newbee
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| How to Identify which Is the Your original description of how the channel went out is very typical of what occurs when you have a sudden power tube failure (as I mentioned above). If you haven't done so, check out your amp. You could have a short in your cable or the posts on... | |
| Out of Phase? Kalee, All I can say is "I'll be dammed". I've heard some out of phase sound on well recorded discs, in fact one of the test disc's I use for set up, but never on the level you describe and never for the principal sounds. Wierd....But it sure soun... | |
| How to Identify which Is the Well it doesn't sound like your power amp - if that were it you wouldn't get anything out of your left channel. Should be the same for the preamp which would leave the problem in the CDP. You might try plugging the CDP into a different set of inpu... | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? The first movement of La Bohemme and the last movement of Mahlers 2d symphony. | |
| How to Identify which Is the Sounds like you blew a power tube in the left channel of your amp. Look at your power tubes - are the left channel tubes lighted when the amp is on? If not that is your problem and you must replace the left channel tube(s). You might also have to ... | |
| Best Downgrades you've done Its done all the time provided you know what you want and whats available that can give it to you. There are a lot of "sleepers" out there. For example, right now in the for sale ads there is a pair of amps and a pair of speakers (two seperate ad'... | |
| Out of Phase? When you reverse the speaker lead on one speaker (and assuming they are correctly connected in the first place) the speakers become out of phase and you will have destroyed the focused center image - you will now have a sound that spreads apart fr... | |
| Can you help with music selection? "Is Eva Cassidy a possibility?" - Emphatically YES. Get her compilation album Songbird as a starter. She has a hugh voice and sings Blues, Gospel & Pop. Her death was a tragedy. I agree with Buscis2 re Shirley Horn, except I'd recommend that y... | |
| Would Audiogoners be interested in this? Love the idea in general - however, if not carefully set up or managed, it can result is a forum of constant argument with some contributors assuming the role of an (self proclaimed) expert. Such would serve to discourage participation by folks wi... | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? TWL, I hadn't intended to post on this thread again until I saw your "white paper". As it stands I have read all of the posts in this thread, am somewhat technically inclined, and I still do not understand the design principals espoused by your em... | |
| What are the best speakers for Mahler? Vienna Acoustic's Mahler's ought to do the trick. But they might be outside of your budget, which is? How big a room do you have? How loud would you play them? Do you have an amp - is that a consideration or will you be buying an amp to drive your... | |
| proper way to a/b amps Geoff, One problem with powering both up is that most tube amps need to be connected to the speakers when they are powered up- be careful you don't damage the amp. Identifying how amps differ in any aspect using a method of constant changing is fi... | |
| Sony SCD-1 or BAT VK-D5 / D5SE Both products have been extensively reviewed and are quite different in the manner they sound. These reviews have a common thread when describing the units. I would suggest that your read these reviews and decide based on your own priorities. I ch... | |
| 2,000-2,500 speakers I agree with Ykk in regard to the speakers you have listed....they are both excellent choices with the limited info you have provided. The Thiels could be problematic in a small room - you really need to be aware of their requirement for set up or... | |
| Pre-amp cables of different length? Or not?? I can't imagine that the ordinary person would hear a difference - however, since you seem to be willing to spend a lot of money to tune your system, you are probably not an ordinary person - are your really sure you have the ability to overcome t... |