pauly
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| tubes and analog 03-31-07: Groovey +++ I heard people are starving, being murdered in the name of god and have no place to live. maybe we should move on +++You stay in south Philly? | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Shadorne, the majority of amplifiers lose low level detail of frequencies in the mid-range, i.e. 250Hz to 500Hz, and that is why people crank it. It has very little to do with the frequency extremes.I agree with some your comments pertaining to ph... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Hi PdnThe lack of low level detail at lower SP level is not due to your speakers, rather it is due to your amplifier not having a low enough sound floor. You should go and audition some amplifiers and listen to them at low levels. Take a SP meter ... | |
| more reliable amp: tube or solid state class A +++ It always amazes me when someone using this site says they've been using the same equipment for more than two years or so. +++What an strange comment. I have equipment that I will listen to till I go to the big sound-room in the sky. Incidenta... | |
| tubes and analog 03-25-07: Psychicanimal +++ The three manifestations of the ego are as follows:1) I'm right. (cause I say so)2) I'm in control (and don't want to be controlled)3)I'm looking good (saving face) +++Psychic, I am not going to say I am not guilty of t... | |
| 35 watts in Ultralinear vs 50 watts in Triode Hi JovI found that running in triode mode give a slightly more forward and melodic sound. Switching to triode always meant a dip in rated output, but I never found triode to be lacking in power both my Sli80 and V12 seemed to go equally loud in ... | |
| SET amps and speaker sensitivity. MariaForget bi-amping. The more simple a SET setup is, the better it is. SETs fall in the less-is-better genre.I disagree with larryi in the sense that one needs to match speaker to an amp - select a SET amp and then find the speakers that will wo... | |
| acoustic system resonators Jeff. It is really not difficult to place something a room that will effect sound. I can do that for a few bucks simply buy a sheet of corrugated iron sheet and place it on the wall behind you speakers. Believe me, if the sheet is big enough, yo... | |
| acoustic system resonators 03-17-07: Audiooracle +++ There are many things in this industry which defy rational of empirical reasoning, like a 1 m interconnect making a difference or power cords, or vibration isolation devices +++The items you mention do work and have very ... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Onemug I have not listened to a parallel SE/SET amp at any length to really comment. I have listened to a parallel 2A3 on an unfamiliar system but it did sound very good and very natural.Not an amp where you would need 100db of sound pressure to h... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Shadorne, my apologies for the tone in my prior response that was uncalled for.I have heard a couple of amps drop the lowest level detail from recordings that other amps are quite capable of reproducing at the same volume. It is one of my pet pe... | |
| SET amps and speaker sensitivity. Most importantly is to select a speaker that has a benign impedance curve across the frequency range. This is true for any tube amplifier, not just SET amps.Then depending on the rated output of an amp, you can look at the sensitivity number of th... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? 80-100db listening levels for frequent and extended periods will do irreparable damage to human hearing. I am sure some people actually listen to music at those volume levels. Ouch. Worse than that are earphones. Kids that listen to their iPods th... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Oops , meant to say, if your system drops details in the music at 60db SPL, you need to upgrade to a decent system | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? 03-19-07: Shadorne 1) human hearing has a 120 db dynamic range...if you play at 60 db SPL (close to the typical ambient noise floor of 30 db SPL) then you will almost certainly miss details in the music.Shadorne, if your system leaves details in t... |