newbee
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| Preamp popping! Does your pre-amp have a built in muting system that automatically engages on turn on? If so, perhaps it is failing. | |
| Your first component that was "special" Audio Research SP10II bought in mid 80's and used for over 25 years. Used it with Theil 3.5 speakers and Threshold SA3 amp. | |
| Tinnitus remedy? Lostbears, FWIW everything oregonpapa sez about coffee beans is right on! What he doesn't say though is that, like audio, it can quickly become a hobby and many won't appreciate your efforts so much as to think you are a bit anal. :-)I have, and ... | |
| Vocals and upper midrange too forward? While you are fiddling around with the toe-in of your speakers, you might try crossing the axis of your speakers in front of your listening position. The result is often very similar to firing the speakers straight ahead except you can avoid some ... | |
| Please Recommend Audiophile Solo Piano Recordings Nojima plays Liszt - Reference Recordings - 25CDNojima plays Ravel - Reference Recordings - 35CDLouis Lortie plays Chopin - Chandos - Volumes 1 thru 4Jean-Effiam Bavouzet plays Debussy - Chandos - Volume 1 thru 5 | |
| Vocals and upper midrange too forward? Don't overlook the possibility of changing the tone of your system by simply changing driver tubes (power tube changes will also work) in your amp. Works for me, all the time. That is one of the side benefits of using tube amps/preamps. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, Thanks for the recommendations. I really enjoy the Rivera & Brazil Guitar Duo album and intend to purchase it as a beginning view of Rivera's music. FWIW, as I age I find myself far more interested in small ensembles and solo instrume... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, When I listened to this recording I thought it might just be up your alley. "Havana Moon" by the TransAtlanticEnsemble. A fusion of Latin Jazz and Classical music. In a couple of cuts I’m reminded of Stravinsky’s Shadow Dances. It is pred... | |
| looking for ideas on a tube pre amp jeff99, When listening to a Primaluna Dialogue don't over look the substantial impact tube selection can make in taking you to the tonal response you want. It can make or break it, tube selection that is. Stock tubes are rarely ever the 'last word... | |
| ???Why The HUGE Discrepancy in Sensitivity Ratings??? Measurement techniques perhaps? Did yours match the manufacturers? | |
| Is it possible for the center image to drift from lp to lp? I agree with onhwy61. I think it has much to do with the mix of in phase and out of phase sound (too much out of phase info), but would add that whether or not it is an issue might well depend on your room and speaker set up. It does in mine anyw... | |
| Marantz and Stereophile? My search for reviews of Marantz integrated amps have more often than not, at least in the ’reference line’ resulted in finding reviews of a combination of the Integrated amp and the CDP players. There have been very few reviews of each component ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus, I believe my post was intelligible, if not as artful as it might have been had I really cared. If you cannot understand it without amplification I would suggest you re-read my post of 2/28/16. BTW, FWIW, you have not accurately reported ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus10, Not to put too fine a point of this 'good v bad' issue, but as I see it, good v bad is commonly applied in an absolute sense but too often it is used in place of 'I like or dislike'. When you say 'like' or 'dislike' it is a personal s... | |
| tube monoblocks and preamp recommendations I was under the impression that the Altec 19's had about a 100db sensitivity rating which means they could easily be driven to very high levels by a flea watt amp, but that doesn't mean they have to be. I used a 50w class A solid state amp with m... |