oldhvymec
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| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? I have GRs OB Dual 12", servo. It's different, and takes a bit to get use to. They pressure the room all together different..They can clean a poorly designed room right up. With any treatment at all from 100 hz down..to 20hz< you'll hear and fe... | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? Newer VTL, and AR both sound like the older Krell, to me. Nothing warm about it. Citation II, MC30, Marantz #7 and 9s that's the warm sound of valves people refer to. When folks say it now, I doubt a lot have heard the old valve sound. Like norom... | |
| Why did I get bounced to escrow when seller doesn't seem to have an account? Interesting, thanks for the information. I'm the same way, pretty picky.Time to thin the herd here though.. 40 + years of stuff...Good to see Agon has options and resolved it pretty quick.. Any additional fees.. it would be on the seller.. If they... | |
| Technics or Thorens, need suggestions glupson5,057 posts05-24-2020 8:25pmoldhvymec,"I’ve used BOTH for 50 years. Mcintosh and Thoren. Thoren has some very nice units."I read somewhere, a few years ago, about Thorens basically being a different company than 50 years ago. Not that any c... | |
| Why did I get bounced to escrow when seller doesn't seem to have an account? Your money, and their product, are held in common? Escrow agents are responsible for the transfer of goods and or moneys between the two parties, for a fee. I wonder if it cost the seller more? No way for Agon to get paid, if the seller doesn't h... | |
| What do I do with this Auralic? I see how it works now it's like the one I have. I use Cocktail, same specs, It's a server also, if you add an internal drive, I added SSD to mine. SSD/or/HD, will work, for you also. They have a good silver disk spinner for sure.You need to see ... | |
| What do I do with this Auralic? They talk about the USB driver download. Have you read the manuel?It has a lot of information, like the software it will work with. The USB file needed, how good their product is, you know the regular mumbo-jumbo!If your source is to slow, it's b... | |
| MOST BIZARRE PROBLEM - CALLING OUT TURNTABLE DIYERS They name it on their web site, "inverted steel" / ceramic bearing.You might have to buy the whole assembley. Usually they are not Alacarte. The parts are matched to each other.Regards | |
| Do both cables have to be the same length? What happens if you get them mixed up? You know, left and right. Won’t one be to short and one to long. Just saying.. LOL Suppose you could return them and say they were made up backwards..You know, just saying ;-)Two 8s, one with a coil.Regards | |
| Technics or Thorens, need suggestions I’ve used BOTH for 50 years. Mcintosh and Thoren. Thoren has some very nice units. If you want to spend money, Thoren can relieve you of some.. Lots of goodies for most Thorens. The vintage stuff is just wonderful, and hold it’s value. Technics ... | |
| Sub at the weakest bass point in a room? Get sliders (Harbor Freight) to get them it (them) placed. When your done with the major moving, remove two and leave two, for the final placement.I can move 200 lb pretty easy, with just a heal bar (crow bar) and one slider, like a 5th wheel. The... | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? It’s all about the design and materials used. If the designer builds around Infinite baffle, passive radiator, port, or open baffle, the driver has to be tuned to the enclosure, anyway. If you’re lucky, that enclosure has the ability to be tuned t... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? erik_squires8,881 posts05-24-2020 1:31pmIf you ask me, it's the almost universal switch to the use of Wima caps. LOL, I never though of it, but they are in just about everything new and older (not ancient). They sound great, close tolerance, an... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? There is something else to consider. The new valve preamps and amps have heat limitations. They just can't get as hot as the old and be sold, as a retail unit. The really great sounding valve units made today, are borderline with the heat issue,... | |
| PSVANE 12Au7 12At7 12Ax7 "-T MKII" 2020 production run of small signal/driver tubes There are a LOT of good valves now. It's always the same though.. QC. Russian, Chinese, Turkish, India, all have great valves through the years, and then... BAMB.. 1-3 years of crap.. then good for 3 then, you know..Next door in the Scandinavian c... |