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| Magnepan .7 review @barrysandy - thanks for the comments. Actually the 1.6's had more than enough treble in the same room and location, so I think the .7 is definitely more laid back. I've switched to a passive preamp and it helps with the extension somewhat. | |
| Longer speaker cables or interconnects Keep the long speaker cables and short interconnects. Amps have a low, low output impedance and output high level signals which are not affected by interference (well, unless the amp has a design issue).Over and out :) | |
| Power Cables Wow. I am sorry I wasted 5 minutes reading this. I agree with what jimf42 says plus you should add the wires from the transformer in the street feeding your house :) The aftermarket power cable thing is pure science fiction when you consider the w... | |
| Looking for a warm sweet speaker Modern KEF speakers are NOT warm and sweet. If anything they are lean and somewhat bright by the OP's definition.Don't laugh - I suggest - Magnepan .7. They are warm and sweet in the right setting :) To my ears much more laid back than the older m... | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses Sure, I'd be happy to. russelltownshend at yahoo dot com | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses Great outcome, I'm happy for you. | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses Is there an update on the saga? | |
| Question for tube aficionados The difference in sound between NOS and new production tubes is slight and you will spend a lot of money finding NOS tubes that are (1) not fake, (2) not microphonic (3) not noisy. My 2c worth. I gave up the chase years ago and now use matched and... | |
| Mellow speakers for a digital piano This will teach you not to post questions regarding pro audio on a high end audio site :) :) I'm sure the resulting confusion was worse than before the question was asked :)I was assuming this was for home use, and was going to suggest Wharfedale ... | |
| Buzzing just won't quit: Can someone please help? Do you use proper shielded interconnects, not those silly twisted pair cables with no shield? Have you confirmed that the shield is actually connected - the reason I say this, is I recently had an issue and found one of my interconnects between pr... | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses I sure wouldn't throw the thing away. What a waste. | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses OK, so you have a couple of options:1. Have the manufacturer send you the part and have someone install it (like me). This assumes the diagnosis is correct.2. Send it back. I am sure shipping is not a significant percentage of the cost of the unit... | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses test | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Progress will be when a "full function" preamp has useful tone controls once again... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! Most tube preamps need to be turned on BEFORE the power amp because the period when the output coupling cap charges, a large DC swing is sent to the amp. The opposite is true when turning them off, power amp must be first.If you use a tube power a... |