newbee
Responses from newbee
| Volume Control Too Sensitive You can put 10 or 20 db fixed in-line attenuators between your pre-amp and amp. Roth manufactures them - minimal, if an sonic down side. | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? Volume can play a big part in getting the illusion of height. At least in my room. Low volume keeps everything closer to the level of the tweeter/your ears. At a moderate increase in volume every thing seems to open up. Just don't overdrive your r... | |
| Beware poor sounding media I kinda agree with you. My reality is that no matter how great the performance may be its the audio quality that gets it played most often, but I will not listen to drek just because the AQ is high quality. When I listen to great performances with... | |
| Jolida Foz SS-X Tube buffer & soundstage expander? It doesn't. The Loki has 4 bands for tone control. The Foz only one (bass). The Foz has a phase control which can affect the soundstage quite a bit. The Loki does not. The Foz has a tube buffer, the Loki does not. The Foz adds a bit of warmth to t... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? I could put it all away, or at least out of sight, except for the fact that I've grown accustomed to using a remote control. I'd even hide the speakers if that were possible. :-) | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Presto in England. Cheaper than Amazon - larger catalog - prompt delivery especially if you buy any quantity and they ship UPS. Slower if they ship USPS. I buy about 80% of my CD's from them. FWIW their service is great. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Who needs more Sibelius, I know I don't, but then ...... A new 4 disc set of his Symphonies. Just came out. A young (age 26) conductor I've never heard of, Klaus Makela (A Finn, what else) leading the Oslo Philharmonic. Very, very, good I think a... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados twoleftears (and anyone else who might care), I noted in another post that you recommended a Schubert solo piano piece...so, have I got a deal for your! Larissa Dedove playing Schubert's piano sonatas on Centaur. A 5 cd set for about $25 to $30. ... | |
| FM Antenna You can try it both ways, but when I did this I stripped off the outer vinyl and let the braid contact the clamp. Try the cable with vinyl in place first - if that doesn't work the strip off the vinyl and let the braid contact the clamp. If you a... | |
| Tubes getting hard to come by? Why don't folks just place a wanted to buy ad. I'd be surprised if some folks didn't have some used or new tubes they would be happy to sell at a reasonable price. I know I do but I'm to lazy to post an ad to try to sell them. | |
| The past meets the future Don't forget to clean the stylus and use an anti static devise to remove the static created from brushing the disc. Lets not get too casual about this. :-) FWIW, putting together/setting up a good analog system is a hobby within a hobby as is rec... | |
| The past meets the future Ya gotta love the ritual attendant to playing vinyl. When you're done and drop the needle you then have to get up and change the record 3 times to listen to a Mahler symphony. Talk about a distraction! Seriously I'd prefer a SOTA vinyl system so... | |
| What's a good amount of time to have my preamp unplugged before I swap out tubes? Changing tubes can take place shortly after turn off, that isn't a problem. The problem can occur if you turn your on amp too soon after changing the tube. I learned this the hard way! I wait at least 5 minutes between shut down and turn on. | |
| Recommendation all-rounded speaker (small room) Sounds like a good choice (on paper at least). Are you able to audition them in your home? Also, for best sound (imaging anyway) you'd probably enjoy them most set up in a 'near field' configuration. | |
| Why Do You Post? For the same reasons I came to AG over 20 years ago (!). But, I think like you, I find that too many of the users come here for ego enhancement at the expense of other members. To many responses to user questions and problems are driven by what pr... |