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| Why are older tubes so much sought after Eldartford, FWIW, what was the HiFi enthusiast's goal in those days before the transistor was introduced to audio? All he had to work with was tubes, so I must assume his goal was unobtainable, he just didn't know it?Now along comes the transistor... | |
| Holographic imaging This is fun, I agree with both Shadrone and Tvad. In this forum the 'emporer's new clothes' is inappropriate, I think. It's more the the 'emporer's old clothes'. If you've been here for any time you've seen it before, ad infinitum, ad nauseam. It'... | |
| Speakers that disappear "What affordable (Under 15K) speakers fit this description"A lot, or none, depending on your competence in proper set up and choice of electronics and sources. All it requires is a bit of knowledge, some money, and a lot of patience and flexibilit... | |
| Amp vs preamp question Just curious about these impedence matching observations - BTW Tvad, I think your observations are good - how often do folks feel that impedence matching issues, which might be only marginal, if extant, are exacerbated by improper selection of lon... | |
| Why no Room Tuning Questions? Ckoffend's comments are excellent, I think. You can do an a lot in a room with ordinary furnishings thoughtfully placed. IMHO you should resort to acoustic materiels only when you have a very specific goal and a resolution specific to that goal.BT... | |
| Help mismatch maybe? 1) I think Art is right about the speakers inherrent lack of bass ability in a largish room. You can add a sub and that would help. However,2) In my limited experience with placing speakers on the long wall I would guess that might be adding to yo... | |
| QUAD TOE-IN FWIW, with Quad 63's I listened to them with the axis passing just behind my head. Maybe 5 degrees less than pointed straight at my head. One of the reasons I liked this was not just because of the direct signal, but in my set up the backwave hit ... | |
| Speaker shock absorbers Musicnoise, some of what you are feeling is the result of airborne bass soundwaves, not necessarily as a result of the speaker/floor interface. And airborne soundwaves, especially bass ones are tough to deal with unless you have sound absorbers of... | |
| Speaker shock absorbers Well, I can recommend Hockey pucks, a very hard rubber, that I think has worked for me. Cheap! And will maintain speakers inherrent stability. Now for something a bit more absorbent, are sheets of heavy rubber pads, made I think from recycled rubb... | |
| Quad speaker quality LOL. I own some old Quad 63's. I'd love to say they were built like tanks. Yes I would. But they did sound just fine. So if the new Quads sound good AND you can get service when you need it, don't worry. England never had a corner on quality const... | |
| Best things 'in life' Well here is a big surprise, in an audio forum, music has been the one constant in my life since grammer school days. Instruments, audio equipment and hobby related interests, women, sports, cars, cameras, booze etc have all come and gone, often i... | |
| Power cords and soundstage Jylee, your clarification is appreciated in all respects. Clearly the addition of anything that improves resolution, whether its PC's, cables, IC's, electronics, or speakers, will give you a clearer view of what is in the recording. In your case i... | |
| Chopin Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66 Oh, jez, I try to be nice to the guy and he turns out to be a pedantic. Go figure! :-) | |
| Power cords and soundstage Douglas, Perhaps the roots of this correcpondence goes to our differing perception of the description of what I considered a dramatic difference between the sound of his system before he put in the new PC.His description, to me, suggested that he ... | |
| Chopin Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66 Jax2, You've got me - I don't have Pletnevs Carnegie appearance. :-( I just put it on my shopping list at Amazon. Now something for you IF you like obscure music. Since you like Pletnev, and you love good recordings, if you are up to some obscure,... |