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| Tung-Sol 7581A......Wow!! Another late bump here sorry. I just put a set of Tung-Sol "reissue" 7581A into Rogue ST-100 and am blown away at how full, vivid, and "classic tubey" the midrange is. A little less bass impact versus KT120, but still enough to nicely round out th... | |
| How do pack a pair of large speakers You buy new packaging from the speaker manufacturer. This should 100% be your go-to if the company is still available for it. Barring that, TMR does their own custom injected Styrofoam, molded to the shape of the speaker/component on one side, ... | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? Belomo Triplet loupe - nice and sharp, crisp image. 15x is about perfect to see what you need with a bright image and not too much "judder" effect from the magnification. There is a 20x which can be useful too, but its image is dimmer. Much better... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? Oh yeah. Bought and sold lots; some I re-bought later. Many components I regret selling; others I sold off and never really desired again (learning experiences). Then a few times I bought/sold the same damn component 3 times (or more) - that’s gen... | |
| Does Anyone Know the History of the Early Sota Turntables? Mulveling, Are you saying that your platter in effect bounces up and down on its magnetic suspension when sufficiently disturbed? @lewm It does so visibly, in the extreme case when I walk by heavily (I’m > 200 lbs) on a bouncy floor with un... | |
| Does Anyone Know the History of the Early Sota Turntables? A well conceived magnetic bearing should have no "bounce" in response to external energy like footfalls, etc. If it did, you could have the above problems, especially on a TT with a spring suspension. @lewm Do you happen to know how this is ach... | |
| 6SN7GT VT231 TUBES All of them are pretty great, and the final choice is going to be very system & listener dependent. More often than not, I like Tung-Sol black glass round plate 6SN7 the best - if I had to pick one, that's it. Unfortunately, I've had the bad l... | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time Bruce Cockburn’s "Stealing Fires" is good, but I really love his "Night Visions" album. It’s got an instrumental "Islands in a Black Sky" that is hauntingly spectacular, and a good one to pull into system demos. The whole album is pretty cool desp... | |
| Ken Fritz's $1M Dream System update What is all this backlash against single listening chairs? God forbid a man have a hobby he can enjoy in solitude! I have as much company as I want in my life already. Sure it was fun having a great stereo to share when I was actively dating, but ... | |
| Does Anyone Know the History of the Early Sota Turntables? The magnetic platter is cool and eliminates most of the shipping problems, but I have to admit the practical performance of the sapphire bearing is pretty darn remarkable. It sure was a sensible solution for its time period, and still viable toda... | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time "Held up well" is of course very subjective, but I was blown away ~15 years ago when I bought an OG vinyl copy of A-Ha’s "Hunting High and Low" JUST for the huge hit "Take on Me". That’s the only song I knew, at that time - but the whole album, fr... | |
| Receiver Too Weak? Home theater specifically. My biggest complain is that either the dialogue is too low relative to the other sounds or vice versa. I can’t ever seem to get them both to be the proper relative volume. @easytarget This is caused by the huge dynam... | |
| Hagerman Trumpet MC review Great review! I agree - been recommending this phono stage for a while now. Big fan of all Hagerman analog gear, in general. His Piccolo head-amps (including the current-based Zero) are amazing for the money, and warmer than other JFET based stage... | |
| Seeking a Warm 12AX7 Tube for Preamp Buy a used Mullard that test as new, you can pick up one for under $100. RCA’s are fun and sound good, kind of in the middle between Mullard and Telefunkens. RCA’s are more of a guitar tube and sounds like it but still a nice tube. Telefunkens ar... | |
| Is it analog or is it digital? On top of that, they got marketed as digital amps, and some of them take a digital input and don't require a line level d/a converter. They somehow convert PCM directly into PWM to switch the amplifier on and off, so the analog signal never emerg... |