newbee
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| My High End Audio Gear As A Long Term Investment!!! Like many here I'm an old fart too. My speakers are fixed, my set-up is fixed (pretty much), but I'm still thinking about how I can deal with my loss of HF without changing mid-range. I can deal with loss of a bit of volume, but loss of HF info is... | |
| Tube amplifier - tube bias and time to warm up Not so much, but it is always nice. Same brand though, not mixed. | |
| Tube amplifier - tube bias and time to warm up I agree with mulveing, Check your manual and you will probably find that it has automatic muting on turn on to protect it tubes. With my amps I let them warm up for a couple of minutes, then set the bias, let them run for about 20 minutes and che... | |
| Integrated or Power amps compatible with both EL 34 and 6L6 tubes Actually there are a lot but Primaluna comes to mind, especially for someone who wants a more plug and play experience. However what is important to know is what speakers will this amp be driving and what general sound qualities are sought. | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system I put a Loki in my tape loop. Works fine when I need it, otherwise it is invisible, sonically speaking. | |
| What do you all think of ADS/Braun speakers? FWIW I was referring to the Braun L1030 and I would still love to hear a pair today. They were known for their mid range and high's clarity, something I love. | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? Works for me. Small(er) room that is. Larger speakers in a larger room usually compensates for the size of the room and you can experience a larger soundstage etc, but you can overdrive any room (and/or system) and its important to not do so just ... | |
| Can you touch the tubes? The idea I think is you use cotton gloves to keep oil off the tubes. I stopped doing this years ago because I preferred the grip you got by using bare hands. You can wipe the 'oils' off with a cotton cloth if it bothers you. Personally I don't thi... | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition OK. FWIW I just ordered it. Better be good! :-) | |
| Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker. I like to fiddle with my stuff to see if I can improve its sound in some way. Over the years the experimentation has had very positive results, if not in the actual sound, at least in my listening skills. But I rarely go to market for new stuff. M... | |
| What happened to my room acoustics As I look at your latest graph readings, and I do not know how your unit operates, my initial concern is not so much about the rise of the upper bass thru the mid range, as a unevenness of the ’curve’ which shows alternating +/- readings of up to ... | |
| ARE AUDIOPHILES OVERLY SENSITIVE BY NATURE?FEELINGS AND OPINIONS? Sometimes I think 'audio' practitioners are atheists with a god substitute. They can be just as single minded and self righteous as the most devoted quite often are. Can be. :-) | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition FWIW, I just listened to some of my Mussorgsky's piano versions of 'Pictures' and clearly I overlooked Kissin's recording made early i his career. My mistake, I think. I like it quite a bit and recommend it. Pretty good recording too. | |
| What do you all think of ADS/Braun speakers? I heard and was amazed by the Brauns for your reasons. But that was in the late 70's and, frankly I couldn't afford them. Interestingly I've never seen any for sale. Note I'm not talking about ADS speakers. I doubt that I would try to find them no... | |
| Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100? I agree with others re Blue Jeans but would add it might help in determining when to move on, if at all, to having a set of cables with known different sound you can use. I recommend an inexpensive set of Mogami. They are different. When you can a... |