phaelon
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| How does one get off the merry-go-round? I can't say that I'm off, but I've laid down the gangplank by getting rid of the mono blocks and acquiring a high quality integrated. There's a special satisfaction in improving your system while simplifying it at the same time. My ultimate goal n... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I hope the EML's are everything you want them to be Sakahara. I would really like to hear your impressions once they break in, especially given your experience with the Western Electrics. Now that I've rolled my small tubes, the 300b's are next. | |
| JM Labs, Focal Diablo Utopia VS. Micro Utopia BE Systembuilder, Taking nothing away from JM Lab and VTL, I wouldn't underestimate how much of your experience might be due to the contribution of the Tape Project. I haven't heard these tapes myself, but others have shared experiences similar to wh... | |
| Buy new integrated or vintage? I think I understand what you like: Old school build quality or "Beefiness" e.g., robust parts made of metal and chosen for their operational and structural integrity that easily exceeds any demands that will be placed upon them through normal and... | |
| Perfect sound Now what? LOL - I should have my head examined... actually thinking you knuckleheads would get into the spirit of this. | |
| nixie tube watch If I wanted to buy a watch that guaranteed I would never get laid, I certainly wouldn't have to spend that much on it.random Slashdot commentThat pretty much covers it for me too. | |
| How close to the real thing? "A mini grand being played in your house cannot be matched by an hi-fi system, IMO not even close."Weseixas, Isn't it amazing though; just how much a great system can fool you into thinking it can reproduce the sound of a piano, until you actually... | |
| You can only keep one pair of speakers on the list Bogart would buy another pair of speakers. | |
| What you drink while listening sessions? "Bourbon - Knob Creek day to day; several other small batch bottles for special occasions."Me too. A nice single malt for a change of pace. | |
| Adding tubes to SS system-Tube Preamp Amp or Int? I should also have said that every 3 db variance in a speaker's efficiency results in either a halving or doubling of the power required to maintain the same volume level. | |
| Adding tubes to SS system-Tube Preamp Amp or Int? There are many members who can better answer your question, and I hope they will. That being said, you would like your tube amplifier to see as flat an impedance curve as possible, preferably remaining above 6 ohms and definitely not dipping below... | |
| Adding tubes to SS system-Tube Preamp Amp or Int? "could someone explain in a bit more simplistic terms what I need to look for in order for it to match with the JC2 preamp and whatever speakers I eventually choose?"That's a sensible question. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work that way. Trying ... | |
| Modwright sony xa 5400cd Also, footers can effect PRAT, IMO. | |
| Modwright sony xa 5400cd Hi JWM, I have the Modwright 9100 ES. What power cords are you using? A little experimentation might be in order. | |
| Adding tubes to SS system-Tube Preamp Amp or Int? I agree completely with Charles1dad, Mechans and all the rest who are advising a tube amplifier if you want to experience tubes. While upstream tubes will influence the sound of your system, they will not give your system a tube sound. In other wo... |