newbee
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| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? ethannnn, I realize that your into LP's big time - i don't know what your CD source stuff is - i assume its up to speed, therefor - Unfortunatly, Mahler didn't get recorded a lot before Walter, Bernstein and Abravennel in the 60's. Good vintage Ma... | |
| What tube amps for the Quad ELS 63 you didn't ask for set a set up question but your comments on your sound tells me that either they are not set up properly or the electronics are off. these are great speakers but set up can be very difficult. i spent a long time getting them righ... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? not to my knowledge. look on ebay. | |
| sonic frontiers sfl80 arcing problem no. sounds like you may have a problem with a cap which is dying(or a resistor?). take it into your local tech and have him check it out. I had a similar problem with a SFM 160. | |
| Can I i think you have a good understanding of you system. i agree w/Plato. just make sure you can control the volume and keep others out. Relax and enjoy eva! (i'll have to admit, i'm not sure i could enjoy her singing softly. :-)) | |
| Vinyl distortion - What's the problem? sounds like you have good ears and are paying attention to what you're doing. you may now be hearing distortion in the record itself - i have a lot of records that distort near the end. i believe this occurs in the cutting process and there is not... | |
| recommended versions of Beethoven symphonies? i wouldn't usually recommend this to someone new to beethoven, but as you appear to be venturing off into the HIP of beethoven (gardiner) i would suggest you give Harnoncourt's performances a listen. He doesn't restrict his instruments to period o... | |
| Vinyl distortion - What's the problem? try tuning out the distortion by adjusting the anti-skating force +/- the optimum setting designated by the cartridge mfg. the exact setting proscribed isn't always the best on any given arm/cartridge combo. | |
| Bright room, help place a rug between the speakers and your listening position to eliminate floor reflections of the uppermids and high frequencies. adjust toe in to avoid side wall reflections or add deadening materiel on the side wall reflection points, including... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? i assume you have already do so, but speaker positioning heighth wise and direction in which they are pointed can be critical. i solved a similar problem by crossing the axis of the speakers in front of the listening position - it eliminated sidew... | |
| Mahler...OK I'm hooked keep-em in numerical order (except for 4 - you can do that anytime). my recommendations for #3 on lp, Bernstein again with the NYP or Horenstein and the LSO (if you can ever find it). I also have and enjoy Tennstedt, (an excellent Mahler conductor... | |
| Using a tube amp with a Solid State preamp you won't have a problem with impedences using a ss pre amp. you want the pre-amp output impedence to be no greater than 1/10th of the imput impedence of the amp. most ss preamps have output impedences of l ohm or less (whereas tube preamps typica... | |
| Use 4 or 8 ohm output on amp for 6 ohm speakers? tireguy, in the greater sense none of this stuff makes a whole lot of sense since all we do is part with our cents and sense when we participate. (sorry, i couldn't resist):-D | |
| Use 4 or 8 ohm output on amp for 6 ohm speakers? tireguy's right in the sense that you need to know what the actual impedence curve is. if you have a dip into the 3 to 4ohm area the 4ohm tap is probably best. other than that, just use the tap that sounds better to you. it will differ from speake... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? the glow of uncaged tubes in my amps (in the dark). |