newbee
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| Vandersteen-like "In-between" speakers Motdathird, While there are many speakers that can improve over the 3A's - I think it would be helpful if you could specify exactly what about their performance you would like to improve and what you are happy with. You might get much more meaning... | |
| How to tell if the tube needs replacement? My experience with Cal Alpha is the the sound will become dullish - you will expereince some HF roll off and lose some of the sense of spaciousness/air. Keep a spare pair of tubes around and plug them in when you feel this is occuring - if nothing... | |
| 140wpc into 8 ohms: enough for Contour 1.3SEs? Rich, Your understanding of the application of the math is incorrect. It takes 1 watt to drive these speakers to 86dba - now start doing your multiples. I think you will find that 120 watts should produce about 106dba. | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? Nrchy, Do you really want a standard? You love live music, a field in which there are "standard performance practices", i.e. the manner in which the composer originally intended", which are routinely ignored by performers, even when they composed ... | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? Zaikesman, What a loaded question! If one were to respond "subjectively pleasing" you could infer that they didn't care for the sound of the real thing. What person who wants to be respected as a lover of music would ever want to admit that (even ... | |
| Classical fans, I need advice One of the finest small chamber groups on CD's is The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. They are leaderless but you would never know it! They record for DG. Since you seem to like simple, clean line, americana style music, I would suggest theat you liste... | |
| Tube Equipment: Gimmick? In retrospect, this thread might be considered the perfect troll! Time to take the old F3 on a stroll. :-) | |
| tube maintenance Tube Pre-amps are a snap - all you have to do is change tubes when they become noisy or fail (unless you have a balanced unit). For the most part that is a no brainer if you can wield a screw driver.Tube amps are a bit more of a maintenance issue ... | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? Uppermidfi, You state "The purpose of High Fidelity is to closely resemble the original event". Please define for us what you mean by "closely resembles" and tell us who decides when something does or does not "closely resemble the original event"... | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? Good analysis! In the end there is not now, now will there ever be, a reproduced sound that sounds like the live sound in its original venue. While many claim to search for accurate reproduction of the the original, or more often the recorded, sou... | |
| Musical Fidelity Tri and Nu Vista.... Actually is an excellent, but expensive, practice to seperate the power supply from the main unit of a high power intergrated, especially if it includes a phono stage. This will eliminate or minimize the noice introduced by a large power supply wh... | |
| Which Tube Amp? Sonic Frontiers Power 2's or 3s. Works well with current production tubes, easy to bias (built in meter) just turn the screw for each power tube, good, powerful, and neutral sound. If you want a slightly warmer sound, the preceeding model SLM 160'... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Ahmad Jamal - "I remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn" on Telarc. Great, natural sounding piano recording and an outstanding performance.Andre Previn & Thomas Stevens "play a classic american songbook" on DRG. An unusual combo of trumpet and p... | |
| I have a lack of depth in "soundstage". Components are designed for certain functions, including speakers - thats why matching your needs to the components is so important. Things that effect choice of speakers: size of room, loudness required, amount of bass needed, amount of transpare... | |
| Does amp input impedance affect the loudness You shouldn't hear any difference, but if you do it would be a roll off of the highs that you would be most likely to detect first. But, a 600 ohm output into a 21K amp should be just fine. An increase in volume would not correct the problem creat... |