newbee
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| Maximum Upgrade Potential FWIW, I think that for most 'ears' it is more about 'different' than it is about 'improvement'. Given a certain level of quality to begin with (high) IMHO most of what the manufacturers are doing with new products is tweaking a product and, perhap... | |
| Need help from you acoustical experts OP, FWIW I understand what Albert intended design wise for these speakers. And he may have achieved universal success. He clearly wanted a speaker that would satisfy folks who didn't want to move them off the wall, often for esthetic reasons, but ... | |
| Need help from you acoustical experts My first reaction when I look at your pictures is your speakers are far to close to the wall behind them. The first thing I would do if I came into your room would be moving the speakers forward from that wall about 4ft. My next thing I would do i... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh FWIW, I've noticed some distortion in my PL amp. I changed out the power tubes - different tone but distortion still there. Short version, I finally just put in new drivers because I had back up ones of the same type/brand, etc, because I like th... | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers nsp, re impedance issues you referred to. The 300K input impedance should make it a good match, impedance wise, to any SS or tubed preamp, or source directly connected. But, FWIW, I think the other impedances you attribute to ’amplifiers’ refer to... | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers +Atmosphere! Better from the horse's mouth than the horse's ass. :-) | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers No, they were different brands. I guess my point was that cable construction was probably more important than whether or not it was balanced or unbalanced unless you had noise problems to deal with. | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers "But part of the appeal...." But how much of that appeal is really important if you have short runs and no noise issues. I always thought the real benefit of balanced stuff was the connectors and as a solution to noise when used in long runs, i.e... | |
| Why on earth? I guess there isn't too much difference between watching U-Tube and following internet forums when it comes to valuing comments and advise, or for that matter making comments or giving advice. Whatever floats your boat, its a personal choice made ... | |
| Radical toe in once more Re hardcore science, well there are books (available on Amazon) on acoustics as they relate to audio systems, but I don't know how much they would help you in setting up your system. I'm not familiar with the proper set up of bi-directional speak... | |
| Bad Tube? tritube, You did it correctly, biasing the tube to 40ma as recommended by the manufacturer. You would have done that with any voltage designation on the tube/box. Tubes can be too 'hot' or too 'cold' and be unable to meet the biasing requirement b... | |
| Bad Tube? ghdprentice, sorry about that. For all I knew you were from the East Coast. :-) Good to know you are not another New Yorker! | |
| Sweet sounding tubes for preamps The character of any tube can vary depending on the design of the amp/preamp. I have heard preamps using 12AU7s which sounded downright chilly, neutral, and warmish. Much depends on the manufacturer and its type of tube (often the same brand has m... | |
| 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... |