newbee
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| noise thru tube pre?? You've got a microphonic tube. Since you only have one tube, get a new one thats been tested by a dealer for microphonics. Microphonics can effect the sound put out by your pre-amp even if you are not tapping the case. Vibrations come from many so... | |
| DK Design Group X-Dream - wow Ellery911, I think there are some folks who have and continue to post about DK products in a manner that will draw critics to accuse DK of (or continuing to) use sockpuppets to promote their products, thereby damaging their business. This just can... | |
| Why do people write mean things about musicians You jest! Where did you come up with this concept anyway.What are the "mean things" being said, seperate from the things folks say when just giving their honest opinions and impressions?Recording companies judge artists by sales, or before the art... | |
| whats the biggest mistake you made? My biggest mistake was in taking the advise of others about what would make my system sound good!My next biggest mistake was in not taking the advise of others about what would not make it sound good!But its so hard to do this in a vacumm. :-) | |
| Von Schweikert DB-99 Owners The the biggest problem folks experience with high efficiency speakers is typically from the noise floor levels of the electronics, especially noise from tubes, and specially noise from tube pre-amps and tube sources. Thats not to say you won't he... | |
| 12AT7 Tubes Chad, I probably pointed you towared this question from my answer in another post. As I recall (and I do 'think' I'm correct because I was looking at pre-amps at that time already being a SF amps(s) owner. When the first model of the SFL One came ... | |
| Best tubes for Sonic Frontiers 80 Jefferybehr, The KT99a is a KT90 in disguise. This is the original tube Sonic Frontiers used in the SFS80 and the SFM 160's. It was made by Yugo and relabled by Gold Aero. I found its tone powerful but a bit on the cool side of neutral, even after... | |
| cartridge on budget table? Have you worked with the VTA. Improper arm height can make a cartridge sound just as you described. | |
| Best tubes for Sonic Frontiers 80 Tube types will depend on what tonal qualities you're are looking for and will depend on your ancillary equipment as well as the speakers you are driving. I've used 99A's, KT88's, 6550c's and EL34's. They all sound different. I ultimately chose SE... | |
| The most emotional amp out there? I had some of those emotional amps but I had to get rid of them. The tear stains on the front of the amps were just too distracting. Tripper is right on. Get some music that really turns you on. The sound you get from your system is all about syne... | |
| Ei Gold Elite vs Dave, I have Elite 12AX7E and the 12AX7EG and some non elite 12AX7's. The EG's and the non-elites appear for all pratical purposes to be identical except for the pins. I can't tell the difference between the non-elites and the EG if they are both ... | |
| Best Classical Music for Sonus Faber Stradivari Have you heard any composers or type of music that you have enjoyed? I assume you are interested in the highest quality recording, not necessarily so much the performance, but the possibilities are so vast it would be helpful to have at least a sm... | |
| How U determine first and second reflection points I'm not sure what you are trying to say, but if you are saying that you need all of the reflections from the walls, ceiling, and floors to get 3d effect, you are overlooking the fact that on well recorded software that information is already there... | |
| Question for classical lovers Rotarius, Here's a project for you if you really want help and honest commentary from a lot of folks here who are seriously qualified to help........List all of your present equipment including speakers. Describe in detail how you have your equipm... | |
| Question for classical lovers I think Kal's comments might well apply...You could well need to work on your room. You might also re-examine the synergy of your components and your room.FWIW, I do a lot of listening to digital classical on a system using a tube CDP and/or DAC, ... |