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| Anyone else evolve beyond tubes? Just to be a contrarian.......I've been into tubes in all applications for quite a few years and have the typical disdain for SS stuff. Well, I'm presently playing with a Wadia directly into a tube amp and my immediate impression is 'not bad, not ... | |
| Tyler Linbrook Sig System, Short review Bartockfan, Exactly how do you know Sally Reynolds 'blew it' on her review of the Tylers & Spendors? You have not heard yet the Linbrook Signature II so you don't know what it sounds like at all. You are simply guessing that it sounds like the... | |
| How to tweak a system. Mmakshak, I guess we're are talking about different things. Didn't pick that up in your original post. | |
| How to tweak a system. Wellfed, The XLO Test CD, track 3, is really a great test. It's something I use for set up. Occasionally when I think I have a sharp center image dialed in and I use this track I find that the out of phase sound is not equally spread about. Someti... | |
| How to tweak a system. I've got lots to say about speaker placement, but what I might say will depend on 1)Type of speakers, 2) Size of room 3)dimensions, 4)location of walls and openings and windows, 5)What are your sonic priorities, 6)What limitations do you have rega... | |
| Wadia 302 Direct to amp or via pre-amp Nsgarch, What I don't understand is, assuming for the sake of discussion and clarification, I had a totally neutral pre-amp wouldn't the sound of the 302 be better with its volume control out of the way (or just wide open, perhaps?) than direct in... | |
| Amplifier Weight. A Factor? Everything else being equal (and in reality it never is) the reason that large amps are very heavy is they have very heavy transformers which you really need to get high quality power and things like subterranian bass. If you can settle for less p... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, CCa, etc Tvad, I suspect that Atmasphere is just supporting his design decisions, thats all. He put his money where his mouth is, but we don't have to. :-)Interesting thread. For myself rolling tubes is a distraction which keeps me from endlessly spending ... | |
| Loudspeakers that go LOUD? To add to Robertson35's comments/recommendations.........Apart from amplifier considerations, one of the benefits of the added bass unit which might be overlooked and is pertinent to Beemeriders concerns......By adding the bass unit which crosses ... | |
| Scratchy sound on certain notes right side only? Yohjo, Agreed if no other sources produce the problem it has to be in the phono stage. Doesn't your EAR phono-pre have tubes? Are you still using that - its listed in your systems? If you are, check the tubes. :-) | |
| Scratchy sound on certain notes right side only? You've got a lot of tubes in the chain. Any chance you have an intermittently noisy tube? Might try reversing the small tubes in your pre-amp and your amp - see what happens. If it reverses channels you've found your problem. | |
| Power tubes for SF Power 2? Ozzy, FWIW, I assume you have the SF manual and know what tubes are recommended for this amp by SF, however if not, don't make any assumptions. I have both the SFS80 and SFM's 160's. KT88 sound and work fine in the SFS80 so I mistakenly put them i... | |
| Loudspeakers that go LOUD? Beemerrider, Forgot to mention my experience with Tylers. Sign me up to the more power camp. I've 3 tube amps available just now, 40, 80, and 160 wt's (EL34's, KT88's, and 6550's for BF's benefit - no KT99's, although I've got a dozen NOS's in the... | |
| Loudspeakers that go LOUD? Ghasley, An excellent commentary on BF's constant interjection in threads his poorly thoughtout comments about his JOR's, Thors, KT88's, KT90's, and Seas drivers.I believe your last paragraph expresses why I'm so turned off by BF's comments regard... | |
| 6550 tube vs KT88 Tvad, I beg to differ on a nit. Bartock fan does "know wtf" he's talking about. He understands himself perfectly. The problem is that nobody else does! Perhaps in his ability to judge the performance of tubes sans amps (other than his JOR) and dri... |