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| Speaker position???? If you can find a simple solution, patent it before you tell anyone. The correct location is dependent not only on the size of the room, type of furnishings, type of speakers, but also what your priorities are regarding sound and furniture locatio... | |
| CD and/or LP collections. Is it about the music? Pmkalby, Most of my collection comes by way of my curiousity about classical music I have never heard - and some of it represents multiple, varied, performances of compositions which really hold my interest. Of the recordings I would listen to mos... | |
| CD and/or LP collections. Is it about the music? I'm down to about 500 carfully culled LP's and up to about 4000 not so carefully culled CD's. I listen to classical, jazz and vocal. Purchases are made based on the value of the performance (to me) and great sound is only an added benefit - I rare... | |
| 6922 tube question Unfortunately for you most of the qualities that you seek are those for which the Sovtek is generally condemmed, that it lacks any warmth. Personally I have not heard a 6922 with less warmth than the Sovtek but I'm sure there must be some NOS tube... | |
| classical suggestions Some very popular classic's for beginners are Beethoven 5th and 6th Symphonies, Rachmaninoff's 2d Symphony, Tchaikovsky's 5th and 6th Symphonies, Sibelius' 2nd Symphony, Dvorak's 6th (one of my fav's), 8th and 9th, and St Saens Symphony #3. I woul... | |
| CD playing Rituals I never really discovered any benefits in the disc tweeks - my demagnitizer is in the attic. I'd think I'd rather spend my money on a quality player in the first place...... | |
| Power amp sensitivity....... You might try exploring in line attenuators - there are fixed value ones and varible ones (like passive pre amps). Frankly though I can't see the down side to adjusting the volume of the 2150. Thats the normal way when you don't have identical amps. | |
| SFL-2 Bias Question...Helllp FWIW if you are not using this pre amp in the balanced mode it is my understanding that you need not worry about biasing new tubes. | |
| Help Tube newbee You might also read "Joes Tube Lore" in the FAQ on Audio Asylum. There is also a lot of discussion of these tubes - just do a search in the tubes forum under each type of tube. | |
| Carpet or hardwood floor? Carpet, or an area rug, helps to control floor reflections which will otherwise muddy up the sound and potentially cause a sense of brightness. | |
| Two Amps One Pair Of Speakers Well when I tried it, many long years ago, I blew up an amp when I forgot to make sure the other one was off. I presently have two systems connected to one set of speakers, so to speak, and I use a seperate set of cables to each amp. I use bananas... | |
| Minimum Amp power for spkr performance What it is probably telling you is that a 150/300 (8ohm/4ohm) amp is what it takes to drive this speaker to its maximum output. I must tell you that I find this is a specification that is mostly meaningless and it used by unknown named speakers so... | |
| Need help upgrgading speakers and amp. Ideas? In my room I'd probably select the Vienna Mahler and the Plinius, however in your room I would not want to commit to a full range floor standing speaker yet - I think you would have a lot of problems with standing waves in the bass due to room dim... | |
| How to bias... I have a simple RS Pocket Digital Multimeter, stock #22-179A. Works just fine for me - I use it in audio as well as general electrical applications. Its battery operated and easy to use. It has two basic settings - one for AC and the other for DC. | |
| What happened with the BASS? MC352/C42/B&WN803 Dumb question time! Are you saying that your new Mac pre is defficient in the bass in an absolute sense or only in comparison to the Onkyo? If the latter, is it possible that the Onkyo was just a bit over ripe and you are now hearing a more accura... |