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| Tube novice here. KT88 or EL34? Arthur, i don't know of any cheap and efficient speakers to match up with a SET amp. You might look at the Soliloquy, they have some high efficiency, high impedence speakers designed for SET's which don't cost an arm and a leg. How many bucks can ... | |
| artists who most deeply touch you I tear up when i listen to Eva Cassidy! no one else has ever done that for me. | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? About 40% in equipment and 75% in lp's and CD's (not all bought in one year!). You need one anchor in your system which will not change much in the future so your first priority sould be to buy the best preamp you can afford, then the speakers and... | |
| Tube novice here. KT88 or EL34? Arthur, sounds like your speakers will not like a SET or low powered tube amp. I would recommend that you stick with a push/pull design that uses pentode tubes (EL34's, 6550's, KT88's, or KT 90's for the most part) and puts out at least 40 to 50 W... | |
| Tube novice here. KT88 or EL34? arthur, you must hear the speakers and amp together if you can. you can't assume that because the Royd's sounded good, the Paradigm will. Its not just about sensitivity its also about impedence. do you know what the impedence curve of the paradigm... | |
| Tube novice here. KT88 or EL34? WAG, the KT 88 version will have 2x the power of the EL34. The EL34 may have a sweeter mid-range. | |
| Does equipment get old? my equipment never gets "old". but you ought to see the pictures of them i have in the attic!. Don't laugh, i think its nice to grow old with your favorite equipment - its a nice comfortable relationship, just like the one you would like to have w... | |
| Slight hum from left speaker -- Help appreciated Your plug has three prongs, the positive, the negative, both of which are flat, and the ground which is round. You will in essence be disconnecting the round ground prong. To do this go to you hardware store and get a "cheater plug" this is a plug... | |
| Senior Audiophiles - Audiophile since the 60-70's? I started thinking "audiophile" in the mid '70s with the emphasis on music. this was approaching the end of the LP era and the advent of CD's. Up until that time i was listening to mid fi and only heard the music (in retrospect that wasn't such a ... | |
| Slight hum from left speaker -- Help appreciated which component is causing your hum? Just reverse interconnects, one at a time, starting at the source, and when the hum moves to the other speaker you have found the source. Then see if the interconnects are near a power source. You can also try ... | |
| How do you find BEST classical recordings??? peter, you asked about AMG on line - i've never looked at it on line but i buy it regularily. It is best used for gaining a concensus of performances on recent releases and, i think best of all, it has composer reviews wherein all of the composers... | |
| Equalizer for McIntosh preamp - advice, please FWIW the only way you can really kill your standing waves, and still retain good bass, electronically is with either a parametric equalizer or a 1/3rd band equalizer. You see the latter on EBay every once in a while. | |
| Where are you at on the curve?... I stopped worrying about the sound about 5 years ago and started to focus on my collection. Best decision i ever made. But it took me quite a few years to come to the realization that, for me anyway, its all about the music, not stereo sound in th... | |
| 2000 for turntable and arm..... better put the cartridge in your equasion - the type of cartridge you use will determine the arm or visa versa, and the cartridge has much to do with soundstage, speed etc. have you figured out which one you are going to use? | |
| VTL 5.5 Preamp...... could be a tube (does the dying channel have more noise?) or it could be your hearing. no kidding, have you had it checked lately? try reversing your cable to the amp and see if you still have to turn the control to the right to balance the sound.... |