newbee
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| Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp? With a limited budget and modest expectations as already established by your selection of speakers (I'm not suggesting that your Polks are a poor choice, Polk actually puts out some good speakers at a reasonable price) it would appear to me that y... | |
| Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp? Hey guys! You might note that he has previous posts seeking advise on how to select stuff for some Polk speakers he has already purchased. He is a novice for sure and might benefit from some really simple advise which will keep him out of a quanda... | |
| Bookshelfs budget is $ 2000. FWIW I just took delivery of a pair of Wharfdale Dentons from Music Direct - cost $499 delivered. I've set them up with a 40wt tubed amp, 3 feet out from a back wall and 2 feet from side walls and I'm impressed! Warm with detail and excellent bass... | |
| Agree or Disagree? - FM tuner info site I think the ranking has far more to do with spec's on sensitivity, selectivity, etc, than the actual audio (sound!) quality of the signal. Most of these guys are more 'tuner' guys than audiophiles. FWIW I have two Accuphases, the T100 and the T101... | |
| Primaluna Tube System Md30, If you want to 'tone' down the highs a bit, you might try some current production Mullard 12AX7's in the pre-amp - if there is no change there you might try them in the amp and see if that makes a difference. If it works in either, you might... | |
| Primaluna Tube System FWIW I used the PL 1 and the PL3 & PL5 combo for about 5 years. Frankly I found the PL1 very pleasant. The 3&5 combo had greater transparency but the PL5 was a tad lighter in the bass, perhaps it was just that it was 'tighter' than the PL1... | |
| Audible Illusions Modulus 3 Audio Research SP-11 CtO517, On the SP11 does the hotrod mode apply to all inputs or just the phono input. In my SP 10 it only worked with the phono section. And, wow, did it work! | |
| Cables for the new pad Looks wise, I don't know, but the Belden cable sold by BJ is quite good. You can get it in 10ga or 12ga for less than $1 a foot (unterminated) and white jacket which could blend in with the base board. The 10ga is fairly flexible and the 12ga more... | |
| My Gemme Tanto V2's with an Acurus DIA-150 That sounds like, potentially at least, a tough load. Undoubtedly the minimal impedence is below that 4 ohm figure. How far below is it's minimum impedence? Was that assigned by the manufacturer? | |
| My Gemme Tanto V2's with an Acurus DIA-150 Try to hear a quality high current amp (not necessarily a high power one though). These can usually be identified by the fact that they double they power with each having of the impedance, i.e 100w @ 8ohm, 200w @ 4ohm, 400w@ 2ohm, and 800w@ 1 ohm.... | |
| 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... |