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| Primaluna Prologue One power tube rolling FWIW, I use EI 12AX7A Elites w/grey plates very similar to Tele's and combined with SED EL34's produces a very smooth, reasonably detailed sound. Personally I'd save my long green type NOS's for more critical applications. But, if you've got extra... | |
| Primaluna Prologue One power tube rolling FWIW, the dealer initially said you could also run 6L6's in the One, so I tried it out. Initially I had no problem 'til one day I left the amp on continuously for 12 hours. I was out of the room for the last 6 hours. I came in and the sound was 'd... | |
| poweramp tube matching Nsgarch, I think your right, but when each tube can be individually biased doesn't that overcome the problem you bring up? You not only set the initial bias but you can monitor it and adjust it VS getting a matched quad in an amp with auto bias wh... | |
| poweramp tube matching Yes & No. Depends on amp. You usually want to use the same brand/type of power tube for sonic reasons, if no other. Each brand/type has its own identifiable contribution. Small tubes in a power amp should also be the same brand in each type fo... | |
| Quad 988's-how big a room and how far off walls??? If you really want to max out the Quad performance set up is critical. The good news (but maybe not for you)is that their radiation pattern allows for placement close to the side walls. The bad news, their radiation patern (rear wave) requires tha... | |
| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers IMHO, "order of importance" is determined more by the difficulty of matching/synergy that any component presents than where it stands in the chain. Because of that I consider the speaker selection is most important. Speakers not only present the g... | |
| Break in period Shadrone, A quick question. Do you assume that manufacturers only use new component parts when they make their prototypes and that their designs are only to be heard with new parts. I think it is reasonable to assume they do not, and that your pro... | |
| Time to reflect - why do you post on Audiogon..... Marco, It was interesting for sure. Your reasons for posting have always been apparent, to me at least.For some reason that thread reminds me of the integrated v SLR thread (I love playing with that analogy as I'm sure you've noted). So much on th... | |
| Break in period Dopogue, Great observation and I think you're right on. On the Raysonic I had expectations based on the review in 6moons and that is what I focused on for the first couple of hours out of the box. Warm, less resolution, rolled highs. Yep. Then the... | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Did anybody mention Andre Previn? If not they should have. :-) | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Jlindquist - You are right on with Cassidy's Over The Rainbow! I can tear up just thinking about how she sings it, let alone listening to her actually sing it. Makes Judy's version sound like the idle dream that little girls have. Eva's IMHO expre... | |
| A man with a flute Another very 'popular' player was James Galway. He got onto a lot of covers. But Rampal did some very popular jazz cross-overs. Both players have very entertaining albums. | |
| Good Baritone Sax Recording? Gerry Mulligan meets Scott Hamilton, Concords Jazz, CCD4300Gerry Mulligan - Dream a Little Dream - Telarc CD83364and one of my favorites for the music, Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster on Verve 841661. | |
| Looking for opinions on Prima Luna Prologue 6 &7 Steve, I've had the PL3/5 combo for about 20 months. I listen mostly to small jazz groups, jazz vocalists, and classical, both orchestral, chamber and especially solo piano. I didn't go for the phono card in the PL3. I have an MC cartridge and I d... | |
| 35 watts in Ultralinear vs 50 watts in Triode "Will triode always be softer" between different amps? No. The term 'always' dictates that response. I would be more ameniable to saying 'generally, yes' if the term were 'usually'. The power difference between 35wts and 50wts amounts to about 1 t... |