mrtennis
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| break-in--bane or boon ?? it is interesting how the topic of break -in has morphed into other tangential issues. | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review hi dracule1:i agree with your comments.i have heard the mv 125 driving many speakers, without ever any fatigue. and yes, it is colored, and an acquired taste.it just seems to me, from what i have heard, that most of the tube amps in production sou... | |
| ARC LS25 with PASS X250 - bad match? Seems bright. let's first establish that brightness is the perception of excess sound pressure level in the upper midrange/lower treble.it may be the result of subtraction in the upper bass/lower mids or a peak somewhere in the range 1000--3000 hz.ok, what coul... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? i guess the proof would entail a simple experiment. the design would have to be rigorous.here it is:take two identical components. pass a signal or use a break-device, for a certain number of hours.compare component a (unbroken-in) with component ... | |
| Bob Carver LLC Black Beauty Review all of the current tube amps do not hold a candle to the king: the conrad johnson mv 125. this was a classic.no amp that i have heard, and i have heard many, come close to the classic tube sound of the mv 125.i have been to many ces and other show... | |
| Bob Dylan finally makes sense.... perhaps he meant that most music is "atrocious". | |
| Album which you have listened to most? maurice ravel, "alborado del gracioso", conducted by ansermet. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? as long as you go in a straight line you will avoid the merry-go-'round.you must have a goal, otherwise, you will never be satisfied.those who continually buy and sell for its own sake or to hear a different performance are obsessive compulsive au... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks you can measure some parameters associated with cables. but there are probably some which cannot be measured, which is why objective measurement does not fully correlate with listening.as for tweaks, who knows what to measure.i think one has to be... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? hi joe:well there is the placebo affect.what is so confusing is the difference of opinion among manufacturers.i have found some cables do require break-in. i experienced this when i connected a pair of interconnects between a cd source and a recei... | |
| Electronic Retailer's, Going By? buying on-line with return privilege (in-home audition) seems to me the viable future for the audio business.it lets you hear a component in your stereo system.if a dealer will lend equipment why bother to listen to it at the dealer. you can't tel... | |
| Preamps waste of money? since all stereo systems have a "sound", having a preamp, especially one with tubes, gives you the facility to change the "flavor" of your stereo system. | |
| Dude's 6SN7 replacements with Chinese CV-181/6SN7 brimar is the ticket, or mullard. | |
| Budget vacuum tube preamp? blair chapman. i use it myself. | |
| Need at least 900wpc in 4ohm buy another speaker. |