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| "Great RCA interconnects under $100?" Marco, You are really sharp on tube stuff as well as IC's, cables, etc. Got a question. I'm facinated by the flexibility of a system that has lots of tubes. I just changed to some different power tubes in my amp which really smoothed out the highs... | |
| Insanely Expensive....and Worth Every Penny "Wildly, insanely expensive", I don't know, but my SP10 wasn't exactly cheap in 1984 terms, close to if not SOTA, and was the core of my main system until recently. Its still worth on the used market 2/3ds of what it cost. Zero regrets. | |
| Balanced Not really and Ground Hum Are you saying that you totally disassembled your components and then added them back into the system, one at a time, and you didn't notice the reappearing hum at the time the offending was reinserted into the system? I agree with the above re gro... | |
| Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber Try Shaw's version on Telarc (80406). An excellent performance and typically good Telarc sound. | |
| Cary SLP98 Tube Question FWIW, I was interested in this unit at one time and read a lot of user reports as well as reviews - it seems that your experience may not have been all that unusual. I noted a lot of comments about tube selection and the need for NOS (relatively e... | |
| Is there a optimum lenght for power cables? FWIW, if you buy your PC for its benefits as a 'filter' or 'tone control' then longer is better is, IMHO, a logical conclusion. I typically use 6 and 9 foot lengths for convenicence, especially the 9 footers for mono amps with short speaker cables... | |
| What time do you wear? MRE2007, FWIW I've had a Sinn Chronometer/chronograph for about 8 years. Outstanding time keeper. It really is a chronometer. I loose less than a minute a month. I'm not familar with your selection, but don't hesitate just because most folks have ... | |
| Lack of bass with SP-9 MK3 There are numerous on-line tube sales companies which handle a lot of new production tubes (not so much NOS tubes, which are MUCH more expensive, BTW). I use the Tube Depot for new tubes but others do as well. Go to Audio Asylum and check out thei... | |
| Lack of bass with SP-9 MK3 I doubt that your unit is faulty.Couple of possibilities. As you said, if you are comparing the SP9 to any unit with a contour feature engaged you bass will suffer considerably. Even if your contour feature was automatically adjustible with change... | |
| The wall behind me. Tda2200 - Deadening equals absorbsion, much as described by Kr4. There are many materiels you can use to do this and a few have already been suggested. In one home I deadened a wall by putting up foam on the wall and simulated a large glass window... | |
| The wall behind me. If I understand your post correctly, you are sitting on the sofa which is backed against (or very close to) the wall. In this situation I would prefer to deaden the wall. If you are sitting out into the room (classic triangulated set up, as in the... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. Gregadd, So long as I can still be considered one who loves music, if I had to choose one format it would be vinyl. But I would never have voted nor even participated but for Pauly's voting me and others like me out of the 'music lovers' club beca... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. Paul, So long as we are really only talking about which format can produce the highest quality sound we have nothing to argue about. I just snagged some tickets to hear MTT do M7 in SF - Mahlerphiles eat your heart out!. To get ready I'm going to ... | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? A Threshold SA3. Bought some panel speakers and thought I'd never only need 50 watts again. I think this is the last piece of equipment I have sold (over 17 years ago). Never made that mistake again, but are my closets full of stuff! :-) | |
| New Vinyl Setup FWIW, start 'small'. Don't focus on high end stuff and take it one step at a time. If I were starting out I would buy a TT without suspension system for two reasons. You don't have to tune it and it can be shipped with less probability of damage. ... |