newbee
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| Difference between Sonic Frontiers SFS and power The SFS and (SFM mono amps), tend to be a bit warmer in comparison to the Power series. Build quality is arguably a bit better in the Power series, but both are built like tanks. Sonically the Power Series are more like "liquid SS amps". The sonic... | |
| "It doesn't impress you at first..." Since I have never listened to live music in my room, and you can never listen live music if you are listening to an audio system, I just get the component that makes music sound most enjoyable to me (after I listen a while). Since no two componen... | |
| Tubed Integrated/$1500/New or Used Lean him towards the PrimaLuna if 35watts is enuf. Great little idiot proof tube amp. Perfect for newbies to tubes. Nothing to fuss over. | |
| Objects Between Speakers One of the side benefits of getting the stuff out from between your speakers, other than the major sonic benefits, is you don't just sit in your chair staring at all of your great components with much pride! You can actually listen to the music wi... | |
| speaker grilles Some speakers are in fact voiced to be heard with the grills on but I would imagine that most high end speakers are not. Listening with the grills on will muffle the tweeter to some degree, the mid range to a lesser degree. The grill frame could a... | |
| Older PURE CLASS-A Amplifiers Ecclectique, None, if I ever see them first. Its the only SS amp I've ever heard w/Quad 63's that I have enjoyed as much as tubes. It really is great. | |
| What to consider with used Sota Sapphire?? A suspension table is supposed to be springy so I don't know what you can tell from just that, but it sure doesn't sound like this table has been treated with kindness. I would factor in the probabilities of major problems into the real purchase c... | |
| What CD player to buy? What is your budget? Personally, I can't relate to the terms "fancy or ultra-expensive". | |
| Older PURE CLASS-A Amplifiers Personally, if I were going to get an older Class A amp I would wait for a Threshold SA series 1 or 2 (both mono's) or a 3, depending on power requirements. The original SA3 is a real sweetie and a bargain at typical sales prices. Apart from that ... | |
| Help with Soundstage effect improvements Grubs4fishn, You're between a rock and a hard spot. You can't change your speakers much or, apparently your listening position, both of which are absolutely critical to good sound. What you might try is playing with toe in to avoid first reflectio... | |
| know of a great audio test CD? "Depth of Image" by Opus 3. | |
| Help with Soundstage effect improvements IMHO about 95% of good imaging/soundstage effects comes from the speaker/room interface - the other 5% is from fine tuning with choice of electronic's and cables/IC's. There has been a lot of discussion in this forum on proper speaker set up and r... | |
| DK Design VS-1 versus 300b sound Interesting. Oddly enuf I read these pages every day and I've notice no evidence of "a lot of Audiogoners who have replaced their tube seperates with the DK design". I have noticed a dealer or two who sez his customers did. I'm sure not tempted fr... | |
| What time do you wear? Since last posting to this thread I have started using an Eternamatic Kontiki (autowind) chronometer. First watch (other than my Sinn) that never needs a time adjustment - all I ever have to do is advance the date on non 31 day months. Built like ... | |
| dbx Expnders - 3bx, 5bx Very interesting discussion regarding compression - I had an early DBX which I used with a R2R for noise supression. Question, what percentage of audiophiles do you suppose really have equipment and a room in which you could play music uncompresse... |