pesky_wabbit
Responses from pesky_wabbit
| Do speakers take time to warm up? Most speakers I’ve owned have sounded better after playing for fifteen minutes to half an hour or so from stone cold, depending on volume. This applies with fully warmed up electronicsMy 1st generation Acoustic Energy AE1s were particularly prone ... | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? It's all in the implementation+1 End of story. Beware of the ‘expert’ who recommends any component over another based purely on genre. | |
| Technics or Thorens, need suggestions I have serious doubts about the credibility of anybody who dismisses or recommends a turntable (or any other piece of equipment for that matter) on the basis of genre. Also bear in mind that certain reviewers can also be prone to be guilty of this... | |
| CD Transports I got the chance to listen to an Audiolab 6000CDT in my system yesterday and was rather impressed. While it it didn’t have the resolving power or authority of the Wadia it did most things right musically, and from memory certainty struck me as bei... | |
| CD Transports The Wadia, that is. | |
| CD Transports i must add, using the CXC as a benchmark it is on a totally different level. | |
| CD Transports I was lucky enough to pick up a very old WADIA WT3200 in excellent condition for the right the right price some years ago. According to the Lampizator site this is just a Marantz CD(95 in a fancy case.(very fancy and robust I may add(). This thing... | |
| old high end preamps.. maybe an ALPS pot or stepped attenuator. Just avoid using the ubiquitous ALPS Blue like the plague, or if you must use it with a shunt resistor. Reviewers tend to remark on their presence in a preamp as a big plus (probably because they are made b... | |
| old high end preamps.. If you can’t find any flaws with the Bryston it sounds like you’ve got a bad case of upgraditis. Take 2 paracetamol and put a Justin Beiber CD on repeat until cured. | |
| Most Musical 6NS7 tube for a Preamp? if you want to save yourself a few bucks and feel confident enough to rewire your filament voltages, 8SN7 and 12SN7 variants of the same NOS tubes can be found at cheaper prices.An acquaintance recently found some Sylvania 8SN7 chrometops at a fra... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes I found that Nos12sn7 tubes are available at lower price.But I like full and sweet sound out of 6sn7.Did you change the filament voltage on the amp concerned to suit the12SN7? All other things being equal, the filament voltage shouldn’t make the s... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes If you rewire your filaments to 8V or 12V the price of NOS SN7s becomes a whole lot cheaper.Better still don’t use an amp with tubes that every Tom Dick and Harry is using, driving prices up to insane levels. The 6SN7 isn’t the be all and end all ... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Blodwyn Pig. A Head Rings OutForgot about that one. Great album, great album cover :) | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world BTW after reading the raves about the DCC version of Pet Sounds on the Steve Hoffman forum (well what would you expect?) I just acquired a copy at great expense. The result: distinctly underwhelmed. Those sycophants have no sense sense of objectiv... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Just played Pet Sounds and Highway 61 last night on a nostalgia trip.Took my breath away once again despite having listened to them countless times. Both definitely on my personal top ten of all time list. |