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| Tube hiss - any idea what's causing it? Most likely the EF86's are microphonic, not necessarily dying. Its not unusual for tubes that sound OK at first get noisy shortly thereafter, depending on their initial qualities and how hard they are driven in the curcuit. You may need to focus o... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. JGH represents, IMHO, that group of folks around when HiFi was a group of DIY hobbists who had far more interest in 'sound' than in music. Train's and planes anyone? Lots of fun experimenting in those days. His holy grail of 'live music' as a goal... | |
| Passive attenuators--why at amp end, not source? I have, and use, the Rothwell's to reduce the Cal Alpha's 3.5v output to match other sources. In this application I find it effective. The only down side is that it seems to slightly roll the high frequencies a tad, not necessarily a bad thing for... | |
| musical subwoofer recommendation for 2-ch Itball's advise matches my very recent experience in setting up a sub with full range speakers in a 2 channel system. My gut feeling from your description of the sound you have described is that you have set the volume of the sub too high and its ... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Since my post in '03 I have finally found speakers for my room which just exceed all of my expectations and I expect will end my quest, they so especially connect with my subjective expectations......Silverline Boleros, the speakers for audiophile... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Shadrone, interestingly I recently brought a relatively cheap sub into the listening room. I have two independent sets of electronic's available to drive my speakers. With one set the sub's inclusion really flesh out depth, tightness, and imaging ... | |
| Re-tubing my ARC reference 1 preamp I've not listened to the Ref 1. But, FWIW, the two tubes I loved in my SP10II but which, unfortunately, were not rugged enuf to survive, were Amperex Bugleboys and EI6922's. The former are a tad pricy now and the latter kind of hard to find. I'd p... | |
| Music to evaluate Speakers and System You have to go with what you know best. I 'know' piano so I tend to listen to recordings of a Bosendorfer with which I'm very familar and I own because I love them enuf to have listened to them extensively without regards to their value to system ... | |
| Why sound is not balanced? I found a solution to that problem - I didn't have a balance control. I simply moved my listening chair a few inches to the right. If the imaging specificity gets sharper you're good to go. If sharp imaging gets a bit blurred, look for a different... | |
| Please help Two amps to one pair of speaker? Sooner or later you (or someone else) is going to turn on or leave on one of the amps when the second one is powered up. Boom!!!!!!!! You will probably lose one of the amps, maybe the speakers drivers.I have two completely seperate sets of electro... | |
| Isolation for tube amps Keithmundy, to revist you initial question re tube amps.......I enjoy all of the responses folks provide regarding how one deals with vibrations. Most, if not all have some basis in theory but I'm amazed at the disconnect between the theory and pr... | |
| whistling in the ears I've had a constant low level tinnitus since I had a headphone experience where I had married music I loved to some pot which I apparently loved even more. The following morning I found my volume on max and my ears on ringing. Nothing has changed ... | |
| Bass--How much is too much? First, I agree with Jmcgrogan2 re the (mis)use of a sub. I suspect many folks think they should 'hear' the sub all the time. That, however, will not stop me from trying to use a sub to correct for a moderate room related problem. My speakers are s... | |
| Isolation for tube amps You are correct. You really can't protect from 'airborne' vibrations. However there is a lot of other equipment or room floor induced vibrations which can be audible by thier effect on the signal, especially tubes and phono playback. So proper iso... | |
| Can an EL34 tube be replaced with a KT88 or 6550? Smurfmand70, One of the nice things about EL34's is they are relatively cheap and 'just getting them all' is not a bad idea. However there are other things to consider in selecting power tubes, one of which is thier ruggedness and how your amp wil... |