newbee
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| Disturbing "Sonic Trend" showing up on SOTA audio Hi Learsfool, To clarify my poorly stated illustration, I selected the front rows as they might relate to some specific audiophile goals such as 'detail' and 'imaging', as well as the sheer dynamics. In this location they are also the least homoge... | |
| Disturbing "Sonic Trend" showing up on SOTA audio The sound of unamplified music playing in appropriate venues is of unparalleled value, if for no other it clearly illustrates how far short our audio systems fall short of its reproduction. You my disagree, but if you do think and consider what as... | |
| Vincent SV236MK Dry and bright? I hate to recommend NOS tubes but FWIW, if you can find them, you might like the EI 12AX7E (Not the EG) with long grey plates and steel pins. Sounds much like a NOS Tele, but cheaper. I like this tube a lot and when I can I use it. FWIW, 2 other t... | |
| Disturbing "Sonic Trend" showing up on SOTA audio Tgrisham, Well said! My view exactly. FWIW, using an absolute, such as a live performance, sounds of instruments, halls, etc, as a measure of the merit of an audio system, is so flawed, that the only purpose it really serves is the wallet of the p... | |
| Vincent SV236MK Dry and bright? You might consider different tubes, one with a warmer signature than the Sovtek - I've always found them to be on the clear but bright side of neutral. Perhaps some new production JJ's or, better yet, some Mullards. I've used the Mullards to softe... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium FWIW, your PrimaLuna pre amp is an excellent pre-amp, as are many others. Whether it works for you depends on three things, 1) Your other equipment with which it must synergize: 2) Your physical set up including the room itself: and, 3) most impor... | |
| Sudden, strange Accuphase FM tuner behavior FWIW I use an Omni directional antennae in my attic (with my T-100) to great affect. I have used to use a multi element FM antenna but found it was a problem re orientation to signals outside of a narrow field. Fortunately though I do not have sta... | |
| Sudden, strange Accuphase FM tuner behavior Have you checked other stations? It is entirely possible that your station has reduced its output signal. | |
| Pre-amp causing loud hiss from speakers Veridan, Excellent observation, I missed that.Zd542, I realize that there can be line noise on single ended connections that may be eliminated using a balancedsystem and cable, especially in long runs. But this conversation was not about line nois... | |
| Pre-amp causing loud hiss from speakers Interestingly the output gain of the CJ is either 22 or 27 depending on where you look (different models?) and the BAT is 20. This suggests to me that the BAT output stage is just inherently noisier than the CJ or that the tubes you are using have... | |
| Pre-amp causing loud hiss from speakers I can't think of any reason that the balanced attenuators would sound better, or even different. What will make a difference though is the amount of attenuation that they will provide. 10db attenuators are common (and the ones that I have used) bu... | |
| Pre-amp causing loud hiss from speakers Your Rogue amps input sensitivity is 1V (high sensitivity). Your QS input sensitivity is 9V (very low). What this means is that the gain (and it's tube noise) from your pre-amp's tube section will be magnified substantially more with the Rogue and... | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice Almarg's suggestion is excellent (I operate my speakers with a Dialogue on the 4ohm taps and get a much more linear response than when using the 8 ohm taps). You might get a lot of mileage out of using a sound pressure meter and a frequency respon... | |
| Request for assistance please room treatment Mesch, I assume you are the OP. FWIW I found the XLO disc fine for fine tuning a system, but for helping to identify the existence and location of nulls and nodes you can't beat using a SPL meter (as made by Radio Shack) and a frequency test disc ... | |
| System Help Good advice from sbank and shakey.A Cardas set up is a good place to start with your speaker. Variations in recommendations are permissible. Don't get too anal.:-)Your room has an inherent problem dimension wise, and that is the multiples, i.e. 16... |