noromance
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| Tube Preamp: How many tubes does it take to ................. My preamp uses one cathode-follower tube in the line stage but has 8 tubes (and 4 MOSFETs) in the power supply. My phono stage has 3 tubes for RIAA and 4 tubes in the power supply. The point is that tube preamps tend to use the most tubes regulati... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Queen City Jazz Band – Oh, Play That Thing (Audiophile 1966) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? David Bromberg – My Own House (Fantasy 1978) | |
| Most amusing album or song titles Rob said the box of rain was the Earth. "Box of Rain" Grateful Dead | |
| Any Present Magnepan 3.7i owner using them in a smaller listening space... Tesla Plaid for the shopping run? | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @oldrooney , unlike you, I have had much the same components for a long time. This has allowed me to experience a controlled environment. I have tweaked every aspect of the system(s), and with each improvement, the soundstage (among other qualitie... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Florian Zabach – 'Till The End Of Time (Mercury 1958 mono)) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joyce Collins Quartet Featuring Jack Sheldon, Chuck Domanico And Jim Plank – Moment To Moment (Discovery 1981) | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? For me, there's something about the way tubes sound. Little things like bells and other percussion instruments sound crystalline and shimmer in black three dimensional space. It's difficult to explain but it's there. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner – Albinoni: Adagio And Music By Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel (Angel 1974) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hawkwind – Warrior On The Edge Of Time (United Artists 1975) 4x gatefold cover. Sounds great! My other copy is a 1981 "Magno" reissue on Liberty. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Brinsley Schwarz – Despite It All (Liberty 1970) Bell Gardens – Hangups Need Company (Failed Better 2010) Bell Gardens – Full Sundown Assembly (Southern 2014) https://youtu.be/UM7rzux7tSo | |
| Headshell suggestion for my Pioneer PL600 (dir drive)? @pindac Interesting. Looking forward to your findings. Stanley Engineering in Germany offer a Panzerholz headshell on Ebay which is tempting. I’ve heard that Panzerholz plinths can sound a little warm which is not my preference as I find that it c... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up @bolong I have to agree. 20 mins gets them up and running (same time needed to "warm up" my turntable bearing) but they do open up as the hours go by. By the time I’m turning the things off after 4+ hours, they’re at their sweetest and most three ... | |
| How tall do you like your images? Never gave it much thought. The image seems just right, like I’m a few seats away from the stage at a jazz club. Musicians seem life-sized with good stage width. |