newbee
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| How long for tube break in I'm a firm supporter of the Svetlana's - they are a great tube and I have a life time supply ;-), however, since David complains of a lack of dynamics I would suggest that he consider Tesla (NOS) or JJ (New Production) E34L's (which will be biased... | |
| Telarc recordings Rushton, I did say that Decca had SOME excellent stuff and a couple of GREAT engineers! Those recordings bracketing 1960 +/- 5 years were often excellent, but IMHO outside of that time frame they were less consistently so. Lots of multi miking goi... | |
| Telarc recordings "Absolute Polarity" often mis-referred to as Absolute Phase is when the + and - signals are reversed in both channels at the same time. For the purposes of visualization, using a flat line, a speaker with correct phase would produce a rise and, if... | |
| Telarc recordings I think it is more the result of the methods that Telarc uses. Decca typically uses a lot of mikes so the instruments are heard more clearly, but depending on the mix may not be more realistic. I think what you are hearing at live performances has... | |
| Naxos, the way to go for classical? Naxos is an excellent and cost effective method of exploring classical music. However, the quality of the performances and the recording vary from poor/poor to excellent/excellent and everything in between. There is no substitute for taking you ti... | |
| What does mono "bridged" Dr Greenman, Thank you for your thoughtful analysis and advise. I guess I should have written at length about the effects of bridging an amp, not only what it was, but how to do it, if you could do it (by the way, all bridging is not done by a con... | |
| Is the significance of room acoustics overrated? Warnerwh, I agree but, if you have the correct room, the correct speakers, and proper placement, the need for acoustic treatments is reducted to ordinary furnishings. Treatments beyond that is a band aid for lacking in any of the 1st three. But, y... | |
| Cartridge match for the Sumiko MMT tonearm? I've been using a medium output Benz glider in my MMT for about 5 years. Works quite well. | |
| Why tube amps are rated so low, still don't get it At the risk of asking a dumb question, exactly what speakers are you trying to drive? What is the minimum impedence? What is the efficiency spec? With that someone can give you very specific advise as to whether or not you should use tubes amps an... | |
| Matching an amp to speakers for beginners? A gut reaction - you have a realistic view of the cost of getting good speakers and matching amp, but the sound and appearance of speakers is sooooo personal. I would suggest that you get your best speakers 1st and plan to leave them in place. I c... | |
| Is the significance of room acoustics overrated? In my view it is a combination of all things, room size first, next proper speaker selection for the room size, then speaker and listening placement, and lastly acoustic treatment. You need it all to get a great result but you have to start with g... | |
| Speakers along short or long wall FWIW when you're thru tweeking with the RS meter just relax and listen for a few months. By then you will have the sound stage fully absorbed in your mind. Then revisit the positioning to tweek your sound stage even more. Move speakers about, no m... | |
| audio research sp-10 Turn it off at the end of each day when you are thru listening. The SP10 has a very gentle warm up phase and the tubes don't suffer much from turn on trauma. Linnlp12, you won't get much argument from me, except we differ on tube preference a tad.... | |
| Oracle turn table Cocotte, I already have a male Maine Coon cat who has tried to ride the platter (once!) and I had to remove my panels & stats because of his claws. He leaves my dynamics alone because the grill are held on by magnets and fall off easily if tou... | |
| help with tubes Unclejeff's advise is excellent. Not knowing your sound preferences makes a recommendation difficult, however I looked at tube amps for sale and some that attracted my interest between $1150 and $1899 were a VAC PA100/100, a Sonic Frontiers Power ... |