millercarbon
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| Can AC wires on rectifier to be reversed and still work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h47oDq_h0tQ | |
| Albums (vinyl) I Got This Year That Was Great Sounding Got another superb White Hot Stamper from Better-records.com this one another Tchaikovsky, man it is unreal the scale you can get from Moabs! Also a Super Hot Stamper Sting Ten Summoners Tales, will be playing tonight. And the new Impex One Step 4... | |
| What did you make for Christmas? I would immediately dismantle this spindle bearing and clean it as best you can before you start destroying it.Thanks billwojo, you will fit right in here. Whole place chock a block with guys so eager to show off their know it all engineering voca... | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? @millercarbonWith your depth of experience and knowledge I was hoping for something more substantial. A class-y response that would actually help me :)Sorry, but the idea of shopping amps by design class and room is so ripe for ridicule that WAS t... | |
| Speaker suggestions under 4k Probably Moabs would be the choice if I go that route, although I worry about the loss of midbass impact since they don’t have those drivers. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367Dream on buddy the mid bass is fantastic. Even teajay w... | |
| TUBE BIAS, socket to me! What really counts? (personally I don't care about either heat or life, but would like to understand)Heat?Life?Output stays Matched when adjusted?Acoustic Performance?_________?First off, why do we do it at all? In very general layman's terms its ... | |
| What album have you bought in the most different formats. Fleetwood Mac Rumours. Original LPNautilus half speed digitally remastered 45 RPM reissueOriginal LP White Hot StamperCDThe original was of course dubbed to open reel tape and who knows what all else over the years. Its on my iPod, does that count... | |
| Pure tube phono preamp https://www.decware.com/newsite/ZP3.htmNote: can handle low output MC with optional SUT. | |
| Vinyl pre-echo? Not all recordings are created equal. Pre-echo happens occasionally on recordings when the recording engineer is ahead of his time. | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? Class A is suitable unless its a more formal living room in which case go with Class`e. Dining room systems are of course Class D and bathrooms don't rate a class but most people take the Schiit. Some say the point is sound not topology but these ... | |
| Best integrated for my needs???? I should clarify that my budget is $20K for entire system. I anticipate that the budget for the Integrated amp at somewhere around $9-10k. Leaving me 10K for DAC, Speakers etc. I am am likely to buy some used components to be efficient with my m... | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? The week link in any system will ruin the entire thing. Yes but be patient, it can only take so much and so at 2 weeks the link breaks.Take a $50,000.00 system and feed it low quality source and it will sound like a big awful system.Actually it wi... | |
| Veiled 'wet blanket' sound from tweeters There’s a clue. Now if we can just pinpoint when in those 6 some years this change occurred....? | |
| How to choose the right protractor for my effective tonearm length My favorite is the MoFi Geo Disc. Makes alignment so easy. The purpose by the way is to align the cartridge at one point in its arc. A longer arm reduces tracking error across the record but makes no difference in alignment at that one point. | |
| Priorities Disagree? Only on a few details here and there.1) Your ears. Don't matter. If you can hear, good for you. Listening is a mental activity, not mechanical. 2) Room acoustics. The best system will sound mediocre if the room dimensions and or acoustic... |