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| Are tubes really “warm”? This is always fun. A coworker stops buy, walks in the front door sees tube stuff. We listen to a few songs, he says he enjoyed the listen, and never realised tubes could sound so, so wonderful.. I never said a word... It's ALL SS. Another time,... | |
| Upgrading Kef R100 crossovers Danny at GR Research is one of the best and their all new copper caps are said to be the New Holy Grail of Caps! Have you priced those caps? Cost prohibitive, for sure The coppers, 5uf 100v 200.00 + 20uf is over 400.00 discounted.. 100 volt ca... | |
| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? Heck don't stop, my Granny (God rest her soul) would think it was Saturday night wrestling. Haystack Calhoun vs Kenjit vs "The World"Smart moneys on Kenjit...Just sayin'Time to go feed the chickens..Regards... | |
| Mundorf Silver Caps Well it is more than that. I believe that a lot of fancy capacitors and tube amps with that warm sound really are adding distortion that many people find appealing. Some like blue others like brown. Interesting view points, for sure. When wer... | |
| I have a weird buzz issue; can you help me solve the problem? You know what is strange, when you had a complete system swap a few years back it was even noiser. How does that play into it..I'm glad to see your getting somewhere, finally..For some reason, I keep thinking a variac, would have told you a story.... | |
| Wanted: Lightweight Krell KSA-100 Clone???? Krell is Krell. KSA 100. I don't know of anything that sounds like a fresh Krell. A good Class A valve amp. Pass? Still can be heavy.I'm a class d person. I really like them. They run cool, they sound good.I'm also about anything that sounds good... | |
| What to replace an Adcom amp with? I used Adcoms, for a long time. 5500, 5800, 565s and 7500, been 12-15 years ago. Great amps, sound great stillThey are OLD.. they will need to be repaired. 3 of the 7 I had needed work, over time. The 55xx run hot, they all run warm to HOT.Class D... | |
| if i encode digital audio with vinyl frequencies will i have digital vinyl ? Ya know, I think I'll stick with vinyl, when I want to listen to vinyl.I don't listen to a lot, but, then I use to be a strict Reel to Reel guy.My wife is the vinyl person.. I just listen when she's qued up..I like CDs, streaming and a server.. j... | |
| McIntosh, your experience? 50 years I've used them.. Yes they are wonderful. Do you're research on what you want to do first. Stereo, HT, Both. New or Vintage, and go from there.There is quite a community, for Mac users around the world..You can almost always find a part if... | |
| Mundorf Silver Caps It’s pretty simple, some people can’t hear the difference, because THEY’RE ears can’t hear the difference.I just read "I use dayton 1%", I can’t tell the difference".. That is one dry little cap.. If you can’t tell the difference between a Dayton ... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Infinity Infinitesimals. The first two versions.. Aluminum/Mag cast speaker with hardwood cap and pedestal. 200-1000.00 Great resale, They have it all for a small bookshelf or desktop.. They play down to 60 or so. and with true ribbons, you’ll get... | |
| if i encode digital audio with vinyl frequencies will i have digital vinyl ? Sam the first link doesn’t work the second one does. The second file sounds good, I’m just using a laptop, tube headphone amp as a preamp, a class d 2.1 and a couple old RS4b It is a quality playback I must admit..So you went from a LP that was di... | |
| if i encode digital audio with vinyl frequencies will i have digital vinyl ? guitarsam; If you'll promise to start using caps, I'll give it a shot..I promise.... I 'm not picky, either.. It sure makes for a hard read.Regards | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? I just read it.. Geezzzzz I still have most of the stuff they were showing, shy the MC2300 Mac. I sold mine 20 years ago.. "The Fisher" killer presKits were great too. | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? mozartfan196 posts05-25-2020 7:33pm This is the point I am trying to emphasize.World’s very best ss designs can not match worlds finest tube designs. In all areas of sonic fq resolution/sound stage/live experience. You’re not emphasizing anything.... |