newbee
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| pre-amp and amp hook up Most probably this is a gain issue. Check your amp input spec's and see what its input sensitivity is. Check your integrated's line stage output gain. If the former is .5 to 1v and the latter is in about 26, it would be a gain mis-match. If your l... | |
| Just Talkin' 'Bout Itzhak I was LOL 'til the last paragraph. Perlman is one of my American hero's (even though he's from Israel) right up there with Isaac Stern and Leonard Bernstein. There are probably a lot of more technically gifted folks about but not more musically i... | |
| Buy MacIntosh gear w/o auditioning? A "Can't miss" proposition will depend on how extensively you have reaserched the product (and its interaction with other components in your system), how well you know the reviewers or the person's opining, and how well you can evaluate the need o... | |
| Why I love analog, part II Perhaps we should frame this thread for future automatic inclusion into any digital v analogue debate. Lousyreedsl hit the ball right out of the park! A supurb reminder to us all. | |
| 6550 to KT88 I have no major differences of opinions of the various tubes types, but as JaFox noted the JJ was (still is?) very unreliable. In fact of the new production tubes the only ones I have not experienced major failures with yet are the Svet 6550's (my... | |
| Anyone hear the Caravelle speaker and not like it? Speakerdude, Nicely said. I've long thought that the problem with the Caravelle's was more probably a reaction to some of the folks promoting them than the actual speakers themselves. There are certainly as, or more, expensive speakers out there t... | |
| Anyone heard Underwood level1 3910 mod? Sean, What are you trying to tell us? I'm trying to do your mod myself, but I'm not sure whether I should use Skippy or JIF. Will I void my warranty? Love the new Sean! Keep it up...but, don't stay away. Its a good fix for what ails you (and us). | |
| Jazz-suited speakers for an Arcam amp? If you are talking about floor standing Linbrooks I wouldn't hesitate for a second. But, the monitors would work if you weight down the stand. These are great speakers for the money and neither difficult to drive or place. I just broke in a pair o... | |
| Preamp or Amp? The reason you probably didn't get much response is that its tough to do short of writing a book. So much depends on something very personal to you...What do you really want to get out of your system and how good are your listening skills. By way ... | |
| Shorting caps/Cardas protective caps worth the $? RCA covering caps sound like dust preventers at best, however shorting plugs do work (to some degree). On my preamp I noticed on an unused input a buzz at highish levels. I put in shorting plugs and the buzz disappeared. Does that effect the outpu... | |
| Which speaker will perform Those ML's are great amps with tons of current but I doubt that you will find them powerful enuf to drive those Kappa 9's. Even high current 200wt amps have problems. There was a recent post on this Speaker - you might see if you can find it. It i... | |
| tube amp dilemma with electrostats Well here's a thought for you. When you listen to an amp you are listening to a lot more than the power tube. An amp with 6550's can sound bright, dull, or quite nice and a lot depends on the driver tubes. Years ago I got a Sonic Frontiers SFS80 a... | |
| all preamps gain and phase. I suspect the gain control allows you to reduce the gain of a source(s) before it reaches the attenuator on your amp - this is convenient when you have a high gain source. Without it you would only be able to get miniumum use of the VC before you ... | |
| System Components are Warm but Synergy is Bright? My read on the published reviews and quite a few of the user reviews on line have lead me to believe that the 303/200 can be bright, at least in some systems. I doubt that you have a unit with a defect, it just isn't synergistic with your componen... | |
| Sonic Frontiers to Conrad Johnson . Its not really so much about money as the general direction that tube audio has taken in the past 10+ years. All of the majors, ARC, Sonic's Frontiers, and CJ have moved away from the "warm" sound of tube amps from the 80's and early 90"s. Its my ... |