newbee
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| British Speakers vs All the Rest A 10x10 room is a room from hell for audio. Easy to overdrive and tough to set up, even if you are willing to listen in the near field to speakers designed for that purpose. Bass boom, wall reflections, soundfield width and depth, all at issue. So... | |
| Looking for an advice about speaker cables Sunnyjim,Mostly an issue of transparency and most noticeable in the mid's and highs. This occurred without any high end emphasis common with some high-end wires. I felt the 'background' was blacker and the mids/highs appeared in greater relief. My... | |
| Looking for an advice about speaker cables FWIW, on the Blue Jean's site they say they like the Belden they sell better than the Canare. I ignored this advise and got the Canare because everyone here seemed to like it and no one mentioned the Belden. Then I needed some new cable and decide... | |
| Listening Fatigue & Speakers in Small Room If changing tube to warm up the tone is your goal, I have had a lot of success using JJ ECC88s. The are low noise tubes and I've used them in a BAT VK D5 successfully (as well as a Woo headphone amp. And they are cheap too.But if you are contempla... | |
| Listening Fatigue & Speakers in Small Room Not to rain on your parade, but usually when small tubes grow old they loose some highs and become dullish. Usually.On the other hand some new tubes are often dullish and take some hours to open up in the highs. So what you hear initially is not n... | |
| tube vs SS preamp FWIW I think Schubert might mean that if a tube pre-amp malfunctions and outputs DC that it can cause the loss of a tweeter IF you are running a SS amp which can pass DC, or, perhaps, a transformerless tubed amp. But a SS pre-amp can pass DC so it... | |
| Upgrade advice needed Before you start chasing a solution to your problem by replacing electronic's (or speakers, even) take a few moments to insure that your problem can't be reduced substantially by speaker placement re the walls (1st reflection points) and the amoun... | |
| Speaker driver cone repair Followup - It appears that the surround is foam. Makes it easier, yes? | |
| What do you void listening? Schubert, with that moniker I think I may be just wasting my time, but just in case.....I recently picked up "Schubert for Two", arrangements of some of Schuberts chamber music, including one piece that was actually composed for the Guitar. Very r... | |
| Paragon Jubilee Jem Speakers If you can refine your question I might be able to help you....First I assume you have the two piece (per side) system, the Jems on the bottom and the Jubilee on the top and that you have the cable connectors to connect the Jubilee to the Jem. Do ... | |
| the magic of power cords Without denying that cables, IC's, and PC can, and do, make a difference, although PC's differences are very subtle and I think are really most audible in highly resolving systems, when it comes to 'tuning' a system I'd rather spend my disposable ... | |
| What do you void listening? Most of the music heard on The Voice. I'm into Classical, Jazz and Hillbilly (old fashioned fiddle, toe tapping stuff, based on music from the British Isles).Czarivey, hang in there! I can pass on Bach as well. Actually I'd never turn it off, but ... | |
| What are your TWO favorite Symphonic Recordings? Over the years Mahler 6's and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances probably got more play time than the other's. I guess that makes them 'favorites', but I really don't think of them as such. I've sort of grown unattached to big symphonic pieces. I'm f... | |
| Upgrade from Cambridge Audio 840C to lessen glare? Before you dump your CDP, have you listened to alternative cables. Some Nordost cables can easily take some SS systems over the top. If it ain't that, then I would explore some CDP's with a bit warmer tone. Some of the Marantz units can add a bit ... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Brownsfan, Perhaps you don't see more of Britten's music in concert or over the radio is because of a general lack of interest. I have tried his music often but outside of a few like The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Four Sea interludes, ... |