oldhvymec
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| Do You Ever Find Yourself Unable to Listen To Your System? OP life is as seasonal as spring is to fall. I’ll tell you this. Eat well, exercise and talk... Who do I talk to? Myself A LOT.. I also have a pretty active prayer life. Me and the Good Lord are on a first name basis, and have been in and out of s... | |
| Do active speakers have high THD amplifiers? I know this OP if I couldn’t get the specs, I’d really REALLY doubt that I’d be buying their equipment. That being said. I don’t think active speakers or active crossovers are the best without some consideration.Just like a passive XO requires GRE... | |
| I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp? Oh it is time to feed the chickens, too..Come on Dog..:-) | |
| I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp? OP it’s not hard to amplify sound or even get a pretty low THD. IMD and the ability to go from 20hz to 10khz and ONLY hear (ZERO NOISE), then POP to 10KHZ.. that is what makes an amp dynamic in it’s presentation.I use to call it tube wind up.. LOL... | |
| Speakers as the principle component/other components are servants Low E speakers is below 85%, that is still HiFi. 86-93% is HiFi high E speakers. It's as simple as that.Above 93% you are IN PRO territory.98% and above is pure PA.From a speaker manufactures point of view it was ONLY a dollar and NOISE issue. Hig... | |
| El34 = KT88 = KT120 OK mozartfan 12 foot pole.Still on that "one driver fits all" kick I see.I can't think of two valves that a more different.. KT88 sounds close to an EL34?Man alive get your hearing checked.. and buy a speaker that REVEALS the difference in valves.... | |
| Balanced Passive Pre Amp OP I bought 3 different passives from 49 to 149 dollars. Three years ago.All three had good traces on the board and ZERO problems with noisy volume control pots... Mine were all copper traces inside.They should be inexpensive. It took me a whole 3... | |
| El34 = KT88 = KT120 WOW!!11 foot pole coming up..Regards | |
| two problems with turntable MC hit the nail on the head. Go back where the problem started and CLEAN. Be careful. Simply unplugging and plugging BACK in, will tell the story..My concern is replacing only the "ONE" wire or lead. That was not a good idea.. 3 more wires and a w... | |
| Turntable Resonance Fix OP the bearing and the well are the turntable. Take it apart clean everything out and up. Polish everything with really REALLY fine steal wool and then polishing compound. CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN, then get a good oil. I use Rislone or a good gun oil a... | |
| Vintage vs New tomic6018,396 posts07-05-2021 4:15pmwell….a properly upgraded (Mike Samra )and maintained MC240 with the right tubes ( Andy at VTS ) is probably as far as ya can get a transformer tube amp. The MC240 xformer one of the best ever. <<<<... | |
| Vintage vs New Tektons sound like my toilet smells. Just MHO. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I’ve never heard ONE sin... | |
| Vintage vs New I've had a lot of vintage speakers. When they were new or close to new.I've owned B&W 802-6, Dunlavy Audio SCVI, Infinity RS series (ALL but Beta V), and VMPS. I still covet TWO VMPS speakers. WRRM, RM50s. I own the RMx Elixirs, & RM30. RM... | |
| Why phase reverse switch only works when cold? Bypass the phase switch all together and use the cables to swap phase. No cost fix ay? Never have a phase switch problem again either.. The better way is to have a "POT" 0 to 180 degrees out of phase.Regards | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? Quantum anything means "not seen but there". SO what WE think we see is NOT in reality, what is really there, AT ALL.In other words what you SEE is NOT what you ARE on the quantum level.Science is evolving as do ALL things. Weather it's digressive... |