newbee
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| Bad Tube? In case ghdprentice has gone to bed, if your tubes were bought as a match pair your vendor should be able to match the tube he sold to you. Each tube (or the box in which it came) should have the tested #. But, even if he can't/won't give you a ma... | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please +1 ghdprentice. FWIW, I’m always saddened to see folks ’waste’ money by buying wires out of angst more than a need for which they have developed the skills to appreciate. I think a lot of folks think that more $ chased after wires assures good pe... | |
| Bad Tube? Sounds like a bad tube to me. Your vendor should give you a new one. | |
| Planar headphones To your question, simple answer, no. I think it might help to know what you consider to be the sound of planar speakers. I have both planar speakers and headphones and I don’t find that the sound of the planar speakers translates into anything th... | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please I think you need a starting point about what you expect a cable to do/be with your stuff, in your room. Waste a few buck, and buy some Blue Jeans and Mogami cables of the same gauge and length. They are quite different and sound quite different. I... | |
| Radical toe in once more Too much sound in your mind, not enuf in your ears I think. There is no right or wrong re toe in, it's what actually works for you. I would agree the aesthetically it might be a bit hard to think it could be right (for you) because few seem to do ... | |
| Warm sounding 6922 Type Tubes Whether on not a tube change will help when you have tinnitus might well depend on 1) the severity of your tinnitus, and 2) the frequency in which your tinnitus dwells. A tube known for warmth might help but you won't know unless you try. I'm not... | |
| Radical toe in once more Something rarely addressed is the effect of floor and, more importantly, ceiling reflections. Crossing the axis of your speakers in front of you might get a more diffused soundstage (for the better?) because of changing ceiling reflections. Whatev... | |
| Warm sounding 6922 Type Tubes FWIW, after many years I stopped chasing NOS tubes (for the most, part depending on how old old is) and when selecting 6922's with a warm tone I use JJ's. They are cheap and fairly dependable, although I usually keep a few spares. For clearer tone... | |
| Upgrading My Vinyl Set Up I agree with tablejocky. IME most folks judge speaker cables on their effect on the tone/color of the sound they produce with any giver component/speaker set up. They interact with the associated equipment (all of it) so it becomes very difficult ... | |
| Radical toe in once more IME setting up bi directional speakers can be problematic. That back wave can be a killer if you don't treat the wall behind in in some fashion. I used dispersive material. The success of crossing the speakers axis in front of the listener depend... | |
| Flat frequency response I probably just missed it, but when you refer to flat frequency response are you referring to the sound level at the listeners position, or say 3 ft from the speaker? If you measure the FR at the listening position, depending on the speaker desig... | |
| Driver Tubes 6922 OP, Out of curiosity, how old must a tube be before it becomes a NOS tube. I have a stash of old St Petersburg Svetlana (now SED) power tubes which have been out of production for some time. Are they NOS? They sure are good! FWIW, re NOS v curren... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes When you find an integrated that actually sounds like tubes, let me know! I think everyone (almost) wants one. Ever notice that SS manufacturers and merchants often tell us their device 'sounds like tubes' but no tube manufacturer sez their device... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? FWIW, optimal DR may be a blessing for younger audiophiles, but for the older group with HF hearing issues not so much. They lose some HF and they turn up the volume to hear the highs again, and drive younger folks out of the room. I'm older and h... |