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| Russian tube supply issues On the topic of the thread: After over 20 years of owning my CJ Premier 12 monoblocks I only got in to tube rolling in the past 5 months or so. Previously if I had to retube I'd just go straight to the Tung Sol 6550s recommended by CJ. I hav... | |
| Russian tube supply issues Instead of bragging about finding Russian tubes to buy, you could always support Putin’s horror show in other ways. Yeesh. Most of us purchasing Russian tubes right now (or right before they became unavailable) are purchasing from the usual... | |
| Does carpet deaden the sound too much? No, carpets are fine, the total room balance matters. That nails it. I have wall to wall deep shag rug in my listening room. Also heavy velvet curtains at points, and a fabric treated ceiling. I sit about 7 feet from my speakers. Sounds far... | |
| Thiel Owners prof out of curiosity what 5751 tube are you using ? I have a variety, but mostly I've been using GE 5751s. | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? As I've mentioned, Harbeth are one of my favorite speaker brands. I've heard the whole line up a few times and owned the SuperHL5plus. I could certainly live with Harbeths as my speakers. If I could fault them on anything, the Harbeths do lack... | |
| Thiel Owners I've had an interesting time tube rolling with my Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube monoblocks. Same ones I drove the Thiel 3.7 and now my 2.7s. When I had both the 3.7 and 2.7 in the house I was trying to decide which one to keep. One of th... | |
| Tube solid state or hybrid with extreme tinnitus I have bad tinnitus and I find ear phones and ear buds to be the WORST thing for the affliction. The direct sound itself is uncomfortable, but it's also that it's really hard to estimate how loud I'm listening - easy to listen too loud. FWIW I u... | |
| Aerial Acoustics 10T vs Talon Khorus soix is correct. I don't know about their newer products, but those older Talons measured terrible See here: https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/measurements/talon_khorus/ AND sounded like they measured: super colored. For a while I had t... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? I sometimes think that the Harbeth 40 could be my ultimate speaker. (The Super HL5plus didn't quite make it when I owned it, but I've heard the 40 do some remarkable things). Unfortunately the form factor (aesthetics etc) just won't work in my ... | |
| Von schweikert out of business since Albert's passing? I used to own the VR4 Gen II speakers. They were my box speaker baptism after initially owning Quad 63s for a few years. I went looking for dynamic speakers that could sound boxless like the Quads, but had the dynamics and palpability of a box s... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel, At some time there will be a stand-alone short run of perhaps 50 pair of this re-imagined monitor. No promises or projections as to when. I'll be waiting, with interest! | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? Whether a speaker is "good" for X, Y or Z genre is always going to be a subjective call. It’s "good for X music" insofar as you enjoy that music on the speaker. For my kids, apple earbuds are "good" for everything they listen to. There are people... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? On the "what is special about Harbeth?" question, here's part of my answer. Having auditioned an insane amount of speakers - the Harbeth have just stuck out in terms of being able to produce the "gestalt" of the human voice, as well as acoustic i... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? A recent look at a Harbeth XO by GR Research found about 30 components in the XO! Unfortunately, although this can produce a nice flat frequency response, which will satisfy potential buyers but more importantly be favourably mentioned by the re... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? Harbeth to me Are in the same category like Teckton they look plain ugly This had me laugh out loud. A classic, reserved British monitor look is not your cup of tea? Cool. But on the same footing as the Tectonic monstrosities? LOL. |