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| Tube Rolling for Convergent Audio SL1 Preamps I have a Cat SL1 mkIII and did a little bit of NOS (telefunkens) rolling and would agree with Ken. I had much more noticeable results tube rolling on my power amp input (and to a slightly lesser degree, power) tubes. | |
| haunting/dark classical richard strauss' "four last songs" (esp. w/Jessye Norman! or Elizabeth Schwartzkopf). | |
| Best Recording of Traffic: Low Spark that web site 'better records' is of the opinion that the original island pressing is better than the mo-fi. I have both and can see his point; the mo-fi has less 'edge'. if I were you I'd just go to a used record store and find a good clean copy ... | |
| Proac Response 2.5 - How long will they last? eventually the foam rubber surrounds do wear out, either just losing flexibility or actually tearing. you will be able to buy replacements when that happens; proac just uses scanspeak drivers - although they're branded 'proac' and might be a littl... | |
| How tubes influence sound if you start checking out online dealers in new/vintage tubes, they will often have fairly detailed descriptions of the tubes' characteristics.... | |
| "magic" stampers? what you noticed is well documented... another argument in favor of using your own ears. it's not about earlier or later pressings, as you say, and one side of the lp being a 'magic' is no guarantee the other is! it's part of the fun of the 'hunt'... | |
| Rock Concerts through your rig? paul allen (co-founder of microsoft) built a concert venue as part of the 'experience music project' (rock museum basically) which has amazing sound - I equate it to a gigantic high-end stereo. unfortunately the museum has been struggling and does... | |
| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue relaxin' (miles davis)crescent (john coltrane) - and, if you like that: 'alternate takes' and 'my favorite things', also by coltrane | |
| Analog experiment I think one experiment you haven't done and hasn't been mentioned could be potentially useful: try to locate 5 or so of your favorite pieces of music, regardless of format. then try to find them on the other format. do your listening in a less ana... | |
| Jethro Tull 1.Benefit2.A Passion Play3.Thick As A Brick4.Living In The Past5.Stand UpI would add War Child, Aqualung, and This Was to the list. All of these are, IMHO, great and worth owning. | |
| Kill Top End Extension - All Silver Ribbon Cables you didn't tell us what speakers you have.... | |
| Volume fade if it's in both channels, it's probably in the preamp. I assume you have a diagram of which tubes do what, and there are almost certainly tubes that affect both channels - change those tubes and see if it fixes the problem. if you're going to own ... | |
| Bob Dylan finally makes sense.... the sundazed LP reissues sound great and are cheap to boot! grab 'em! | |
| ESOTERIC, WADIA -- How do they really sound? if you feel unethical about taking pieces home from a dealer when you plan to buy used, why not bring in a favorite CD to the dealer and listen to it there?assuming it isn't too busy and you're not depriving the salesperson of a possible sale to s... | |
| Dipping my toe into analog turntables are pretty simple creatures; even replacing the motor is usually pretty cheap. I'd get the Thorens fixed up, get a decent entry level cartridge (benz glider for example) - if your cartridge is old the rubber around the base of the needl... |