oldhvymec
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| How much reality do you really need? I'm in the Master M camp. Reality is what you make it. MONEY, (as some have implied) has nothing to do with the reality of sound. TIME and experiments do.. If reality in sound equates to money invested, what do you do with ear buds or head phones?... | |
| Flipping record causing series of loud pops You left the volume UP flipping records?You say you swap, you have a switch or have to swap leads?Make sure the ground and the leads are tight and plugged in all the way.It's new? After it's warmed up tap the valves with a pencil. Make sure the vo... | |
| Listen room Insulation only YUP no sheet rock and just insulation, DEAD as a door nail. It would be BAD. Even a very thin sheet of construction poly vinyl or PVC or even 15 or 30 lb roofing felt over the top would liven it up a bit.. I've added to many rooms to forget how on... | |
| How much reality do you really need? The real question to the audiophile is, “how much reality do you need” to enjoy your system? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>&g... | |
| Compaing the ESS AMT ! and the JBL L100 speakers L100 are JBLs but they are not what JBL is known for.J arrays and the Everest series are JBLs.. Big difference. L100s are fun, great for a smaller room. As for the bass on the new L100s, it takes a good month to have GOOD bass from that speaker. I... | |
| Tubes for Cary V12 amps. Same here on PSVANE power valves. Their 12AX7, AT and AU were interesting too. Took 50 plus hours to settle in enough to tolerate and another 50 to find out they are a bright valve. They remind me of Sylvania valves.. Great for a tired amp, but a ... | |
| Bob Backert / RHB Conrad Johnson Mods? Have and use both. Onboard and external. I’m a big Mac fan so I had TWO done up a C11 and a C20 by Mike Samra, then I added and external. Sweet as could be.. I’m using a Puffin, what a cool little phono preamp.. I’ve had a Decware on order for mon... | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? ozz it's the same whack job, ON and OFF his meds.. like a friggin yo yo..How many different whacko but we know it's two or three guys doing the 15 or so different A holes. One is a front runner though, Now he/it/her/them has a Y'ALL in the mix.. T... | |
| Tube Flavor The whole idea behind like cables is kinda funny. I build my own. RCAs vs XLRs vs Speaker cable vs CAT (?) vs PCs. ALL are from different manufactures because they do different things.. I suppose I could use all the same color armor. :-)Same way w... | |
| Tubes for Cary V12 amps. I'll tell you a little trick too. Bias with a scope and you will really be surprised at the difference in what that unit should really be biased at. Mine did perfect at 160 and that is actually high to stop crosstalk in EL34s. The higher I went th... | |
| Any real difference in RCA cables quality for sub? If your system is quiet you have have good start. The signal needs to get to the consumer without picking up NOISE.Hook up a sub and get a hiss from the tweeters. That noise..I’ve also seen RCAs pass a signal BUT one end to the other it would lose... | |
| Tubes for Cary V12 amps. One of the coolest amps I've ever owned. I'm currently running Ruby all right, 6V6 Ruby and only 8. 4 per side It sounded wonderful with just 2 per side. You don't have to run all those valves. That Cary will bias PERFECT with just 2 valves per s... | |
| KT150s in a Preamp Design? I been looking at their tube EQ for a while. I like tone control and that EQ with a balanced passive pre, Tape and LP playback heaven. I like the options too. It has a bypass and can loop right in with phono/tape preamp.Gives a balanced option for... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. I ran VTL, Cary and Mcintosh. Cary when they are worked over and have pretty good valves, sounds the best to me. The problem with Cary they are 86 and 89% efficient. That's it.. They just run out of gas when you turn them up.. BUT it's right there... | |
| So you think wire conductors in cables are directional? Think again... Thank God I'm a mechanic. I don't have to prove it I just had to fix it.. the proof is in the pudding.. :-)PHDs is the name of a great band.. NO place for it here fella, sorry..Prove it.. funny if nothing else.. A lot of great ideas right here on ... |