can't even chime in as to how it might sound if I did it the other way around. Word has it that my CD player can do a complete phase inversion from the remote (Meridian 508... | |
| The Amp Quits Agin -- Am I Missing Something? Yep, I'm an idiot. Fuses external. One fuse blown. Time from diagnosis of problem to cure, approximately 15 seconds. Time spent discussing and wondering about problem, 5 days. Oh well. | |
| The Amp Quits Agin -- Am I Missing Something? . . . don't tempt me. | |
| The Amp Quits Agin -- Am I Missing Something? Ok, color me frustrated, but how do you get the stinkin' lid off of the thing to check the fuses in the first place? I've got star wrenches, allen wrenches, screw drivers of every stripe, not to mention a whole array of other assorted implements, ... |