moonwatcher
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| A brief review of GR Research Bully To the OP, @mikhailark how difficult was it to dial in the 12" servo subs in these? What is your opinion on the imaging? I know many say these old school big box speakers don't do as well as the popular skinny towers of today, but I have some old ... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it Sorry to post so many times, but it just occurred to me that since your Black Ice DAC has a volume control, have you VERY CAREFULLY set it properly and hooked it directly to your amp and bypassed the Schiit Saga, just to answer the question of whe... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it @skiznfliz thanks for that info on tube rolling with the Black Ice FX DAC. I would hazard a guess that there is likely a discussion forum somewhere on doing just that. Glad you found some NOS tubes that can bring the magic. Maybe the OP should try... | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie @grislybutter said "Maybe vinyl is not dead, after all..." I firmly believe that one day, maybe in 50 years, maybe in 150 years, vinyl will be played on the moon and on Mars and listened to via a tube amp. ;-) | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie @chayro +1 for the glass of water trick. Excellent. Just like in Jurassic Park. | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it Your choice of a tube stage DAC is an interesting one. The reviews of the Glass FX Tube DAC/DSD WiFi are good, but have you taken it as far as it will go with the PSVANE 12AX7-S tube upgrade over the stock tube? As good as it is, it is a $900 DAC ... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully @sns as we know it applies to all consumer goods...everything is built to a "price point". Manufacturers probably have very good data telling them about how many units they will sell at any price and how raising that price hurts sales. Figure ther... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully I think Danny provides a good service. He generally only "upgrades" speakers sent to him by customers who are unhappy with them in some way. He then evaluates them, and when he can (not always worth it or technically doable) offers a crossover upg... | |
| Open baffle speakers @bache No, I like them fine, just saying that you aren’t paying for that on most OB speakers. Your money should be going to making the other components better on OB designs. Would someone prefer the OB Caladans at $3500 or say the pretty Ash vene... | |
| Open baffle speakers I’ve watched a lot of reviews of various OB speakers, but just like Magnepans (any dipole), they are a "non-starter" for me because my 15’ x 25’ living room simply will not allow me to pull them out away from the rear wall enough (or side walls if... | |
| Integrated Tube Amp approx. $2,500 Skunkie Designs Electronics did an extensive series of tear downs and reviews on both the Willsenton R8 and the Muzishare X7 over a period of months. It seems Willsenton took some of her feedback to heart and changed a few things in their circuitr... | |
| Bookshelf or stand mount help please John Darko did some reviews of actives in this price range. Klipsch The Sevens and KEF LSX II LT. Worth a look. Note The Sevens usually go for more, but Amazon has them for $1100 now which is -15%. Not bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xQsb... | |
| Fezz vs Raven Only thing I can say about Fezz is that during a review in Stereophile of one of their amps, the guy found out that one channel was down about 3dB from the other one. He never figured out why but did the review anyway. This issue was hopefully a "... | |
| Fezz vs Raven A well-designed tube amp has "safety resistors" that will melt long before the tubes redline or "hot plate". Cheaper tube amps might not have this safety feature though. But "Skunkie Designs Electronics" on YouTube has done tear downs and upgrade... | |
| Woofers blown -- Rogers LS 2a/2 Just remember to put 10 to 50 hours or so on them before they'll sound like your broke broken in ones. Just curious, how did you blow the woofers without also blowing the tweeters? Generally it is the tweeters that get blown first when speakers ... |