phaelon
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| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help "being able to tube roll is NOT an automatic advantage to owning tube equipment, UNLESS you enjoy doing that kind of thing"I don't enjoy doing that kind of thing but I sincerely enjoy the music so much more. Maybe I got lucky but in my system it's... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help "take your time and don't get pressured into ANYTHING including being belittled into thinking you MUST get tubes to qualify as an audiophile.""Belittled"? LOL! Dave, you are one far out cat. | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help I wouldn't have posted if TVAD's post as there when I started. Slow typist. | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help "I think that's fine for those people that enjoy that, but I'm in the very substantial camp that would rather pay a designer to do his best work and buy accordingly." Changing tubes no more invalidates a "designers best work" than swapping power c... | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Chap cat, Dave,If my post came off as condescending or pedantic I apologize; that couldn't be further from my intention. I was trying to offer the benefit of my mixed experiences with dealers. Chap cat, I'm happy you're more on top of things than ... | |
| Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure? Hi Jmo,Who did your mods? | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help The unenlightened should never walk into a dealership IMO. Too many of the salespeople one encounters are little better than snake oil salesmen, and even if they seem to be helping you initially, they might be setting you up for a future hit. I kn... | |
| Spectron Musician III SE Mk.2? What Changed? "I think it's weird if someone is buying a piece of audio just to let it modified first prior to listening. Or don't you agree with this?"Dazzdax, I think "weird" is a little strong but I do see your point. That said, I think there are some compon... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? Isn't it fun when you can do that for someone Albert? It's a similar thrill introducing someone to your system who you know appreciates live music. They expect it to be be clearer and louder but are unprepared for the reality - they just didn't kn... | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico Sirspeedy,Hear hear, nicely said. We could probably all benefit by taking a moment to look at our audiophile reflection under the illumination of your post. | |
| BAT VK75 vs. BAT VK75SE - which is more euphonic? Rodman's advice sounds particularly good in your case as you seem to be a man who knows exactly what he's looking for sonically. I'm a new convert to tube exploration and I couldn't be happier that I'm finally on board. Components are now gelling ... | |
| cat jl3 signatures vs. atmashere ma2III's "Essentialaudio, thanks for the suggestion. However, anyone can look me up and see that I am a dealer, just like you probably did."Correct of course, but speaking for myself and perhaps others, I regard the suggested disclosure as a form of polite... | |
| Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure? "Conrad Johnson does use good tubes and they make an effort to test and match them. There is nothing wrong with using the stock tubes."I agree Sugarbrie, in the same way that I would agree that there is nothing wrong with the standard quality tire... | |
| Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure? Assuming that high quality tube design is not a lost art, perhaps they're just not profitable to manufacture at this time, given the current supply of NOS tubes they would be competing with. Forgive me for seeking the silver lining, but man, I don... | |
| Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure? Hi Newbee,If my elation suggested that I believe that my first significant move to one of the classic NOS tubes resulted in the ideal selection, that was not my intention. However, the improvement from my previous Sovtek and Electro Harmonix 6922s... |