newbee
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| Panel placement for rear wall reflection problem FWIW I always thought that the reason for bringing your speakers out into the room was fundamentally to reduce excess bass caused by rear wall reinforcement, not to reduce the magnitude of higher frequency reflections off the wall caused by speake... | |
| What Equipment Remains In Your System Long Term? My turntable/arm and preamp have been with me since the mid 80's. My Speakers and amps from the mid 90's. If I change anything in the future (voluntarily) I might get a new TT, I'm thinking Nottingham, and I might listen to some new amps although ... | |
| FM/AM versus Analog versus Digital Matchstik, Good decision, getting a tuner that is. You didn't ask for recommendations but since you noted the quality of sound from that Pioneer Tube unit its fair to point out that not all tuners are equal, not even close, and the best spec's do ... | |
| FM/AM versus Analog versus Digital Not really comparable when you think about it. All your tuner is doing is receiving a signal from a radio station using a CD player or analog turntable. The sound you are hearing is created primarily by the CDP or turntable in the studio and trans... | |
| Inactive speakers in the room...any effect? I think the original thought on the existence of other speakers in the listenroom had less to do with whether or not you could hear the disconnected speaker, but how their presence could alter the sound of the main speakers. The concept was that w... | |
| How important is the driver tube in a tubed amp? FWIW, for those of you on a budget, rolling driver tubes is not only the cheapest way to experiment with an amp's sound, it can produce the most noticible difference. | |
| Audio nirvana ends with planar/electrostats? Quad's are hard to beat, especially for jazz, but as others have said there are tradeoff's. Dynamic compression is the major one, sound level (not for jazz) is the secord one - they don't play loud, and pinpoint imaging can be hard to come by - re... | |
| Easier maintenance ARCVT100mkII or VTL mb125 The expense and hassle of ARC Tube amps caused me to switch some time ago. Except for the latest model, biasing them was a PITA (for me anyway). There are a lot of amps which allow bias of each tube individually using either an LED or a meter (bui... | |
| What does Flat Earth mean in audio circles? I think of Flat Earthers as folks who deny the existence of differences if they can't be measured. Hearing differences is just an illusion which can be proved by doing double blind tests. So they say! | |
| What is more important ? Need some advice. Try some passive attenuators at the amp that way you can run your 301 at a higher gain. That way you'll have the best of both worlds. | |
| ARC LS2 tube life? Tubes lose their luster and/or get noisy when they are ready for a change. Unless you are trying to change the sound in your preamp I would use either NOS Sovtek6922's or 6H23EB's. I find the current Sovteks a bit too cool. If you want a different... | |
| Matching Components FWIW matching your amp to your speakers/room is far more important than matching your pre-amp to your amp. It really plays the major role in how your system will sound and requires the most research to get it right. Time spent here will save count... | |
| How to pick which brand of 6550 tubes to purchase For new production try Svetlana's (C logo's). Rugged and dependable. I've yet to have one fail prematurely. | |
| I need help with a Sumiko Premier MMT tone arm . David, Since posting I found the spec's but I never did locate a manual and I would love a copy. Can you e-mail one? | |
| Your Favorite Chet Baker Recording Unsound, If you don't like the sound of his playing, just don't listen to him. This is your second negative post to a request for recommendations for his recordings. Whats your point? |