phd
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| EQ before Preamp? Definately after the preamp & then into the trash. Why would you want an equalizer? It will rob your system of its best abilities: detail, transparency, sparation, etc. and inject more distortion and noise. You know if you can eventually pull ... | |
| Why do amps sound different? Atmasphere, you are correct, that distinction has been clearly made at the link you provided. Thankyou, I found it very interesting and informative! | |
| Why do amps sound different? I never look to specs other than output power to make an amplifier purchase since specs are seldom an indicator how an amp will sound. Most quality amps are designed by ear, the mfgr applying different circuit topologies, trying different electron... | |
| Most resolving, transparent amps. Rodmann99999, thankyou for your response and thoughts. I think you and I agree that transparency is high on the list as a system requirement. Anyway I have not made alot of cables/interconnect changes lately so I'm going to check out your recommen... | |
| Golden Tube amps Foeraus, I think your comparison of the Golden Tube amp to a solid state amp is like comparing apples to oranges. But at least so far you are the only one that has made a direct comparison of one tube design (Golden Tube) to another like your VTLs... | |
| Tube rectification Tube rectification is more desirable in terms of sound quality and usually adds more cost to the tube preamp. Every tube preamp I have owned that was tube rectified was better sounding than one using solid state rectification, although there are a... | |
| audio research sells out good or bad ? Very sad indeed. Look what happened to Aragon when Klipsch bought them out. Same deal when Saul sold Marantz and Fisher sold out to Sanyo. Anyway I'm not suggesting that Klipsch is a bad company but buy-outs in audio don't usually result in better... | |
| upgrade advice Rotel gear is pretty good for the price but it can be bettered. With the B&w I think you already layed the foundation to what can & will be an excellent sounding system. A friend of mine seemed to like the Krell sound with these speakers. ... | |
| Do Integrateds sound better than Receivers? All things being equal, an integrated will sound better than a receiver because there is less components in one box resulting in less interference between components. Not to mention a receiver's tuner, preamp & amp all share the same power sup... | |
| preamp for classe ca200 Cortw, very wise choice although some of the above mentioned preamps are excellent as well. The Bel Canto Pre 1 is considered by some owners as their reference preamp. I am currently looking to buy one myself. | |
| Golden Tube amps Don't buy them, their sound quality is questionable, I was very dissappointed. Also reliability can easily become an issue & the manufacturer is out of business as mentioned above. | |
| Listening for tube degradation This is a very informative & great thread as Karelfd mentioned above. I also have to agree with Swampwalker that just because a tube exhibits microphonics does not indicate the tube is worn out. I have purchased brand new tubes that are microp... | |
| What is the best place to buy tubes? NOS audio vacuum tubes: www.tejastubes.com (save $) | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. Are some of us the last to find out that audio as a hobby is dying? If so there is going to be alot of snobby audiophiles that will be sucked into that void as well. That will leave music lovers like myself to continue business as usual, enjoying ... | |
| Opinions on Aragon 4004MKII? Chadnliz, I own both the Aragon 4004 MK II and the 2004 MK II. I loaned the 4004 to a friend who now wants to buy it and kept the 2004 because I don't need the power the 4004 offers. My speakers are horn loaded, are rated at 110db so the potent 10... |