newbee
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| 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 ... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D What JMCgrogan2 sez, except in my experience some power tubes are more linear in tone than others. With those more 'linear' tubes, such as the GL KT88's or SED 6550's I would agree that small tubes can make a greater difference than the two power ... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Not in my experience, but the use of words such as imaging, soundstaging, 3d, as well as your terms "image more sharply and offer the deepest, clearest field" are open to diverse interpertations often based on totally different and not necessarily... | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? FWIW, another plug for the value of roasting your own beans. One of the things that had always bothered me about commercially roasted beans was that in order to avoid the acidic and burned flavor of strong black coffee you had to drink it hot. Lik... | |
| Tube amp heat questions... Probably has more to do with how the amp is designed in the first place and how far the design pushes its tubes to develop its rated power. For example you can get 80 watts out of four 6550 tubes but they are close to max output. The same tubes in... | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? Donjr, Now all you need to do is source, blend, and roast your own beans. I'll never go back to commercially roasted beans. The differences dwarf coffee pot and grinder issues. Bit of a learning curve though. :-) |