newbee
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| 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... | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain Mr T, I'm not sure we are in disagreement about anything. I can certainly agree with most you've said, much of which is nothing more than your expressing your personal preferences and order of priorities.As with good literature, which I think is t... | |
| Plants for Humidity You are right. Plants need humidity, they do not make it, but if you've got a lot of plants that use a lot of water the water does evaporate and help humidify the room. I'd be very careful about using a garden variety humidifier, too much humidity... | |
| How to reply to questions about stereo cost? Just lie! But make it a suitible whopper to fit the personality of your guest. I usually tell folks its old vintage tubed equipment from the 60's, but some I tell that, believe it or not, it cost more than my 'Rolex". I never actually give someone... | |
| Can an EL34 tube be replaced with a KT88 or 6550? All EL34's don't sound alike, not by a long shot, so even if you can't use 6550's and KT88's, you can get some tubes which will sound significantly different. You will still need an auto bias curcuit or the ability to re-bias the amp with the new ... | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain FWIW, I suspect that audiophile activities are in inverse porportion to the ability of the listener to appreaciate (understand) musical content. When the musical content is complex and requires concentration who has time to think about audiophile ... | |
| Music Recommendations Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' Berlioz's 'Symphnie Fantastique'Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' suitesRachmaninoff's Symphonic DancesBTW, I assume from 'traditional classical music' you mean stuff by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. If so con... |