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| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? Curious, I read herein that the feedback level related to the amplifier is important to consider for purposes of evaluating whether it really makes much of a difference to tube roll power tubes. Anyone know why that would be? Further, I am biamp... | |
| Upgrade From Clearaudio Satisfy CF to Tracer? @knock1 Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply the Satisfy was magnetic bearing - it’s not, and it’s a reasonable choice on the entry Clearaudio tables. I realize the way I worded the comment may give that impression. What misfire? Never heard of anyone... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? Don't worry, we will be careful not to enjoy our inferior SUT's too much. I will keep in my place realizing I enjoy NOISE not MUSIC! | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mdalton Cool!! From my perspective, SUTs actually increase the Koetsu magic. But that hum is not "normal", even at the 30x / 29dB setting, and even with the volume turned up loud (my preferred setting lol). As least, it should not be invasive f... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? With all else being equal (which it almost never is), core size can definitely have an impact on performance. Good luck getting an actual core weight sans all the casing, potting, etc. EAR MC-3 and MC-4 add weighting to the box so stiff audiophil... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? I don’t believe you. The 807 uses a top anode cap and a seven pin socket. It is not swappable with octal power tubes. I had some in my tube collection. I thought that was odd too. Maybe a weird typo? I’ve used a Williamson amplifier (pair of H... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? @darkblacksmoke The VAC amps are amazing. I also have an older statement 450S (no iQ) for my smaller 2nd system. Of all a system’s components - the big VAC power amps were by far my most fruitful "splurge". For every other component slot, I’v... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? I’ve always found power tubes more important to shaping the sound in ways that are meaningful to me. Small tubes can also be important to be sure, but a lot of times it’s an initial "wow!" impression, then over time I either tire of that variant o... | |
| Issue with Audio Research 5SE Preamp I never tried 6N6 sub in my Ref 6, but I remember this being discussed several years ago on other forums (WBF). It was warned these tubes will have a shorter than expected life in ARC preamps. 1,600 hours is likely way too much for them, and the 6... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mdalton IIRC Sugano Sr. also used a Fidelity Research arm on his Garrard. Even "just" my FR64fx and 64S are stunning with Koetsu (I have 6 lol) - and I ended up liking them better with all my other brand cartridges, too (ideal mass compliance mat... | |
| List Of Small Company Tube Amps Roger High Fidelity is overpriced even at his 50% off eBay prices, and the lifetime “transferable” warranty is a joke. Transferring the warranty requires sending the amp back for recertification which incurs a bench charge, which is fine, until h... | |
| so bass traps in corners do nothing, it seems we have been fooled. or are being fooled. Bass frequencies, once generated, are extremely hard to manage - for turntable feedback, too. Like the video says - it takes a LOT of acoustic material to make a difference. So the tiny little gray or blue "triangle" corner traps (popular a while ... | |
| Quality of recording while evaluating speakers Krall & friends are indeed well recorded, but not so much as to be an outlier. Mainly it’s such simple, sleep-inducing music that it seems to magically avoid exposing most systems’ major problem areas - and this is why it’s such a popular choi... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? “I do know the enjoyment to be had entertaining oneself trying out the extent of Permutations that can be created for the Vinyl Signal Path. ” @pindac That’s been my goal all along! Thanks again for your input :-) Agreed - same here, and well... | |
| Townshend Pods under TT Don’t Do A wall mount is a good option for those who want to go that route, and have a table that's not too massive nor large in footprint. I like pushing the rack against the wall because it's so easy to do, and leverages the strength & stability of b... |