philefreak
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| Rogue Cronus too bright Before running off and buying new speakers. Try some other 12AU7s. The RCA clear tops have never been a favorite of mine. Plus, if the amp has 8 ohm and 4 ohm taps, try the 8 ohm tap. This should soften things a little. | |
| Audiogon speaker wire gurus, please help me VH Audio's DIY speaker cables! | |
| Best speaker that you dont need a sub under 1.5k Forget it! I've never seen(heard) a speaker less than 10,000.00 that truly reproduced at a flat wide freq. response of say 30hz-25khz. Get a speaker that does from 38-40hz in the lows and up to 25Khz in the highs real well and keep your sub for th... | |
| Ultralinear and Triode. What's the difference "preference in sound is 100% subjective and as such rather stupid basis for an argument" Then why argue? Your vast knowledge is impressive but, your the one that insist upon setting myself and Jeffreybehr straight. All I suggested is that I've nev... | |
| Ultralinear and Triode. What's the difference I can give just a few cause I don't know all the tubes that are out there! Pentodes- EL 34,KT 88,6550,most pin guided sockets are pentodes or tetrodes. Triodes- 2A3,300B,45,PX 25,845,6C33,6AS7,etc. some of these have a 4 pin socket. My favorite am... | |
| Ultralinear and Triode. What's the difference To really hear what triode is all about. You need a tube amp that uses triode tubes! Pentode tubes that are in a circuit that gives the ability to switch from triode to ultalinear does not really let you hear what triode is all about! In these typ... | |
| Best 300b single-ended Tube amp. for the $ Saffy,This is from some old fart that's heard a lot of stuff! Find a great dynamic speaker that has a benign impedance(4 0hm,6ohm,or8ohm). Doesn't matter which impedance as long as it don't dance up and down. It needs to be at least 90 db at one w... | |
| What can come after Apogee Divas ? I sold my pair of Duetta signatures and still regret it! They have there problems but, when it's all said and done they have less problems than most. | |
| Best "album" of 2006 I agree with Thom y's list and here's some more:Carrie Rodriguez "seven angels on a bicycle"Tres Chicas "bloom,red,and the ordinary girl"Greg Brown "The evening call"The be good tanyas "hello love"Crooked Still " shaken by a low sound" | |
| Audio Research LS 26 vs REF 3 preamps In the amps listed, one of them (which I'll not tell)was the one I was thinking wasn't one of my better amps.1.Channel Islands D200 Monos2.Custom KT 88 tube amp running in Single ended Ultralinear3.Halcro MC 204.H2O mono signatureSince installing ... | |
| PassLabs X250 X350 and X250.5 IMHO the Pass X250, which you have now, is a better match with your rig than the sweeter X250.5! | |
| Audio Research LS 26 vs REF 3 preamps I just purchased a LS 26. I auditioned a Ref 3 and a LS 17. I thought the LS 26 was the sweet spot in the line. To me, it's 95% of the Ref. 3 and the LS 17 was about 85% of the LS 26. Very nice preamp indeed. Totally changed my system. Amps that I... | |
| What's your experience with FedEx Claims Been there with Fed Ex. Get an attorney and have the attorney contact them. You will get results. It's a shame that you'll have to spend some money to get something that should be a given. These shipping co. are crooks and think that they are not ... | |
| Cary 306sacd vs. Esoteric SA60 vs. Ayre C-5xe Tom, If your rig leans towards the lean side then Cary is the deal,if on the fat side then the Ayre; IMHO! Either is great in just about any rig! | |
| Is ebay feedback worth anything on Audiogon? While everyone is venting out. I may as well do the same. E-bay means nothing,period! Let'see if I can go on E-bay (where I have zero feedback) and say I have excellent feedback on Audiogon! I'm sure they would get a good laugh out of that one.I'v... |