newbee
Responses from newbee
| Where are you today? My last SS stuff was Threshold SA Amps combined with my SP10II, and some Quad 63's. Started with tube amps in '91. Have had multiple amps and speakers pass thru the house since then and haven't really been totally satisfied until nine months ago w... | |
| Reduce audible hum Pro-ject RM-5 Probably hum caused by your cartridge and or TT motor is not shielded. Quite often it appears as the cartridge approached the motor. In running a Grado on a favorite TT at the begining the hum was not present, but on the last 1/3d of the LP the hu... | |
| Lack of depth problem Vett93, FWIW, in my set up the location of the listening chair is every bit as critical as the location of the speakers. I note you are moving your speakers about but you haven't mentioned moving your chair. Don't miss the opportunity to try this ... | |
| Soundstage wide and deep but not at all tall. . . I had this problem of lack of height for some years and it was only relieved when I ran some Acoustats, and when I drove some good dynamic cone systems loud. A few years ago I bought some speakers with SOTA tweeters, voila heighth appeared at norm... | |
| Attenuators Assuming that you are talking about 'in-line attenuators' you place them either at the source input of your pre-amp or the input of your amp which ever works best for you. | |
| Lack of depth problem Vet, Looks like you have pretty decent stuff, a decent sized room and dimensions, as well as appropriate damping, for a good sense of depth of image. BUT, in considering advise (and giving it) we should be mindful of how YOU define depth of image.... | |
| Tube integrateds with by pass Check out the Cayins. My A100T has one. | |
| Lack of depth problem A thought, beyond the set up issues and choice of electronics both of which play a great role in creating a good sense of front to rear depth of image and which we cannot comment on because of a lack of specific information. (BTW what are you usin... | |
| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? Wow, whodaguessed you harbored such excellent tastes! Sorta reminds me of my exwife, at least that's how I remember her now. :-) | |
| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? John, Put up some photos of your wife so we can compare her to Angelina and then judge you accordingly! :-)If you want to be a god here you've got to have a goddess. BTW, Michael I'm with you. It sure as hell does take a lot of skills to set up a ... | |
| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? In counting up the 'value' of my stuff can I count the cost of CDs and LPs? Man, I'll do almost anything to make my modest system into a MEGA system! I really need that kind of recognition. :-) And I'd post pictures but I'm afraid I'd have to figh... | |
| Question about set amps and low sensitivity spkrs Pubul57, Don't think so, but I've never owned or researched a MR amp. Nice stuff though. FWIW the only thing I know of that halves power output of an amp, accross the bandwidth, is (for example) an amp which uses multiple types of power tubes and,... | |
| Question about set amps and low sensitivity spkrs FWIW most tube amps put out the same wattage at 4 & 8 ohms. It neither doubles nor halves. 18w at 8 ohms is going to be 18w at 4 ohms. | |
| Question about set amps and low sensitivity spkrs Many tube amps do not work well with B&W's (and a lot of other speakers) because of their impedence, both nominal and min/maximum, not because of their efficiency (so much). Optimally, tube amps like to see flat impedence curves about 8 ohms o... | |
| Mullard 12AX7 10M gold pins vs. steel pins Sonically, unless the tubes themselves are actually different in construction i.e. the only difference is in the gold on the pins, initially, I don't think the average expert will be able to tell the difference between tubes steel pins and gold pi... |