newbee
Responses from newbee
| What Does Belden Sound Like The Belden 1500 series speaker cable sold by Blue Jeans is clear, clean and balanced in my system. It is 10ga so it can easily be used in long runs. I found it much better than the Canare 4s11 cable BJ also sells. It ain't much to look at but I ca... | |
| Blown away by Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 On LP - I always enjoyed Claudio Arrau and the LPO on Phillips. Excellent performances and recordings. Typical high quality pressings as well. Piano Concertos 1 @ 2, and something I find especially attractive, Krakowiak. CD's are OK.On CD I agree ... | |
| What happens when a tube amp fails? A tube failure, i.e. it stops functioning, can:1) Stop sound in the channel it is assigned to. Both channels if it works in both channels. A small tube will usually stop the sound from one channel and will usually go out quietly. A power tube can ... | |
| Deciding between Yamaha or Marantz Hey guys, every village has one. Give Bo a break. His posts are self defeating and are not likely to influence anyone in any matter of importance. Engage him and this could go one forever. Your choice. :-) | |
| Which would you pick? PrimaLuna Sound wise, I wouldn't assume that the PL Premium is better or worse than the Dialogue 2 series in most respects, different perhaps. The smaller transformers suggests either bass differences or a more limited ability to drive some speakers, or bot... | |
| Does anyone use a RUMBLE filter? IME the most frequent cause of 'woofer pumping' is an arm/cartridge mass mismatch. This problem should be cured by proper matching and set up, not a rumble filter. A rumble filter would help with sub-sonics that are present on the recordings. I've... | |
| Which would you pick? PrimaLuna Yep! And, FWIW, I found the Dialogue 2 has better bass and a warmer tone than I could ever get with the 3/5 combo. I also found the transparency of the PL3 wasn't exactly SOTA either, not that the Dialogue 2 is exceptional in that respect either. ... | |
| Which would you pick? PrimaLuna I have a Prologue 3/5 combo as well as a Dialogue 2. The Dialogue 2 is better in all respects, except power output than the Prologue 3/5 in my system. Don't consider Cayin! The distributor's service sucks big time (details available to those inter... | |
| System too bassy - Primaluna & Usher Al, FWI you can change modes on the fly without risk so A/B comparisons are easy. The difference is that in triode mode the top end is rolled and the mid-range is somewhat sweeter. You can hear the decrease in power output. The change is not so mu... | |
| System too bassy - Primaluna & Usher Deetothevee, I hate to say this, but considering the fact that you cannot change speaker placement, I think your ability to significantly alter the excessive and, I assume loose, bass will defy significant alteration just by changing 'stuff'. You ... | |
| System too bassy - Primaluna & Usher Location, location, location! Don't spend a dime on 'stuff' until you have set up your speakers and listening chair as best possible. There have been a lot of posts on 'proper set up' and should be in the archives, both here and on AudioAsylum. Pu... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Atmasphere, Thanks for your explanation. I'm not much of a technician, but I'm curious about the effect of rise and decay times in amps and how they might affect sonics. I recall a time when the ability to reproduce a square wave was the holy grai... | |
| Front call absorption, pls explain theory... Tboooe, You can successfully deal with sidewall reflections by using a severe degree of toe in, i.e. setting the axis of the speakers to cross in front of your listening chair. If you do that, you can also increase the space between the speakers a... | |
| Front call absorption, pls explain theory... The front wall reflects sound waves, either from the speakers themselves (not so much if you have front firing boxes, lots if you have bi-polar) or bouncing around the room, first reflections principally off the back wall. Deadening the wall behin... | |
| Have you gotten great sound in a small er room? Sure, but my room (19.5 x 13.5 x 9) has two large openings one on the long wall and one on the short wall. The speakers are on the short wall 10' apart and 5.5' off the wall behind them. The my ears are about 4.5' off the back wall. The system is ... |