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| Tyler Signature System versus Merlin VSM-MM Jerrym303, The FWIW department, I'm just a Tyler Signature System owner..........Bobby P has given you a huge clue - These speakers will sound nothing alike, in any room. Apples v Oranges and that is apart from the additional issues of the driving... | |
| LARGER SWEET SPOT WANTED Von Schweikert ? If you mean by larger sweet spot, the ability of someone sitting to either side of the sweet spot to get a good sense of soundstaging width etc, and not just hear mostly the speaker in front of them.........Before you venture out to get new speake... | |
| Need guidence on Tube amp repair..... Forgive the dumb question. Have you checked the fuse? | |
| Insurance All you need is a homeowners policy, preferably with replacement cost coverage. I'm not aware of any company requiring a special rider to cover audio equipment, but best to ask your agent. Do take photos and keep receipts for all your stuff. Insur... | |
| Tube Suggestions Onix SP3 What a winner! And you bought it used. Many dealers/manufacturers would not even have talked to you except to say send it in, we'll fix it, and you'll pay for it! Hope the new one works for you. | |
| Silver vs Copper cables Brianmgrarcom (and any others who have the expertise), You have referred to some folks using cables as tone controls as opposed to seeking something else, I assume you are referring to neutrallity and transparency/resolution.Can you identify a set... | |
| Transformer Hum Stevecham, What do you mean when you say Newbee's "solution" will not work in every case? I think you may have missed the penultimate paragraph. Isn't that exactly what you did to solve your problem (in part), install a line filter? :-) :-) Jeeze,... | |
| Can anyone recommend a smooth, rich CD player? This probably won't be of interest to you, unfortunately in my view, but in recent weeks myself and another A'Goner have fortutiously, and independently, discovered the potential of the Cal Alpha and Sigma DAC's when driven by the Digital section ... | |
| Springs for homemade isolation stand "If I knock lightly" - the best way to eliminate this feedback is don't knock at all! :-) You are creating a condition that does not exist under normal user circumstances. Most of the acoustic problems from vibrations come from airborne vibrations... | |
| Tube pre- or amp: does it matter? Most folks start their introduction to tubes with a tube pre-amp. Its a lot easy to use, the effects are more noticible to most people, and all you have to be concerned about is the matching of its output (gain and impedence) to an appropriate amp... | |
| Dumb question about Speaker Positioning Acoustically speaking, I would think the ideal position of your speakers based on 2 channel performance, would work equally well with all sources, as the proper positioning controls very critical sonic considerations such as bass response (flat - ... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale For new production tubes I've had very good luck and service from Tube Depot and recommend them. | |
| Which is more important, spkr. or intrc. cable? In my view speakers cables make the most noticable difference, if for no other reason is that folks usually run longer speaker cables which will make their differences more noticible. Choice of IC's might well depend on their use, probably more so... | |
| Any CAL experts out there. The digital out I referred to was the new CDP's. Sorry for the confusion. Most CDP's have a digital out where you can use its transport section to drive a different DAC. Typically they use a 75ohm cable, sometimes with a different connector. | |
| 4 ohm speakers, 2, 4 or 8 ohm taps on amps It's really not a issue of 'safe' so much as sonic's, especially if absolute power is not an issue. Use the tap which sounds best to you. Try them all for that matter. I have a 160wt SF amp and I drive 4 ohm speakers with a minimum of 3.5 ohms off... |